Registered Nurse

Job Details

• Location:
  
  822 W 4TH ST, Leadville, CO, , United States
• Base Pay: $38.00 - $48.00 / Hour
• Employee Type: FT Non-Exempt
• Required Degree: 2 Year Degree

• Phone:

Registered Nurse
- Full-time, Part-time positions. The position involves 12-hour shifts, 7 PM-7 AM, in the emergency room and ACU floor.

For employees who work at least 24 hours a week, the following benefits are available:

• Retirement plans
• Shift differentials
• Benefits eligibility for many part‑time roles

St. Vincent Health is a critical access hospital providing essential healthcare services to local residents and visitors across Lake County and the surrounding high‑country region.

St. Vincent Health offers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• 24/7 emergency department and ambulance services
• Primary and family medicine
• Visiting specialty care (cardiology, urology, general surgery, pain management, podiatry, ophthalmology)
• Physical therapy and rehabilitation services
• Diagnostic imaging and laboratory services
• Occupational health and sleep studies

• Current Colorado RN license / Current RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact.
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications from American Heart Association are required.
• Current TNCC certification is preferred.
• Current CEN certification is preferred.
• NRP certification is preferred.
• Good organizational skills.
• Physical requirements, ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds frequently.
• Ability to follow verbal and written directions.
• Good interpersonal and customer relation skills.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Manage stress appropriately.
• Manage anger/fear/hostility/violence of others appropriately.
• Work independently and handle multiple priorities.

Assumes responsibility and accountability for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and the patient/family to identify and meet the patient's physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The nursing process, patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act promote the patient's optimal health, well‑being, and safety. It also demonstrates personal accountability for relationship‑based care, organizational mission, and core values.

Please review the specific addendum, if applicable.

• Uses Emergency Department and Dual Track Emergency Department Guidelines of care, hospital policies/procedures, and regulatory guidelines to guide work within the scope of practice.
• Initiates standards of care based on chief complaint and the Emergency Severity Index while adhering to policy.
• Coordinates care of patients with the provider and ancillary departments.
• Stock and clean Emergency Department rooms and specified areas.
• Participate in designated quality initiatives and assignments as directed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Assess the patient's physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records, and clinical data.
• Evaluate the patient’s response and intervene to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Develop and implement a patient plan of care and observe outcomes by nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in various therapeutic/diagnostic interventions, including but not limited to IVs, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect each patient's health safety and rights.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning, readiness, needs, and ability.
• Provide patient teaching and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching.
• Recognize the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient's preferences, values, and needs.
• Develop relationship‑based care in which the nurse strives to understand what is most important to the individual and actively engage them in all aspects of care.
• This care will be delivered with respect for cultural differences and the diversity of human experience.