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Travel RN Med Surg Onc

UCHealth

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Health system employer

Posted Aug 21

Shift
Nights
Hours a week
36
Unit
Med-Surg
Contract
13 weeks

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
This role$50/hr
nursing in Colorado$37/hr

The median for nursing in Colorado is $37/hr, across 585 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.

About this role

Location: UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital - Highlands Ranch Department: Medical Surgical Oncology

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

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.

Who We Are (uchealth.org)

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Requirements

  • CO RN license or eNLC privileges
  • 1-year experience

Place

City
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Rent against this pay
32% of monthly gross
This role$2,531/mo rent
Monthly gross$7,800/mo

$2,531 median rent against $7,800 a month at $50/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax.

Local household income
$159,307/yr

all local households, not nurse pay

State price level
3% above the national average

Colorado index 103.1, where 100 is the national average.

Address
1500 Park Central Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129, USA

Highlands Ranch is a master-planned suburb just south of Denver, offering relocating RNs a quiet, family-friendly base camp. Known for its extensive trail networks and green spaces, the community features the Rocky Mountain foothills as a daily backdrop, blending suburban comfort with quick access to outdoor recreation and major metro healthcare systems.

Map showing the location of Highlands Ranch, CO
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Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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About the employer

UCHealth
Health system employer

UCHealth is a large healthcare system with over 30,000 employees, operating a network of nationally-recognized hospitals and clinic locations throughout Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. Headquartered in the Aurora, CO area, the system's flagship facility is University of Colorado…

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On your path

Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.

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  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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