Nurse: LPN, LVN or RN
Lakewood, Colorado
Posted Aug 10
- Shift
- 8-hour evenings
- Hours a week
- 40
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour evenings · 5 a week · 40 hours
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- LPN
- Experience
- New graduates
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Colorado is $37/hr, across 590 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Dispensing Nurse for our Clinic at 8790 W. Colfax Ave Lakewood
LPN/LVN or RN
Job Type: Full-Time Salary: $34.00 - $35.00 per hour
Shift: Monday - Friday 12pm to 8pm; Saturday rotation 1-2 month 7am to 10am
Read the full posting
Join us in redefining recovery with a model that works for patients. We've been pioneering a revolutionary approach to methadone treatment by offering extended hours - our Lakewood clinic is one of of our 4 clinics with extended medication dispensing hours.
Join Denver Recovery Group
Responsibilities
Administer TB tests, blood draw, and take/record vitals.
Dosing patients
Ensuring medication safety
Recording urine analysis and Breathalyzer results, reviewing results with patients
The dispensing nurse will work under the guidance and collaboration of the Medical Director and Nursing Supervisor. The position offers an opportunity to identify and resolve issues promptly, demonstrating the ability to manage difficult or emotional client situations
Benefits
Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance, (employer assisted)
11 Paid Federal Holidays
Accrued PTO
Accrued Sick
Retirement Plan
EAP
___________
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by team members assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of team members so classified. All team members may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
This is a "Fair Chance" job (the employer follows Fair Chance hiring practices when performing background checks).
Denver Recovery Group is an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
About Denver Recovery Group LLC Denver Recovery Group is an opioid treatment center that provides medication assisted treatment (MAT) to individuals on the Front Range of Colorado from Boulder to Colorado Springs and Western Slope Colorado communities.
Sourced from Denver Recovery Group’s careers page.
Requirements
- LPN
- LVN
- RN
Benefits highlights
- Paid holidays
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
- Vision insurance
Place
- City
- Lakewood, Colorado
- Rent against this pay
- 31% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $89,792/yr
- State price level
- 3% above the national average
$1,806 median rent against $5,893 a month at $34/hr for 40 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Colorado index 103.1, where 100 is the national average.
Lakewood sits along Denver's western edge, where suburban convenience meets Rocky Mountain foothills. Nurses here enjoy quick access to Denver's hospital corridor plus miles of trails, parks, and reservoirs — an easy-living base for both career and outdoor downtime.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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You would work as a dispensing nurse at Denver Recovery Group’s Lakewood clinic on W. Colfax, one of several MAT clinics the group runs along the Front Range. The day is built around dosing methadone and buprenorphine, then the steady…
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