RN Emergency Room

CommonSpirit Health; Cañon City (CO); On-site; USD 44,096 - 79,377; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, Colorado. The role focuses on compassionate, patient-centered care across the nursing process within a mission-driven team.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary group to promote safety, quality outcomes, and holistic well-being for patients and families. The position requires strong communication skills and adherence to nursing standards and state regulations, with opportunities for

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma; RN license required.
• RN license in state of employment.
• Physical requirements: Medium work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. and related limits.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Evaluate patient’s response and intervene to ensure optimal outcome.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care in collaboration with the team.
• Perform IVs, wound care, meds administration, catheterization, specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts and records.
• Document status and outcomes accurately.
• Use IT to communicate, manage knowledge, and support decisions.
• Advocate for patient health and safety.
• Provide patient/family education and assess learning readiness.
• Teach and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Nursing process

Documentation

Patient education

IT literacy

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

RN License

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patients/families to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patients, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care. Every day you will promote optimal patient health, well‑being, and safety through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship‑based care and our organizational mission.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate, high‑quality patient care, strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive, mission‑driven environment.

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
• Evaluate patient’s response and intervene 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.
• Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.
• Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision‑making.
• 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.
• Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.

Job Requirements

Required

• Associate's Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement.
• RN License in state of employment.
• Physical Requirements: Medium work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs. constantly.

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• One (1) year experience.

Schedule

Full time (nights)

Where You'll Work

St. Thomas More Hospital, a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital, is the cornerstone of health care services for Fremont County and surrounding southern Colorado communities. St. Thomas More offers 24-hour emergency and trauma services; inpatient acute care; intensive care; labor, delivery, and nursery care; multi-modal diagnostic imaging; inpatient and outpatient surgical services; rehabilitation services; cardiopulmonary rehab and diagnostics; sleep studies; an infusion center; wound care; and a community blood bank. We are on a mission to provide high quality care with zero harm to patients and employees. Our board-certified physicians specialize in emergency medicine, internal medicine, urology, bariatric services, obstetrics/gynecology services, general surgery, orthopedic surgery and osteopathic treatment. Employees of St. Thomas More enjoy the camaraderie of a close-knit community hospital, the relaxed feel of small-town life and an affordable cost of living in a town rich in culture and historic architecture. Located about 50 miles from Colorado Springs at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and the mouth of the Royal Gorge, locals and visitors alike enjoy this area for some of the states best hiking, wildlife, rafting, camping, fishing, climbing, and mountain biking. Canon City has an assortment of restaurants, and breweries, and Farmers Markets in the summer months.

Pay Range

$32.01 - $57.62 /hour