Clinical Quality Registered Nurse
About The Position
Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. is hiring a full-time, onsite Clinical Quality Registered Nurse to support care across the Ordway Clinic and Las Animas Clinic in Colorado. The role combines direct nursing care, patient education, care coordination, and quality improvement to strengthen patient outcomes across Valley-Wide Clinics. The nurse provides services within the RN scope of practice and Valley-Wide protocols, uses clinical judgment to address patient needs, and collaborates with providers and care team members. The position also uses clinical and quality data to identify improvement opportunities and supports clinical staff through guidance, mentoring, education, and competency development. Valley-Wide Health Systems is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center serving rural communities in southern Colorado through 34 service sites. It provides primary and preventive care across a multi-county service area.
Requirements
- Associate Degree in Nursing required.
- Current, unrestricted Colorado RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required.
- Knowledge of RN, LPN, and Medical Assistant scopes of practice, along with sound clinical judgment.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and patient and staff education skills.
- Proficiency with electronic health records and other technology used in clinical practice.
- Ability to use clinical and quality data to identify opportunities, organize work around patient and population needs, and collaborate toward measurable improvements in health outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
- One year of clinical nursing experience preferred.
- Bilingual skills preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing assessments, triage, treatment, patient education, nurse visits, and other direct nursing services within the RN scope of practice and Valley-Wide protocols.
- Use clinical judgment to identify patient needs, coordinate follow-up care, and collaborate with providers and care team members to address clinical concerns.
- Coordinate preventive and chronic care, referrals, medications, hospital transitions, acute nurse co-visits, diagnostic results, medical equipment, and other patient care needs.
- Manage assigned NextGen clinical task boxes and patient portal messages, ensuring timely nursing follow-up and care coordination.
- Use quality measures, care-gap reports, registries, and patient data to identify improvement opportunities, support chronic disease management, and improve patient outcomes.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives and audits, and help develop and implement clinical policies, protocols, and workflows.
- Provide clinical guidance, mentoring, education, and competency support to Medical Assistants, nursing staff, students, and other care team members.
- Communicate clinical practice or competency concerns to appropriate leadership.
- Support clinical orientation, coordinate BLS training and certification, and provide guidance on nursing standards, medication administration, infection prevention, and emergency response.
Benefits
- Free health insurance, with additional plan options available.
- Employer-paid Air Ambulance Coverage (MASA).
- Employer-paid basic life, long-term disability (LTD), and short-term disability (STD) coverage.
- Retirement match and retirement plan.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care Account (DCA).
- Vacation: 10 days accrued per year.
- Sick leave: 12 days accrued per year.
- Holidays: 7 days per year plus 3 floating holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
