Job: Lead Nurse

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Hourly

Wage: $22.27-$33/hr. 

Location: Salida, CO.

Job Description:

Are you looking for an incredible opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-growing dermatology services company? Epiphany Dermatology, headquartered in Austin, TX, is on a mission to improve access to dermatology services and provide exceptional patient care in underserved markets across the U.S. We are looking for a service-oriented, motivated individual to join us as Lead Nurse to accomplish this mission. Our rapidly growing company has grown from a single location in 2015 to extensive operations spanning nearly 90 dermatology clinics across 13 states and counting including Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming with plans to triple our footprint over the next 4-5 years.

Our employees are the key to our success and we’re proud to offer eligible employees great benefits (many at no cost!), perks like free skin care, generous time off plans, the opportunity for growth, and the chance to be part of a purpose-driven organization taking patient care to the next level. We are excited to grow our team with individuals who are as passionate about our patients as we are and invest a lot of time and energy in our employees’ development because we believe being a part of the Epiphany team is a career opportunity—not just another job. If you are interested in joining this mission-driven team, please consider applying today!

What we are looking for:

A dedicated Lead Nurse who can confidently own the planning, organizing, and directing of our clinical support staff in addition to traditional nursing support duties. A leader who can effectively lead a team of 4-5 employees and providers. We are looking for someone that portrays an overall professional demeanor and appearance, that is dependable, self-motivated, and has a passion for providing quality care to all patients. Our ideal candidate will radiate clinical competency, professional ethics, and sound judgment. If this sound like you… we want to hear from you!!

What you'll do:

• Deliver patient care per provider orders, practice guidelines, and state Nurse Practice Act regulations, in a competent and professional manner.
• Provide supervision of clinical competencies of Medical Assistants and delegate appropriate tasks.
• Collect and document patient information, clinical data and other relevant information while ensuring patient confidentiality.
• Work with staff to assure smooth and efficient patient flow and clinical operation.
• Create and maintain excellence in patient/family relationships and engagement.
• Adhere to and implement policies, procedures and protocols related to clinical dermatology services.
• Prepare, administer and document oral, topical and injectable medications and vaccines, per provider orders.
• Assist with in-office procedures.
• Schedule next-step procedures, specialty services and testing.
• Maintain and use the principles of aseptic techniques, infection control, and OSHA standards.
• Participate in meetings by providing constructive input for improvements and solutions.
• Act as an extension of HR with all recruiting, onboarding, training, performance management, and employee relations initiatives
• Own scheduling and staffing according to our labor management guidelines.
• Provide daily support and guidance to clinical staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Interested candidates should have/be:

• Current nursing license (in appropriate state), RN, LPN, or LVN.
• Experience as Charge Nurse or in an equivalent leadership role highly preferred
• Ability to adjust personal availability according to volume changes and activity surges
• Adherence to a compliance program and HIPAA standards and policies

Work Environment and Physical Requirements:

Medical office, procedure/exam room and laboratory environment may include exposure to communicable diseases, bloodborne pathogens, biohazards or toxic substances. Daily activities may include standing, walking, sitting, bending and lifting items up to 30 lbs.

Benefits

We offer generous benefits including medical, life insurance, short-term disability coverage, mental health services, and more at no cost for eligible employees. In addition, we have great vision, dental, and supplemental insurance options. We also offer 401k with company matching, employee discounts, HSA and FSA/dependent care, tuition assistance, certification reimbursement, and more!

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.