RN PACU

Commonspirit-Health; Cañon City (CO); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Thomas More Hospital in Colorado Springs/Fremont County area is seeking a Registered Nurse to support compassionate, high-quality patient care. The role emphasizes teamwork, adherence to nursing standards, and commitment to the hospital's mission of zero harm.

You will assess, plan, and implement nursing care, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to promote safety, education, and positive patient outcomes in a 25-bed rural setting within Canon City area.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma
• RN license in state of employment
• BLS (American Heart Association)
• Physical requirements: Medium work, lift up to 50 lbs occasionally, 20 lbs frequently, 10 lbs constantly

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs across physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual domains and intervene to optimize outcomes
• Develop and implement patient care plans and monitor outcomes with the interdisciplinary team
• Demonstrate competency in IV therapy, wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection
• Maintain accurate patient records, document status and interventions, and use IT to support decision-making
• Advocate for patient safety and rights, and collaborate with the care team
• Provide patient/family education and assess learning readiness and needs

Skills

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Nursing process

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma or endorsement

RN License (Colorado)

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

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
• BLS (American Heart Association)
• 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

Schedule: Full time (days)

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 state's best hiking, wildlife, rafting, camping, fishing, climbing, and mountain biking. Canon City has an assortment of restaurants, and breweries, and Farmer's Markets in the summer months.