RN Emergency Room

CommonSpirit Health; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 45,667 - 82,201; Full time

Job summary

Longmont United Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department to facilitate, communicate, and collaborate with the healthcare team and patient/family, promoting optimal health and safety.

You will apply the nursing process within a supportive, mission-driven environment, ensuring compassionate, high-quality patient care and adherence to standards and the Nurse Practice Act.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing or equivalent required.
• RN License in state of employment.
• Physical requirements: ability to lift up to 50 lbs and perform required duties.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation and chart review.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and document outcomes.
• Utilize nursing process to promote patient safety and quality care.
• Perform therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including IVs, wound care, medication administration, and catheterization.
• Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to provide compassionate care.

Skills

Assess patient needs

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing; Diploma or by endorsement

Job description

Emergency Department Unit Description:

The Emergency Department at Longmont United Hospital is a Level III trauma center, where we care for all patients, and we are committed to inclusive care through the healing power of humanity. This team is the right place for someone who loves emergency medicine.

Job Summary And Responsibilities

Emergency Department Unit Description:

The Emergency Department at Longmont United Hospital is a Level III trauma center, where we care for all patients, and we are committed to inclusive care through the healing power of humanity. This team is the right place for someone who loves emergency medicine.

As our RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient, 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.
• Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes 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, IV’s, 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

• Associates 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 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• One (1) year experience

Where You'll Work

At Longmont United Hospital, we treat the entire patient to leverage the powerful connection of body, mind, and spirit in the healing process. Here, your time at work will be spent with a supportive team of employees and leaders that value self-care, flexibility and development opportunities through cross-training and continuing education.

Longmont, Colorado is home to more than 2,000 acres of parks, three public golf courses and numerous trails to hike, bike, walk or run. Located less than an hour away from the Rocky Mountain National Park (ranked the fourth most visited national park in the country in 2017 by the Denver Business Journal), you’ll have easy access to the very best Colorado has to offer.

Pay Range

$33.15 - $59.67 /hour