Registered Nurse - Hospice Float
Delta, Colorado
Posted Oct 12
- Unit and setting
- ICU · Hospital
- License
- RN licenseMust have unrestricted RN license in the State of Colorado
- Term
- Per Diem
Do you qualify?
- License
- Must have unrestricted RN license in the State of Colorado Check your license
- License
- Must have valid Colorado driver’s license, reliable transportation and auto insurance coverage maintained throughout employment. Check your license
- Experience
- Minimum of 1year of nursing experience required.
- Also asks
- Compliance with training requirements is essential for participation in the RN Float (PRN) Pool Program.
Preferred
- Experience
- 2 years working in hospital, home health, oncology, critical care or hospice setting preferred.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Colorado PRN postingsColorado PRN postings that state pay run $34/hr to $55/hr, the middle half $41/hr to $48/hr, across 239 postings.
- Shift differential
- +$5/hr
Benefits
- 403(b)
- Employee assistance program
- Disability insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- Life insurance
- 401k/Retirement
More benefits (1)
- EAP
The role and schedule
- Floating
- Floats to other units
- Weekends
- Weekends as needed
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Hospice is a specialty you move into. Med surg, oncology, or home health is the usual door in.
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Registered Nurse Float Pool - Delta
Schedule
Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm with weekend coverage as needed
If you are longing to put everything you’ve learned as a Registered Nurse into practice, we hope you will consider joining the HopeWest Hospice team as a float RN.
If you want something “more than a job”, more like a calling, you will find it at HopeWest. If you want to connect with the reasons you became a nurse, use the experience and education you have gained, and find the joy of changing the community you live in, you will love being a nurse at HopeWest.
The Hospice Float Registered Nurse (RN) provides flexible clinical support across hospice teams and service areas to ensure continuity of care for patients and families. This position delivers compassionate, patient-centered nursing care throughout the hospice journey, including patient assessments, care planning, symptom management, medication management, patient and family education, and coordination with the interdisciplinary team. The Hospice Float RN adapts to changing staffing and patient care needs, supports coverage for planned and unplanned absences, and maintains compliance with applicable regulations, clinical standards, and HopeWest policies and procedures.
This role demonstrates a commitment to the HopeWest mission by providing high-quality, compassionate care that honors the dignity, comfort, and wishes of each patient.
About HopeWest
HopeWest is a non-profit organization that has been providing exceptional hospice, palliative and PACE services to the Western Slope for over 32 years through its 450 employees and over a thousand volunteers. A recipient of multiple quality and innovation awards, HopeWest brings the community together to change how we all experience aging, illness, and grief. It is devoted to not just amazing patient care, but family care.
Requirements
- Must have unrestricted RN license in the State of Colorado
- Must have valid Colorado driver’s license, reliable transportation and auto insurance coverage maintained throughout employment.
- Compliance with training requirements is essential for participation in the RN Float (PRN) Pool Program.
- Minimum of 1year of nursing experience required.
- 2 years working in hospital, home health, oncology, critical care or hospice setting preferred.
Pay & Benefits
- Pay: $35.02-$40.05 base wage, plus 10% for PRN status - (differentials: $5/hr weekends & $6/hr nights)
- Premium pay for CHPN/WCC
- Mileage reimbursement of 65cents/mile for work related driving
- Cell phone and laptop provided for documentation
- Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program
- Employer paid life insurance
- EAP & Disability
- 403b Retirement plan with up to 3% employer match
- 15% discount at Spoons Bistro & Bakery, and Heirlooms locations
At HopeWest, we hold strong core values that are followed internally with staff as well as in the daily care of our patients & their loved ones. Employees of HopeWest are ambassadors that help continue our strong reputation in the communities we serve. If you want to feel honor and pride in the work that you do, while supporting a meaningful mission, come join our HopeWest Team!
Together, through creativity, volunteerism, and philanthropy we change the experiences of aging, illness, and grief – one family at a time. HopeWest honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply. This position will remain open until filled.
What's around it?
Delta, COFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% above the US average
- Median rent
- $990/mo
- Household income
- $45,250/yr, all local households, not nurse pay