Registered Nurse Emergency Department

Children's Hospital Colorado; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 79,500 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Hospital Colorado is seeking a Clinical Nurse II to provide family-centered care, collaborate with inter-professional teams, and integrate evidence-based practice into daily patient care. The role emphasizes safety, data-driven improvements, and professional development within a dynamic ED setting.

The CN II will use the nursing process across the continuum of care, document in the EMR, and participate in governance and leadership initiatives while delivering compassionate, culturally

Qualifications

• BSN required; ADN with BSN option within 3 years may be considered.
• Minimum 1 year of nursing experience.
• BLS certification with at least 6 months remaining and RN license in a multistate compact.

Responsibilities

• Deliver family-centered care using the nursing process.
• Collaborate with inter-professional teams to ensure quality patient care.
• Integrate evidence-based practice into clinical care.
• Use data to monitor outcomes and drive quality improvements.
• Maintain patient safety and communicate potential risks.
• Navigate the EMR to document and support care.
• Engage in leadership, governance and professional development.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Nursing equivalency options (ADN with BSN within 3 years or MEPN)

Job description

Job Overview

The Clinical Nurse (CN) II provides Family‑Centered Care by recognizing the patient, family and/or designee as a full partner in compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs. The CN II assumes an active role in the clinical education of patients, families and staff, functions effectively within nursing and inter‑professional teams, fosters open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision‑making to achieve quality patient care, integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise for optimal health care, uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes, and applies improvement methods to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. The CN II minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance, and uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision‑making.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Family‑Centered Care: Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
  • Delivers patient and family‑centered care incorporating the nursing process while providing developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence‑based care. Actively anticipates changes in patient outcomes/ unit needs in the provision of care.
  • Care is guided by the Professional Practice Model throughout the continuum of care.
  • Communicates and advocates patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of the implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team. Initiates and anticipates individualized care and education for patients/families across the continuum using an interdisciplinary approach.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Function effectively within nursing and inter‑professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision‑making to achieve quality patient care.
  • Applies communication practices that minimize risks across transitions of care.
  • Provides perspective and supporting evidence during patient care and team discussions.
  • Collaborates with team members in shared decision‑making.
• Evidence Based Practice: Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
  • Identifies key concepts of research and evidence‑based practice.
  • Participates in structuring the work environment to facilitate integration of new evidence into standards of practice.
  • Recognizes and communicates the need for revision of hospital and departmental policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and/or measures for clinical practice evaluation.
  • Recognizes the standard of care provided by the applicable professional organization and/or association.
• Quality Improvement: Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
  • Utilizes outcome data at the patient level to make care decisions.
  • Participates in quality improvement activities and uses quality measures to understand individual and unit performance.
• Safety: Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
  • Utilizes and discusses policy, procedures, and guidelines to support practice.
  • Communicates observations or concerns related to unsafe situations that pose a risk to patients, families or the health care team.
• Informatics: Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision‑making.
  • Recognizes and applies information and technology of patient and unit outcomes to facilitate communication, clinical decision making, error prevention, and care coordination.
  • Navigates and documents in the EMR to support patient care.
• Leadership: Nurses support organizational goals, advance the nursing profession, and enhance professional development by extending their influence to professional and community groups.
  • Works within scope of practice and delegates according to Nurse Practice Act.
  • Participates in professional governance activities.
  • Seeks opportunities to participate in professional development activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees:
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Experience:
  • Required: One (1) year of nursing experience.
• Equivalency:
  • Applicants with an Associate’s Degree in Nursing who agree to obtain a BSN within three (3) years from their start/hire date may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). A Master’s Entry to Practice Nursing (MEPN) may substitute for a BSN.
• Licenses & Certifications:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) with at least six (6) months left before expiration.
  • Registered Nurse (RN) license from a multistate compact.

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant’s relevant experience.

Hourly Range: $38.34 to $57.52

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company‑provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403(b) employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children’s Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job‑related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non‑job‑related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age‑identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Department: Emergency Department
Status: Full Time, Benefits Eligible
Shift: Night Shift