Registered Nurse Infectious Disease Clinic

Children's Hospital Colorado; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

401k match

Wellness program

Education benefit

Annual bonus

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora seeks a Clinical Nurse II to deliver family-centered care within a multidisciplinary team. You will assess patients, manage complex therapies, and educate families while adhering to infection control and safety standards.

The role emphasizes care coordination, evidence-based practice, and ongoing professional development, with a focus on quality and patient safety in an outpatient Infectious Disease Clinic setting.

Qualifications

• BSN required; RN license in Colorado or compact.
• BLS/CPR certification required.
• One year of nursing experience minimum.

Responsibilities

• Direct patient assessment: evaluate symptoms, monitor vitals, review labs.
• Medication management: administer IV antibiotics, antivirals, and complex regimens; manage lines.
• Infection control: follow isolation policies and educate on safe waste handling.
• Education: teach patients and families about at-home care and medication adherence.
• Care coordination: support referral triage and continuity between inpatient/outpatient care.

Skills

Nursing care

Infection control

Team collaboration

Patient education

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Tools

EMR navigation

Job description

Job ID: 108819

Location: Aurora

Position Type: Regular

Job Overview

The Clinical Nurse (CN) II 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.

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Infectious Disease (ID) Clinic Nurse to join our outpatient clinical team. In this role, you will deliver comprehensive, direct patient care to individuals managing acute, chronic, and contagious infections. You will be responsible for patient assessments, complex medication management, patient education, and strict adherence to infection control protocols.

Direct Patient Assessment: Evaluate symptoms, monitor vital signs, track disease progression, and retrieve and review laboratory test results

Medication Management: Administer specialized therapies, including long‑term intravenous (IV) antibiotics, complex antiviral drug combinations, and biologic agents, while watching for adverse reactions and managing medication adherence. Assist with clinic‑administered medication administration (IV, IM, and SQ). Manage vascular access devices (PICC lines, midlines, ports), including dressing changes, line flushing, lab draws and removal.

Infection Control & Prevention: Knowledge and adherence to isolation precaution policy, manage and educate on safe handling of infectious waste, and monitor/track contact exposure.

Patient and Family Education: Teach patients how to self‑manage medications (such as proper at‑home IV line care or adherence to multi‑drug regimens) and explain transmission prevention to families.

Care Coordination: Assist with referral triage, in‑patient to outpatient coordination of care, and outreach support for patients/families. Collaborate with physicians, pharmacists, and public health agencies to coordinate continuity of care and ensure compliance with regional health reporting standards.

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.
  • Present 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
• Area of Study
  • Not applicable
• Experience
  • Required:One (1) year of nursing experience.
• Licenses & Certifications
  • Basic Life Support
  • Registered Nurse
• Additional Requirements
  • BLS/CPR with at least six (6) months left before expiration. RN License from multistate compact.
  • Minimum Requirements EDUCATION - 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.
  • LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION(S) - 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.
• Competency
  • None

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Range: $39.88 to $59.82

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, 403b 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.

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Department: Infectious Disease Clinic

Status: Full-time, benefit eligible

Shift: M-F, 8:00am to 4:30pm

Estimated Close Date: 11/24/2026