Manager, Nurse Coach

Virta Health

26d • $87,000 - $100,000 • Remote

About The Position

Virta Health is on a mission to transform type 2 diabetes and weight-loss care. Current treatment approaches aren’t working—over half of US adults have either type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, and obesity rates are at an all-time high. Virta is changing this by helping people reverse their metabolic condition through innovations in technology, personalized nutrition, and virtual care delivery reinvented from the ground up. We have raised over $350 million from top-tier investors, and partner with the largest health plans, employers, and government organizations to help their employees and members restore their health and take back their lives. Join us on our mission to reverse diabetes and obesity in one billion people.
To achieve that mission, Virta is looking for an experienced leader to help build and manage this team of registers nurses as a player-coach.
Calling out two key requirements of the role:
You must hold an active RN license in a Nursing Compact state.
In your application you must demonstrate that as a manager, you have helped your direct reports improve their skills and develop their careers, hired quality and counseled people out, and built team cohesion and rapport.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 experience working with diabetes patients in a clinical setting
• Interest and knowledge of diabetes care, diabetes prevention, and low carbohydrate nutrition.
• 3+ years experience managing nurses ideally in an corporate, tele-health, or in a clinical diabetes setting.
• Active RN license with at least one year of clinical experience working with patients with type 2 diabetes. CDE licensure preferred but not required
• Active RN license in, and resident of, a Nursing Licensure Compact state
• Telehealth or start up experience preferred
• Associate or Bachelor's RN Nursing degree from an accredited school or university
• Eligible for licensure in every U.S. state.
• Interest and aptitude for working with a growth stage, tech-enabled healthcare organization
• Occasional (2-3x/yr) travel to team and company events.
• An outstanding bedside manner: patients trust you and feel supported and empowered by your presence on the phone/video and your communication.
• Team player: You work well with others, put your team first, and contribute toward the betterment of the Virta clinical team.

Nice To Haves

• CDE licensure preferred but not required
• Telehealth or start up experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a team of 10-15 outstanding full time nurses coaches, including managing QA/QI, supervision, scheduling, and working with our administrative team to manage licensure of team members.
• Be a player coach: spend approximately half your time seeing patients and half your time managing the team.
• Daily Schedule hygiene for assigned nursing team to enhance applicant throughput.
• Monitoring and assigning provider support requests and initiatives.
• Providing updates to clinical intake workflow
• Delivery of just in time feedback as needed
• Weekly POD meeting with team
• Working with the Head of Nursing and Clinical leads on developing and implementing quality initiatives.
• Commitment to providing care of the highest quality that delivers an exceptional experience for the patient

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees