Clinical Quality Registered Nurse

Valley-Wide Health Systems • Antonito, CO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. is hiring a Clinical Quality Registered Nurse to support care quality and patient outcomes across its clinics. The role combines direct nursing care, patient education, care coordination, and quality improvement. The position is full-time and onsite, 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 and 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 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 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 insurance, long-term disability, and short-term disability.
• Retirement match and retirement plan.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care Account (DCA).
• Vacation leave: 10 days accrued per year.
• Sick leave: 12 days accrued per year.
• Seven holidays per year plus three floating holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree