Registered Nurse

Kids for the Future; Leadville (CO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick time

403B retirement

Job summary

Kids for the Future seeks a Registered Nurse for PRN shifts in Leadville, CO. The role covers 12-hour day or night shifts in the emergency department and ACU floor, with essential ER nursing duties and patient-focused care.

Applicants must hold a Colorado RN license or a participating state license, with BLS, ACLS, and PALS. Preferred are CEN and NRP certifications, and the ability to manage multiple priorities calmly.

Qualifications

• Current Colorado RN license or Compact state license.
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.
• CEN certification preferred; NRP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide care in the emergency department and ACU floor during 12-hour shifts.
• Follow ER guidelines and nursing standards; prioritize patient safety.
• Stock, clean, and coordinate with healthcare team for patient flow.
• Support patient and family education and discharge planning.

Skills

Good organizational skills

Ability to lift 50 pounds

Ability to work independently

Communication skills

Education

2 Year Degree

Job description

• Location 822 W 4TH ST,Leadville, CO, 80461-3861,United States
• Base Pay $40.00 - $50.00 / Hour
• Required Degree 2 Year Degree

Contact information

• Phone [phone]

Description

Registered Nurse-PRN position. The position involves 12-hour shifts, 7 PM-7 AM or 7 AM-7 PM, in the emergency room and ACU floor.

Benefits available are paid sick time and 403B retirement

Accepting applications on an ongoing basis

Requirements

• Current Colorado RN license / Current RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact.
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications from American Heart Association are required.
• Current TNCC certification is preferred.
• Current CEN certification is preferred.
• NRP certification is preferred.
• Good organizational skills.
• Physical requirements, ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds frequently.
• Ability to follow verbal and written directions.
• Good interpersonal and customer relation skills.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Manage stress appropriately.
• Manage anger/fear/hostility/violence of others appropriately.
• Work independently and handle multiple priorities.

Summary

Assumes responsibility and accountability for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and the patient/family to identify and meet the patient's physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The nursing process, patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act promote the patient's optimal health, well-being, and safety. It also demonstrates personal accountability for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values. Please review the specific addendum, if applicable.

Emergency Department/Dual Track Emergency Department

• Uses Emergency Department and Dual Track Emergency Department Guidelines of care, hospital policies/procedures, and regulatory guidelines to guide work within the scope of practice.
• Initiates standards of care based on chief complaint and the Emergency Severity Index while adhering to policy.
• Coordinates care of patients with the provider and ancillary departments
• Stock and clean Emergency Department rooms and specified areas.
• Participate in designated quality initiatives and assignments as directed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Patient & Family Centered Care

• Assess the patient's physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records, and clinical data.
• Evaluate the patient’s response and intervene to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Develop and implement a patient plan of care and observe outcomes by nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in various therapeutic/diagnostic interventions, including but not limited to IVs, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect each patient's health safety and rights.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning, readiness, needs, and ability.
• Provide patient teaching and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching.
• Recognize 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.
• Develop relationship-based care in which the nurse strives to understand what is most important to the individual and actively engagethemr in all aspects of care.
• This care will be delivered with respect for cultural differences and the diversity of human experience.

Leadership/Nursing Professionalism

• Delegates to non-RN personnel by State Board of Nursing and hospital policy.
• Effectively uses time, personnel, equipment, and supplies to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care.
• Professional role model for all staff, demonstrating ethical/legal/professional nursing process.
• Manages resources and patient flow through matching nursing competencies with individualized patient's and unit needs.
• Uses standards of care, hospital policies/ procedures, and regulatory guidelines to guide practice.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
• Precepts/ mentors new staff or nursing students as needed.
• Attends 75% of staff meetings, including training meetings.

Informatics/Technology

• Adapts to rapidly changing technology as evidenced by competency in technology and equipment used in the patient care setting.
• Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.
• Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes accurately, timely.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

Quality/ Research

• Verbalizes an understanding of the value of measurement and the importance of continuous quality improvement data.
• Use quality measures to improve performance and accountability for patient outcomes, patient experiences, and safe care delivery.
• Participate in unit‑based Quality improvement, evidence‑based practice, and research activities.
• Use current healthcare research findings and other evidence to expand clinical knowledge, enhance role performance, and increase understanding of professional issues.

Professional Development

• Consistently utilize the provided resources to learn and reference facility policy.
• Seeks out learning opportunities and continuing education.
• Seeks experiences that reflect current practice to maintain skills and competence in clinical practice or role performance.
• Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competency and life‑long learning.
• Evaluate one's own integrity and nursing practice about professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Takes action to achieve goals identified during the evaluation process.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the organization through ongoing participation at the hospital and unit‑based meetings.
• Completes hospital‑required training annually and any additional training as requested or required by nursing leadership.