Licensed Nurse - Lead RN

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,Responsibilities &

Essential Functions:

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

Patient Care 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

Qualifications & Skills:

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.

Current RN licensed in ColoradoBLS certification/training and certification

Knowledge of scope and role the RN, LPN, MA Bilingual preferred.

Strong organizational skills

Intermediate knowledge and understanding of information technology associated with Electronic Health Records.
2 years of RN experience, or 1 year RN experience with Valley-Wide Location & type of job:
This job is a full-time onsite job located in Alamosa.

Why Join Valley-Wide?

Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. is dedicated to creating a patient-centered, supportive environment for both employees and the communities we serve.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package,…