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Valley View
Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Nurse Navigator - Valley Ortho Clinic RN BSN

Registered NurseFull-Time

Listed compensation

$43.22-$64.83/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Valley View's Ortho Clinic is looking for an RN Navigator to join our team!

Nurse Navigator needed to support clinic and OR functions, including surgical scheduling, patient education, coordination with clinic schedulers, and procedural assistance.

General Objectives

1. Provides individualized assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to overcome barriers within the healthcare system and facilitate access to all of the resources available to patients.

2. Acts as a link between patients and care providers to facilitate clinical and supportive care services. Functions as a single point of contact among referring physicians, patients, and other clinical caregivers for the purpose of empowering patients in dealing with the disease and the treatment.

3. Facilitates patient appointments for diagnostic procedures in the laboratory, imaging, surgery and other specialty areas.

Qualifications

Education

  • Current Colorado RN license or the ability to obtain
  • Graduate of an accredited or state board of nursing approved Registered/Professional Nursing program1 year of nursing (RN) experience
  • BSN Required
  • BLS per American Heart Association with card in-hand before start date.

Experience

  • Ortho or Surgical RN experience is preferred.

Skills

  • Ability to form strong alliances with referral and resource agencies in the

Community

  • Ability to provide holistic care for patients with education and information

About Their Illness

  • Active listening skills
  • Clinical assessment skills
  • Comfortable in role as troubleshooter or problem solver
  • Demonstrated leadership style that builds and maintains a climate of trust and inspires collaboration with medical staff and departments
  • Expert knowledge in medical, surgical, and radiation oncology
  • Ability to multitask
  • Ability to work in a self-directed environment
  • Sound decision-making and critical-thinking skills
  • Symptom management experience
  • Team builder with a collaborative style, yet also a decisive thinker
  • Time management skills
  • We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas

Salary Range

  • Entry salary dependent upon education, skill set, and experience.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
  • Employer paid basic life coverage with buy-up coverage options
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for health care and dependent care.
  • Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), Paid Sick/Bereavement Leave under Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA), leaves of absence.
  • Tuition Assistance Available
  • Retirement Plan 401(a)
  • Retirement Plan 403(b) plans with employer matching contributions.
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee discount on Valley View Medical Services
  • Employee voluntary benefits such as Discounted RFTA bus passes, discounted gym memberships, Corporate Ski passes, free car seat for new Valley View babies born or adopted by Valley View employee(s)
  • Free Use of Sunlight and Aspen SkiCo day passes, based on availability.

Loan Repayment

Valley View is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program!

Application Submission End DATE

This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

At Valley View, our mission is to provide convenient, connected care to the communities of Western Colorado with scope, technology, and expertise that are rarely found in regional hospitals.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Navigator acts as a primary point of contact for patients, facilitating access to resources and coordinating care between providers and specialists. They provide individualized support, assist with surgical scheduling, and offer patient education to improve treatment outcomes.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

MultitaskingTeam buildingProblem solvingMedical oncology knowledgeSurgical oncology knowledgeRadiation oncology knowledge

Ambulatory Care Nursing — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 47 active Ambulatory Care Nursing listings this role was benchmarked against, 51% are remote, 60% have no call, 81% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$112k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $109k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Ambulatory Care Nursing pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Salary Distribution26 jobs · 21 employers

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$100k-120k
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$140k-160k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
Sign-on bonus
14%
Loan repayment
14% this job
CME allowance
14%
PSLF eligible
5% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Ambulatory Care Nursing (RN) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 373 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Glenwood Springs

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$871k
Typical market rent
$2,449/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Valley View

Hospitals and Health Care
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
Employer paid basic life coverage
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Paid time off (PTO)
Paid family and medical leave
Paid Sick/Bereavement Leave
Tuition Assistance Available
Retirement Plan 401(a)