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Clinical Clearance Specialist (RN)

Charlie Health

Job description

The Clinical Clearance Specialist is a fully remote 1099 contractor role within Charlie Health's Clinical Operations / Admissions function. This RN serves as the dedicated clinical reviewer for escalated admissions cases involving eating disorder (ED) and substance use disorder (SUD) presentations. Responsibilities include receiving and triaging clinical clearance requests, applying nursing judgment to determine admission appropriateness, reviewing and interpreting ED medical clearance labs and EKGs, assessing orthostatic vital signs, issuing clearance outcomes, serving as clinical liaison between the CAT team and medical leadership, tracking pending lab results, maintaining the clinical clearance queue in Salesforce, coordinating MAT-related clearances, and contributing to process improvements and team training. Requires active RN license, 2-3 years nursing experience (behavioral health, med-surg, or ED/SUD preferred), knowledge of ED medical stability criteria, ability to interpret labs and EKGs, familiarity with level-of-care frameworks (IOP, PHP, residential, inpatient) and LOCUS criteria, and proficiency with Salesforce or similar CRM.

Key responsibilities

  • Receive, triage, and independently review escalated clinical clearance requests
  • Apply nursing clinical judgment to determine admission appropriateness for complex ED and SUD presentations
  • Review and interpret ED medical clearance labs and EKG findings
  • Assess orthostatic vital signs and recognize hemodynamic instability
  • Issue timely clearance outcomes and communicate to CATs
  • Serve as clinical liaison between CAT team and medical leadership
  • Track and follow up on pending lab results
  • Maintain clinical clearance queue in Salesforce
  • Coordinate MAT-related clearances per state/insurance eligibility
  • Identify process gaps and recommend updates to SOPs

What you bring

  • Active RN license in good standing
  • 2-3 years nursing experience
  • Knowledge of ED medical stability criteria
  • Ability to interpret ED lab panels and EKGs
  • Working knowledge of SUD presentations and MAT
  • Knowledge of level-of-care frameworks (IOP, PHP, residential, inpatient) and LOCUS criteria
  • Excellent written communication
  • Proficiency with Salesforce or similar CRM
  • Familiarity with ASAM criteria preferred
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus

Tags

100% Remote1099 ContractorBehavioral HealthEating DisordersSubstance Use DisorderClinical ReviewAdmissions

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