Charge RN, Preop/PACU
Vail, Colorado
Perioperative Care
Posted Jul 18
- Unit
- PACU
What the listing says
Role
- On the floor
- Charge shifts
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- $6/hr below the median
The median for PACU in Colorado is $50/hr, across 11 postings.
About this role
Vail Health has become the world's most advanced mountain healthcare system. Vail Health consists of an updated 520,000-square-foot, 56-bed hospital. This state-of-the-art facility provides exceptional care to all of our patients, with the most beautiful views in the area, located centrally in Vail.
Learn more about Vail Health here. About the opportunity: Provide direction and supervision to other staff caring for patients in the unit. Organize, coordinate, and facilitate patient care.
Collaborate with clinical providers, staff, and clinical leadership to achieve optimal patient outcomes. What you will do: Maintain daily operational aspects of the unit to include, but not limited to, staffing, scheduling, and environment of care. Manage nurse/patient ratios to ensure safe, quality care and financial responsibility.
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Manage resources to minimize overtime. Serve as a resource in the provision of care, providing staff supervision and fostering professional growth. Serve as a unit expert and resource to staff and providers.
Utilize appropriate resources as necessary. Apprize Unit Director/Manager of any issues outside of normal practice standards. Act as role model for high level of nursing professionalism and application, while moving the patient efficiently through the care continuum and coordinating care with other patient care units.
Function as a member/leader of the interdisciplinary care delivery team. Serve as the primary point of contact for the department when staffing, coordinating multi-disciplinary communication and emergency responses. Provide expert level of patient assessment to include biophysical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, environmental, self-care and discharge/transfer needs, care planning, and intervention while embracing Relationship-Based Care delivery model.
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Requirements
- RN License
- PALS Certification
- BLS Certification
- ACLS Certification
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Bachelor's degree in nursing
- Associate Degree in Nursing
- Associate's degree
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Paid housing
- 403(b)
- Disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Loan repayment program
- Vision insurance
- Parental leave
Place
- City
- Vail, Colorado
- Median rent
- $1,606/mo
- Local household income
- $98,893/yr
- State price level
- 3% above the national average
- CMS overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 54
- RN residency
- ANCC-accredited: Vail Health Transition To Practice Program at Vail Health Hospital, through Jan 2029
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Colorado index 103.1, where 100 is the national average.
Nestled in the Rocky Mountains, Vail is a world-renowned alpine resort town centered around Vail Village and Lionshead, with Gore Creek winding through its pedestrian-friendly core. Year-round outdoor recreation—from skiing Vail Mountain to summer hiking trails—defines daily life in this small, scenic mountain community.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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You are looking at a 56-bed nonprofit hospital at the base of Vail Mountain, 180 S Frontage Rd W, where patient rooms face the slopes and the building has grown to about 520,000 square feet. If you are new, the…
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