Registered Nurse Flex Pre PACU Post

Children's Hospital Colorado; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 56,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado seeks a Clinical Nurse (CN) Flex for the SPARC unit (Pre PACU/Post). You will deliver family-centered, evidence-based care and collaborate across disciplines to ensure patient safety and high-quality outcomes. The role requires 20 hours of availability per pay period and night shifts.

The unit supports diverse surgical specialties and emphasizes education for patients, families, and staff, leveraging the Professional Practice Model to guide care across the continuum.

Qualifications

• BSN required or equivalent; state RN license in Colorado.
• 1 year of nursing experience.
• BLS/CPR certification with remaining validity.
• Equivalent pathways for MEPN/ADN options may apply in lieu of BSN.

Responsibilities

• Deliver family-centered care within the nursing process across the care continuum.
• Collaborate with inter-professional teams to ensure safe patient care.
• Apply evidence-based practice to care plans and improvements.
• Participate in quality improvement and safety initiatives.

Skills

Family-Centered Care

Inter-professional teamwork

Evidence-based practice

Quality improvement

Informatics

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

RN license (Colorado)

BLS/CPR Certification

Tools

EMR / Electronic Medical Records

Job description

Job Overview

The Clinical Nurse (CN) Flex provides Family-Centered Care as demonstrated by recognizing the patient, family and/or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and needs. Assumes active role in clinical education of patients, families and staff. Functions effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. Integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise for delivery of optimal health care. Uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and uses improvement methods to test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

The Pre/Post-Anesthesia Care Unit is a 22-bed unit dedicated to the patient’s care throughout the continuum of surgical care. The unit is better known as SPARC (Surgical Prep Anesthesia Recovery Center). Our trained nurses and EMTs care for the patient in all phases of care including Pre-op, PACU, Phase II and Discharge. We care for a wide variety of surgical specialties including ENT, Urology, GI, General Surgery, Ortho, Neurosurgery, Dental, and Ophthalmology just to name a few. The unit also provides dedicated nursing care to Radiology and pH probe placements. We are committed to providing patients and families comprehensive and thoughtful care throughout their stay. We take a multidisciplinary approach to prepare families for surgery and the ongoing care for their child. We pride ourselves on providing excellent care for our patients, families, and colleagues.

Department Name: Colorado Springs Hospital Pre PACU Post
Job Status: Flex, not eligible for benefits
Shift: Must give 20 hours of availability per pay period. This position will require availability on nights. Holiday call is required per department guidelines.

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.
  * Communicate and advocate patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of 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.
  * Presents own perspective and supporting evidence in 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 the 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 (BSN)
• Experience
  • One (1) year of nursing experience
• Equivalency
  • Applicants with an Associate's Degree in Nursing and 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) or Master's Entry to Practice Nursing (MEPN) may substitute for a BSN.
• Licenses & Certifications
  • Current Colorado Registered Nurse (RN) license or RN license from multistate compact
  • BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least six (6) months left before expiration is required upon hire

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.
Hourly Rate of Pay: $49.10

Benefits Information

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 sick leave and a robust wellness program.

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.

Estimated Close Date

11/30/2026