Licensed Nurse - Lead RN

Valley-Wide Health Systems•Alamosa, CO

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Join Our Team at Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. We’re seeking a Licensed Nurse – Lead RN who combines strong clinical expertise with a passion for leadership. This role serves as a key mentor and resource for nursing and medical assistant teams while ensuring high-quality, patient-centered care. If you enjoy coaching others, improving workflows, and making a positive impact on both patients and staff, this may be the perfect opportunity for you. This role plays an important part in strengthening patient care through quality improvement initiatives, chart audits, peer review coordination, and collaboration with clinical teams. If you are detail-oriented, organized, and enjoy working on projects that improve patient outcomes and operational excellence, we’d love to have you join our team.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Current RN licensed in Colorado
BLS certification/training and certification
Knowledge of scope and role the RN, LPN, MA
Intermediate knowledge and understanding of information technology associated with Electronic Health Records.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
Bilingual preferred.
1 year of clinical experience is preferred

Responsibilities

Manage and lead daily patient flow
Triage patient and evaluate immediate treatment
Monitors team task boxes, follows-up and delegates to MA’s & C.N.A’s when appropriate
Answer patient questions regarding medication and conditions
Delegate to MA when interpretation is not anticipated
Primary contact for Pod Support in relation to Portal Direct Messages
Mentor clinical MA & nursing staff. Monitors and evaluates skills, provide real time feedback, training and support
Provide day-to-day direct supervision/coaching of Nurses and or Medical Assistant Team
Reports ongoing noncompliance of policy & procedures, initiatives and workflows to Nurse Coordinator.
Monitors and assists with the implementation of nursing policies and workflows.
Supervises medication management and immunization administration
Assists student preceptors, providing guidance, training and education for both preceptor and student when needed.
Assists the Regional Director of Nursing with the completion of onboarding training plans and staff performance evaluations.
Responsible for insuring Rapid Response paper work is completed and sent to Nurse Coordinator and Compliance Nurse.
Creates daily, weekly, monthly duties lists and assigns/delegates duties to team members
Responsible for corrective action for MA/nursing staff, in collaboration with the Nurse Coordinator and Clinic Manager, as needed.
Other duties as assigned
Assist nursing/MA staff with patient care as needed
Perform basic health-related tasks, such as documenting patient information, administering medications, drawing blood, taking vitals, starting an IV and responding to emergencies
Operate standard medical equipment
Process and analyze lab results
Communicate and assist medical providers, nurses, medical assistants, and other staff.
Provide direct patient care through independent nurse visits, and the use of nursing protocols
Scheduled Nurse Visits for education: Medication self-administration, glucometer use, self-use BP use (Home BP monitoring)
Educate patients on nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle recommendations based on medical history and current condition.
Schedule and complete patient co-visits per policy