Lead Registered Nurse - Oncology, Highlands Ranch

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Community Practice

Job Title: Lead Registered Nurse - Oncology, Highlands Ranch

Position #: 00837193 – Requisition #:37267

Job Summary:

The Lead Registered Nurse (RN) provides high-quality support to physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) in meeting the operational needs of the practice and the medical needs of the patient. Works collaboratively with physicians, interdisciplinary teams, patients, and families to promote positive patient outcomes. The Lead RN assesses and evaluates patient conditions, and then plans, implements, provides, and documents patient care in a manner that follows professional nursing standards and outlined practices. 

Additionally, the Lead RN is responsible for being a leader to the team and a subject matter expert in the area they work. The Lead RN supports the Practice Manager/Director with training and onboarding of new employees, daily assignments, process improvement, and department development as needed, along with various other opportunities to champion process improvement and growth in leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Is a lead and subject matter expert for the other Registered Nurses, Medical Assistants, front desk staff, providers, and other ancillary members of the team.
• Trains and helps the Practice Manager/Director onboard new staff members (as applicable).
• Assists the Practice Manager/Director with workload management to ensure each Provider is effectively supported and able to operate at the top of their scope.
• Performs telephone triage, patient education, handling of physician phone calls, and pharmacy calls; may assist by calling to set up appointments, procedures, or arrange hospital tests or admissions using, interpreting, communicating, and documenting with proper medical terminology.
• Participates in data collection and analysis of clinical outcomes of care and customer satisfaction standards.
• Evaluates and identifies members' needs.
• Assists the physician with procedures as necessary.
• Administers immunizations and minor treatments as prescribed; records and documents all such activities in the chart.

Work Location:

Onsite– this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Highlands Ranch, CO. 

Why Join Us:

Community Practice Medicine, housed within the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado, is seeking trained medical professionals to join our growing team. With clinics spanning from Longmont to Castle Rock, we offer a wide variety of opportunities. Specialty areas include but are not limited to: Orthopedics, Vascular Surgery, OBGYN, Internal Medicine, Urology, Psychiatry, and many more! 

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a public education, clinical, and research facility serving 4,500 students and a world-class medical destination at the forefront of life-changing science, medicine, and healthcare. CU Anschutz offers more than 42 highly rated degree programs through 6 schools and colleges and receives over $500 million in research awards each year. We are the single largest health professions education provider in Colorado, awarding nea