Head of Nursing

Virta is an online specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, and obesity safely and sustainably. Our innovations in the application of nutritional biochemistry, data science, and digital tools - combined with our clinical expertise - are shifting the metabolic health treatment paradigm from management to reversal. 

Virta has developed a novel, team-based care model that delivers the Virta treatment exclusively through a telemedicine platform, without brick-and-mortar clinics. Our clinical trial, which has already produced six peer-reviewed publications, shows that the Virta treatment has lowered hemoglobin A1c values under the diabetes threshold while discontinuing diabetes medications.

The American Diabetes Association has endorsed the core component of the Virta treatment, personalized carbohydrate restriction, as a first-line nutritional therapy for people with type 2 diabetes. 

We’ve been reversing diabetes for the last seven years, we see patients in all 50 states, and we are expanding our reach to patients with pre-diabetes and obesity. Our mission: Reverse type 2 diabetes and obesity in 1 billion people.

The Virta nursing team is composed of 60 part-time and full-time RNs working virtually in staggered shifts from Nursing Compact states. The team will grow beyond 100 nurses for 2025. The team is organized into pods of 10-15 RNs, each with a nurse manager who also sees patients. Our nurses conduct clinical intake interviews with patients, help our physicians and NPs manage medications, and work on clinical projects in collaboration with our clinical leaders.

To achieve our mission, Virta is looking for an experienced nursing leader to grow and lead this team.

Calling out two key requirements of the role:

1. Active RN license (Nursing Compact state preferred) 

2. Success in nursing leadership within a healthcare organization is insufficient for this role; experience in a high-growth company environment is required. You must demonstrate that you have hired and fired, helped your direct reports improve their skills and develop their careers, and built team cohesion and rapport. 

Responsibilities:

• Manage and build the Virta nursing team, managing your managers while knowing what’s going on on the front lines.

• Lead QA/QI, supervision, scheduling, and working with our administrative team to manage licensure of team members.

• Be a player coach: spend 10-20 percent of your time seeing patients and participating in clinical projects.

  • Conduct 20-minute clinical intake visits with prospective patients via video and/or phone. Intakes include verifying and documenting a clinical history, verifying medications, answering basic questions about Virta treatment, and identifying and flagging concerning history or labs for provider review.  

  • Educate patients about Virta and Virta’s treatment and helping them prepare for their nutritional and behavioral journey with Virta, setting them up for clinical success.

  • Partner with our providers to advance clinical initiatives.

• Work closely with our coaching team to assure seamless care for our patients, leveraging coaching, nursing, and clinical resources.

• Collaborate directly with our provider leaders and serve as a member of the clinical leadership team.

• Be a creative and flexible leader. Solve clinical problems using the resources at your disposal. Figure out how to say, ‘yes.’

• Work and manage at scale, optimizing the team for high-performance and counseling low-performers out.

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.

• 10+ years experience managing nurses ideally in an ambulatory, virtual practice, 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 (preferred, not required)

• Growth-company experience required.

• 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.

• Commitment to providing care of the highest quality that delivers an exceptional experience for the patient

On Our Values-Driven Culture:

Virta’s company values drive our culture, so you’ll excel if:

• You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally.

• You take initiative and complete tasks conscientiously while empowering others to do the same.

• You value positive impact over busy work.

• You can check your ego and recognize that everyone has something to bring to the table.

• You take risks and iterate rapidly.

• You promote transparency, trust, and empowerment through open access of information.

• You prioritize data and science over seniority and dogma.

As part of your duties at Virta, you may come in contact with sensitive patient information that is governed by HIPAA. Throughout your career at Virta, you will be expected to follow Virta's security and privacy procedures to ensure our patients' information remains strictly confidential. Security and privacy training will be provided.

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Virta has a location based compensation structure. Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. For this role, the compensation range is $133,000 - 153,000.  Information about Virta’s benefits is on our Careers page at: https://www.virtahealth.com/careers. 

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