Registered Nurse Intermediate Care
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Penrose Hospital is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Aug 14
- Shift and hours
- Nights
- Unit and setting
- Stepdown · Hospital
- License
- RN licenseRN License in state of employment
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- RN License in state of employment
- Education
- Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
- Also asks
- Physical
- Also asks
- Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly
Preferred
- Education
- Bachelors Degree in Nursing Preferred: Bachelors Degree in Nursing
- Experience
- One (1) year experience Preferred: One (1) year experience
- Also asks
- Where You'll Work Preferred: Where You'll Work
- Also asks
- At Penrose Hospital, one of our achieved Magnet® hospitals, the 7 North Intermediate Care Department (IMC) has 24 beds and is a higher level of care for med/surg patients. We have an incredible 24-hour team and our greatest attribute is our team work. Individuals looking to join our unit must have strong critical thinking skills, excellent time management and be quick learners.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- COLORADO SPRINGS staff RN median is $37/hrCOLORADO SPRINGS staff RN postings that state pay run $33/hr to $42/hr, the middle half $34/hr to $39/hr, across 93 postings. This posting's $33/hr to $60/hr is wider than that, so where you land depends on the offer.
- Sign-on bonus
- $20,000
Benefits
- Sign-on Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
The workplace
New grads have a defined entry point: the National Nurse Resident Program takes RNs with 0-12 months of experience and includes mentorship and training.
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through differentials and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care.
Every day you will promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission.
To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care, strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive, mission-driven environment.
Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data. Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome. Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including, but not limited to, IV’s, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections. Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records. Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.
Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making. Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient. Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.
Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.
We are offering a $20,000 Sign on Bonus and up to $8,000 in relocation assistance to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.
Job Requirements
Required
- Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
- RN License in state of employment
- Physical
Requirements
Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly
Preferred
- Bachelors Degree in Nursing
- One (1) year experience
- Where You'll Work
At Penrose Hospital, one of our achieved Magnet® hospitals, the 7 North Intermediate Care Department (IMC) has 24 beds and is a higher level of care for med/surg patients. We have an incredible 24-hour team and our greatest attribute is our team work. Individuals looking to join our unit must have strong critical thinking skills, excellent time management and be quick learners.
Pay Range $33.15 - $59.67 /hour
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