Public Health Registered Nurse - Full Remote

The ideal candidate will have availability to work daytime shifts (M-F 8-5 MST) as well as the occasional weekend shift; will have experience using a group messaging platform such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, or EPIC, and will have experience with remote nursing or telehealth. Candidates must be a bilingual Spanish-English speaker who is comfortable using medical terminology in both languages. Candidates will serve as contractors working for NMHealth state health department and will be employed through Rapid Temps, a medical staffing agency. Candidates must pass a background check and urine drug screen.

Working under the direction of the Helpline Director and Helpline Logistics Staff, the NMHealth Helpline Nurse is responsible for providing telehealth guidance to the public to assist callers in locating resources to address a variety of concerns including but not limited to: vaccine scheduling, reproductive health care, harm reduction, guidance to sick persons or persons exposed to a communicable illness, persons reporting complaints about healthcare facilities and restaurants, persons experiencing drug or alcohol addiction, persons in acute mental health crisis, and persons needing referrals to other NMHealth programs or other State of New Mexico Departments.