RN Weekend Option Intermediate Care
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Posted Aug 21
- Shift
- Weekends only
- Unit
- Stepdown
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Weekends only
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Colorado is $37/hr, across 586 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our RN, Weekend Option, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patients/families to identify and meet their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs during weekend shifts.
Every day you will promote the optimal health, well-being, and safety of patients through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, all while demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and organizational values.
To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with strong clinical assessment and communication skills, adaptability for weekend duties, and a commitment to patient safety and adherence to nursing standards, aligned with our organizational mission and core values.
Read the full posting
- 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 IVs, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
- 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.
- Recognizes the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
Job Requirements
Required
- Associate's Degree in Nursing or by endorsement.
- One (1) year experience.
- Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty.
- RN License; Current state nursing licenses or valid RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact.
Preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
Where You'll Work
Penrose - St. Francis Health Services is a full-service, 712-bed acute care provider in Colorado Springs comprising Penrose Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and St. Francis Hospital - Interquest. Penrose Hospital serves as the anchor hospital of Penrose-St. Francis Health Services with 300-licensed beds and the ability to provide tertiary (high tech) medical-surgical services with an emphasis on elective and outpatient care. Established in 1890, Penrose Hospital has grown to become a major health treatment and referral center, specializing in cancer care, cardiac care, emergency trauma care and physical rehabilitation.
It’s an incredible time to join us as we are a proud Magnet® Hospital with designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for superior quality in nursing care. With more than 300 days of annual sunshine, mild winters and easy-to-access recreational areas like Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and some of Colorado’s top destination resorts, you will enjoy an incredible lifestyle while having the career you’ve always wanted.
Pay Range
$33.15 - $59.67 /hour
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Requirements
- Required
- Associate's Degree in Nursing or by endorsement.
- One (1) year experience.
- Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty.
- RN License; Current state nursing licenses or valid RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact.
Place
- City
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Median rent
- $1,648/mo
- Local household income
- $84,818/yr
- Metro price level
- 1% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Colorado Springs area index 100.7, where 100 is the national average.
Nestled at the foot of Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountain foothills, Colorado Springs blends outdoor adventure with a laid-back metro feel. Mild, sunny weather and trails like those in nearby Garden of the Gods attract active nurses seeking a scenic, affordable alternative to Denver.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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