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Travel RN Inpatient Behavioral Health

UCHealth

Fort Collins, Colorado

Health system employer

Shift
Nights
Hours a week
36 hrs a week
Unit
Psych
Contract
13-week contract

Posted Aug 11

What the listing says

Role

Schedule
Nights · 36 hours
Term
13 weeks · Travel
On the floor
Precepting expected
Setting
Hospital
Accepts
RN
Experience
1+ years

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Against the board
Inside the CO travel range

CO travel postings that state pay run $42/hr to $66/hr, the middle half $50/hr to $59/hr, across 138 postings.

About this role

Location: UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital - Fort Collins Department: InpatientBehavioral Health

Work

Schedule

Full Time, 72.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)

Read the full posting

Shift: Nights Pay: $50.00 per hour plus travel package/stipend

LOCAL RN Traveler contract options available for those who reside within 75 miles

13 week assignments available

Minimum

Requirements

CO RN license or eNLC privileges 1-year experience BLS - BLS through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date.

At UCHealth, We Improve Lives

Picture yourself on a dynamic team improving lives in the following way(s):

  • Provides top of scope practice in direct patient care utilizing the nursing process
  • Values a multidisciplinary team approach to achieve exceptional outcomes
  • Prioritizes wellness, a patient perspective and evidence-based practice
  • Models proficiency through precepting those new to healthcare and/or UCHealth
  • Welcomes new knowledge in a fast paced, innovative clinical environment
  • Contributes to secure safety and quality at the point of care

Acute Care

Direct care includes specialty Acute Care (Med-Surg) Units of moderate to high patient acuity AMSN's core curriculum and various specialty certification standards are included in evidence based care models for each unit

Employees are our number one asset.

UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in professional success and personal well-being through a comprehensive total rewards program. *

Recognition

Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

Health and well-being

Medical, dental and vision coverage. Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents. Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.

Free Care.com membership. Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs. Time away from work: Limited time off (LTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.

Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options. Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability with a buy-up coverage option.

Retirement and savings

403(b) plan with employer matching contribution. Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health saving accounts available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities. Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.

*Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law.

UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when the do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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Requirements

  • CO RN license or eNLC privileges
  • 1-year experience
  • BLS - BLS through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date.
  • At UCHealth, We Improve Lives

Place

City
Fort Collins, Colorado
Rent against this pay
22% of monthly gross
This role$1,690/mo rent
Monthly gross$7,800/mo

$1,690 median rent against $7,800 a month at $50/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.

Local household income
$85,070/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
1% above the national average

Fort Collins area index 101.1, where 100 is the national average.

Fort Collins sits along Colorado's Front Range, blending college-town energy with outdoor access. Old Town's historic main street anchors the community, while nearby Horsetooth Reservoir offers weekend recreation. A midsize city with a relaxed pace, it appeals to RNs seeking mountain-adjacent living without Denver's congestion.

Map showing the location of Fort Collins, CO
Approximate location in Fort Collins, CO. · © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap· Open the live map

Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

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On your path

Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.

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