RN/LVN Travel Nursing
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Posted Sep 3 · New grads welcomed
- Shift
- 12-hour
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour
- Term
- 13 weeks · Travel
- On the floor
- Charge shifts
- Setting
- Long Term Care
- Accepts
- RN/LVN
- Experience
- New graduates
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Colorado is $37/hr, across 591 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
We're offering excellent compensation for qualified nurses to work either temporarily or long-term for our skilled nursing home in Aztec, New Mexico!
Location: Aztec Start Date: ASAP Duration: 13 weeks (possible renewal) Shift: 12 hours.
Payrate
- $45.00 / HR LVN
Read the full posting
- $50.00 / HR RN
Job Type: Travel (Full-time) Location: Aztec, New Mexico
Aztec Healthcare is a FANTASTIC Long-Term Care Facility.
We are looking for FANTASTIC people like YOU to join our TEAM!
What does success in Long-Term Care look like? YOU!
Come Join our Team of Successful Caregivers!
If you have what it takes to care for our individuals.
Join our Aztec Healthcare Team! We are like a family and our employees have been here for ages!
We serve our Residents daily with a Spirit of Excellence!
Don't be a stranger and come apply today!
Benefits
(Contract Employees are exempt).
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
If you are compassionate and love to take care of people, then we invite you to consider us as your new employer. We are needing Charge Nurses for
- 12 hour shifts! We are offering competitive wages and we welcome multi state licensees! New graduates are welcome and will be trained!
Your Responsibilities
- Ensures delivery of high-quality, positive clinical outcomes, and resident/family satisfaction during supervisory shift.
- Serves as a resource to all staff within the facility regarding the quality of services provided.
- Provide direct resident care when required; Demonstrates the ability to administer medications and treatment timely and according to facility policy; Demonstrates ability to receive, transcribe, and carry out physician orders, if allowed by Nurse Practice Act.
- Effectively manages nursing personnel on shift to limit use of overtime and agency personnel.
- Assesses the work performance of nursing staff as it relates to unit standards of care and goals.
- Conducts regular staff meetings on each shift and provides updates to DON.
Your Qualifications
- Graduate of an approved Licensed Vocational program and licensed in the state of practice, required.
- Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility preferred.
- Current BLS/CPR certification (All SNFs; ALFs as required by state).
Aztec Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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“We are offering competitive wages and we welcome multi state licensees! New graduates are welcome and will be trained! Your Responsibilities Ensures delivery of high-quality, positive clinical outcomes, a” · from this posting
Requirements
- RN
- LVN
- Nursing policy compliance
- Clinical staff performance evaluation
- Managed Registered Nurses (RNs)
- Staff performance monitoring
- CPR Certification
- Nursing department supervision
- Nursing
- 12 hour shift
Place
- City
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Median rent
- $1,648/mo
- Local household income
- $84,818/yr
- Metro price level
- 1% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Colorado Springs area index 100.7, where 100 is the national average.
Nestled at the foot of Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountain foothills, Colorado Springs blends outdoor adventure with a laid-back metro feel. Mild, sunny weather and trails like those in nearby Garden of the Gods attract active nurses seeking a scenic, affordable alternative to Denver.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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Travel Nursing depends on where your license works. Staff experience first; a compact license opens more states.
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
