Licensed Nurse - Lead RN
About The Position
Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. is 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. 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
- Strong organizational skills
- 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
Benefits
- Free Health Insurance (additional plan options available)
- Employer-paid Air Ambulance Coverage (MASA)
- Employer-paid Basic Life, LTD, STD
- Retirement Match
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance, HRA, FSA, DCA, Retirement Plan
- Paid Leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
