Clinical Quality Registered Nurse

Valley-Wide Health Systems•Las Animas, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. is hiring a Clinical Quality Registered Nurse to support patient care and quality improvement across its clinics. The role combines direct nursing services, patient education, clinical care coordination, and the use of quality data to improve patient and population health outcomes. This is a full-time, onsite position working across the Ordway Clinic and Las Animas Clinic in Colorado.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing.
Current, unrestricted Colorado RN license.
Current BLS certification.
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.
One year of clinical nursing experience.
Bilingual skills.

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 on 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 outcomes.
Participate in quality improvement initiatives, audits, and the development and implementation of 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.