Nurse Resident RN St Francis Emergency
You'll give treatments, track vitals and teach patients and families, working daily with physicians and a multidisciplinary team.
- Eligibility
- New Grad NursingSign-on bonus
Posted Sep 11 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 36 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- St Francis Emergency · Hospital to provide holistic care to individuals across the lifespan and care continuumPatients across the lifespan and care continuum
- License
- RN license To be considered for this role, you must have graduated and be licensed prior to the October 26, 2026 start date.Graduated and licensed before the October 26, 2026 start date
- Term
- Starts Oct 26, 2026 · Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed, residency program
- License
- Graduated and licensed before the October 26, 2026 start date To be considered for this role, you must have graduated and be licensed prior to the October 26, 2026 start date.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Colorado Springs staff RN rolesColorado Springs staff RN postings that state pay run $33/hr to $41/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $39/hr, across 117 postings.
- Sign-on bonus
- $5,000
- Tuition assistance
- tuition reimbursement
- Bonus
- $5,000 sign-on bonus We are offering a $5,000 Sign-On BonusNew hires who meet the eligibility requirements
- Bonus
- Up to $8,000 relocation assistance up to $8,000 relocation assistance to new hires who meet the eligibility requirementsNew hires who meet the eligibility requirements
Benefits
- BenefitsPrescription drugprescription drug
- BenefitsVision plansvision plans
- BenefitsLife insurancelife insurance
- BenefitsPaid time offpaid time off
- BenefitsTuition reimbursementtuition reimbursement
- BenefitsRetirement plan benefitsretirement plan benefits
- medical
- dental
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Giving treatments You’ll administer treatments, track vitals, educate patients and families, and play a key role in making sure people feel seen, heard, and cared for.
- Day to day
- Tracking vitals
- Day to day
- Patient and family teaching
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Orientation
- Residency program To succeed in this role, you’ll actively engage in our comprehensive, evidence-based Nurse Residency Program designed to support your growth and professional development.
- Residency
- October 26, 2026
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range, differentials, and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Emergency is open from year one. Fellowships take new grads. Watch their application dates.
Original listing
Posted on CommonSpirit Health’s careers page.
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As a National Nurse Resident, you’ll step into a hands-on, supportive experience designed to help you grow and build confidence from day one. You won’t be on your own. You can expect real mentorship, meaningful feedback, and a team invested in your long-term success.
Every day, you’ll collaborate with physicians and a multidisciplinary team to deliver care that sees each patient as an individual. You’ll administer treatments, track vitals, educate patients and families, and play a key role in making sure people feel seen, heard, and cared for. To succeed in this role, you’ll actively engage in our comprehensive, evidence-based Nurse Residency Program designed to support your growth and professional development.
With a strong drive to learn and a team-first mindset, you’ll continue sharpening your skills while building a meaningful, fulfilling nursing career. - Builds skills to utilize current evidence-based practice knowledge, the nursing process, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to provide holistic care to individuals across the lifespan and care continuum. - Basic understanding of and ability to assess ailments and injuries of patients and implement a treatment plan. - Learns to collaborate and communicate with the interprofessional team to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes. - Basic understanding of and ability to provide clinical skills necessary for patient care, e.g., history taking, therapeutic planning, and monitoring, etc., to achieve optimized outcomes in medication therapy and clinical treatment. - Basic understanding and knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks. - Develops accountability for own practice, delegated care, and the coordination of care delivery. Behaves in a manner that supports colleagues, and maintains respect, trust, and dignity. We are offering a $5,000 Sign-On Bonus in addition to up to $8,000 relocation assistance to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.
To be considered for this role, you must have graduated and be licensed prior to the October 26, 2026 start date. If you graduate after that date, or will not take your NCLEX in time, please consider applying for our Spring 2027 cohort.
What's around it?
Colorado Springs, COFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about the same as the US average
- Median rent
- $1,648/mo
- Household income
- $84,818/yr, all local households, not nurse pay