RN PACU

CommonSpirit Health; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% PRN differential

Job summary

Longmont United Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse to coordinate care with the healthcare team, focusing on compassionate, evidence-based practice that aligns with the nursing process and hospital mission.

You will assess needs, develop care plans, perform clinical interventions, document thoroughly, and educate patients and families in a supportive environment within a team-driven culture.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed RN in state of employment.
• Respond to changing patient care needs with clinical judgement.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to meet patient goals.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs across physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual domains.
• Develop and implement patient care plans and monitor outcomes.
• Demonstrate competency in IV therapy, wound care, meds, catheterization and specimen collection.
• Maintain accurate patient charts and use IT systems for communication and decision support.
• Advocate for patient safety and rights.
• Educate patients and families, assessing learning needs and effectiveness.

Skills

Compassionate care

Communication

Collaboration

Clinical nursing process

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma or by endorsement

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (preferred)

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.

Schedule

Variable 8, 10, 12 hr shifts, call required every 3-4th weekend and 1 night per week

Benefits

• We offer a 15% PRN differential for all hours worked.

Requirements

You must live within 30 minutes or less of the facility for On-Call requirements. This is required and cannot be changed in any capacity.

• 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, the Preop, PACU, GI, and Infusion departments are co-located, fostering a highly collaborative and team-oriented culture. Staff members often take on multiple responsibilities while specializing in one area, offering opportunities for diverse experience.

Our Endoscopy unit features two suites, performing an average of 170 procedures monthly running five days a week. Outpatient Infusion services manage 5-15 patients daily. We have six operating rooms, handling approximately 175 surgeries per month, including general, orthopedic, opthalmologic, urologic, ENT, and plastic surgeries, with robotic assistance.

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

$36.51 - $59.00 /hour