Travel RN Neuro ICU
Aurora, Colorado
Health system employer
Posted Aug 25
- Shift
- Rotating
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- ICU
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Rotating · 36 hours
- Term
- 13 weeks · Travel
- On the floor
- Precepting expected
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Colorado is $37/hr, across 587 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Location: UCHealth Anschutz - Aurora Department: Neuro ICU
Work
Schedule
Full Time, 72.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)
Read the full posting
Shift: Nights or D/N rotating Pay: $50.00 per hour plus travel package/stipend
13 week assignments available
Minimum
Requirements
- CO RN license or eNLC privileges
- 1-year experience
- ACLS
BLS - BLS through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date.
At UCHealth, We Improve Lives
Picture yourself on a dynamic team improving lives in the following way(s):
- Provides top of scope practice in direct patient care utilizing the nursing process
- Values a multidisciplinary team approach to achieve exceptional outcomes
- Prioritizes wellness, a patient perspective and evidence-based practice
- Models proficiency through precepting those new to healthcare and/or UCHealth
- Welcomes new knowledge in a fast paced, innovative clinical environment
- Contributes to secure safety and quality at the point of care
Critical Care
- Direct care includes Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or Progressive Care Unit (PCU) level of care in a technically complex environment
- AACN's Synergy Model and various specialty certification standards are included in evidence based care models for each ICU and PCU
Employees are our number one asset.
UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in professional success and personal well-being through a comprehensive total rewards program. *
Recognition
- Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.
Health and well-being
- Medical, dental and vision coverage.
- Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.
- Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
- Free Care.com membership.
- Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
- Time away from work: Limited time off (LTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
- Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.
- Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability with a buy-up coverage option.
Retirement and savings
- 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
- Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health saving accounts available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.
Education and career growth
- Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.
- Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.
- Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.
We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.
UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.
UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law.
UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when the do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.
Who We Are (uchealth.org)
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Requirements
- CO RN license or eNLC privileges
- 1-year experience
- ACLS
Place
- City
- Aurora, Colorado
- Rent against this pay
- 24% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $88,368/yr
- Metro price level
- 6% above the national average
$1,835 median rent against $7,800 a month at $50/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Aurora area index 105.8, where 100 is the national average.
Aurora sits just east of Denver, offering nurses a suburban base with quick metro access. The city sprawls across high plains east of the Front Range, mixing newer subdivisions with established pockets near Anschutz Medical Campus. Trail systems connect parks and reservoirs, giving outdoor options between shifts. Diverse dining scenes reflect the area's international communities.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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About the employer
UCHealth is a large healthcare system with over 30,000 employees, operating a network of nationally-recognized hospitals and clinic locations throughout Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. Headquartered in the Aurora, CO area, the system's flagship facility is University of Colorado…
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