Job Description: RN Team Lead, Diabetes Reversal

Salary: $87K - $100K Employment Type: Full-Time Location Type: Remote

Position Overview

Virta is an online specialty medical clinic dedicated to reversing type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, and obesity safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Our innovative approach leverages nutritional biochemistry, data science, and digital tools, combined with clinical expertise, to shift the diabetes treatment paradigm from management to reversal. Virta utilizes a novel, team-based care model delivered exclusively through a telemedicine platform. Our clinical trial, with six peer-reviewed publications, demonstrates significant improvements in patient health outcomes, including lowering hemoglobin A1c values below the diabetes threshold and discontinuing diabetes medications. The American Diabetes Association endorses personalized carbohydrate restriction, a core component of Virta's treatment, as a first-line nutritional therapy for individuals with type 2 diabetes. We are expanding our reach to patients with pre-diabetes and obesity and are seeking an experienced leader to build and manage a new team of RN CDEs in a player-coach capacity.

Key Requirements

• Must hold an active RN license in a Nursing Compact state.
• Demonstrated experience as a manager in helping direct reports improve their skills and develop their careers, hiring for quality, counseling individuals out, and building team cohesion and rapport.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a team of 10-15 outstanding part-time nurses, overseeing QA/QI, supervision, scheduling, and working with the administrative team to manage licensure.
• Act as a player-coach, dedicating approximately half of your time to patient care and the other half to team management.
• Conduct 20-minute clinical intake visits with prospective patients via video and/or phone. This includes verifying and documenting clinical history, verifying medications, answering basic questions about Virta treatment, and identifying/flagging concerning history or labs for provider review.
• Educate patients about Virta and its treatment, preparing them for their nutritional and behavioral journey and setting them up for clinical success.
• Perform management activities including:
  • Daily schedule hygiene for the assigned nursing team to enhance applicant throughput.
  • Monitoring and assigning provider support requests and initiatives.
  • Providing updates to the clinical intake workflow.
  • Delivering just-in-time feedback as needed.
  • Conducting weekly POD meetings with the team.
  • Collaborating 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 patient experience.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with diabetes patients in a clinical setting.
• Interest and knowledge in diabetes care, diabetes prevention, and low carbohydrate nutrition.
• 3+ years of experience managing nurses, ideally in an ambulatory, virtual practice, or clinical diabetes setting.
• Active RN license with at least one year of clinical experience working with patients with type 2 diabetes. CDE licensure is preferred but not required.
• Active RN license in, and resident of, a Nursing Licensure Compact state.
• Telehealth or startup experience is 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.
• Willingness to travel occasionally (2-3 times per year) to team and company events.
• An outstanding bedside manner, ensuring patients trust you and feel supported and empowered by your presence.

Company Information

Virta is on a mission to reverse diabetes and obesity in 1 billion people. We are an online specialty medical clinic that has been reversing diabetes for the past seven years, serving patients in all 50 states. Our innovative approach is shifting the paradigm of diabetes treatment.