Remote RN Overnight

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The Remote Overnight Registered Nurse (RN) provides clinical consultation and oversight for all California-based programs during overnight hours. This role serves as a key clinical resource to support patient safety, regulatory compliance, and nursing best practices. The Overnight RN functions as a centralized clinical consultant, offering guidance to on-site staff, overseeing chart audits, and supporting statewide nursing operations remotely.

Serve as the on-call overnight RN for all California programs, providing real-time clinical guidance to on-site nursing and program staff. Support assessment and decision-making related to changes in patient condition, medication-related questions, escalation of care and provider notification, and incident response and documentation guidance. Assist staff in determining when to escalate concerns to providers, leadership, or emergency services. Document consults and trends as appropriate. Conduct routine and targeted chart audits for California programs to ensure compliance with state regulations and licensing requirements, accuracy and completeness of nursing documentation, and adherence to Newport clinical standards and policies. Identify documentation gaps, trends, and risk areas, provide written feedback and recommendations to nursing leadership and support corrective action planning as assigned. Quality & Risk Support: Assist with preparation for audits, licensing visits, or correction action follow-ups, and support quality improvement initiatives related to nursing practice. Nursing Operations Support: serve as a clinical resource for policy interpretation and application and assist with competency tracking and skills validation documentation. Communication & Handoffs: provide overnight-to-day shift clinical handoff summaries to nursing leadership when needed, communicate urgent follow-ups or unresolved clinical concerns to appropriate leaders or nursing staff, and maintain clear documentation of consults. Data & Reporting: track overnight consult volume, themes, and outcomes; assist with development of reports related to overnight nursing utilization, documentation compliance and clinical risk trends in California programs. Perform other duties as assigned.