RN: ER Mixed Shift

Job Details:

Job Location:

Pagosa Springs Medical Center - PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO 81147, Position Type:
Full Time, Salary Range: $38.20 - $47.75 Hourly, Job Shift: Any, Registered Nurse (RN):
Emergency Department – Mixed Shift

Department:
Emergency Department

Status:
Full-Time | 0.9 FTE (36 hours/week)

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Reports To:

Manager:
Emergency Department / Med Surg / Respiratory Services

Location:

Pagosa Springs Medical Center – Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Shift: Mixed Shift | Day and Night Shifts Based on Department Needs

Provide high-quality emergency nursing care in a rural Critical Access Hospital where your clinical judgment, adaptability, and ability to respond to a wide range of patient needs make a meaningful difference every shift.

This is a mixed-shift position requiring flexibility to work both day and night shifts as department needs dictate. The ideal candidate is comfortable practicing across varying shifts and brings the clinical judgment, teamwork, and adaptability needed in a rural Emergency Department.

Pagosa Springs Medical Center (PSMC) is seeking a skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our Emergency Department team. The Emergency Department RN provides urgent and emergent nursing care to patients presenting with a broad range of illnesses, injuries, and acuity levels.

In this role, you will assess and triage patients, prioritize care based on clinical condition, initiate emergency nursing interventions, administer medications and treatments, monitor and reassess patients, collaborate closely with physicians and other members of the healthcare team, educate patients and families, and accurately document assessments, interventions, and changes in condition.

As a Critical Access Hospital, PSMC offers Emergency Department nurses the opportunity to maintain a broad clinical skill set and play an important role in providing essential emergency care close to home for our rural community.

• Practice emergency nursing in a Critical Access Hospital serving a rural mountain community
• Care for patients across a broad range of ages, conditions, and acuity levels
• Work closely with physicians, EMS, nursing colleagues, and other clinical departments
• Utilize and strengthen emergency nursing skills including triage, cardiac monitoring, IV therapy, airway management, medication administration, stabilization, and patient transfer
• Join a collaborative team where critical thinking, adaptability, and teamwork are essential
• Serve a community where access to high-quality local emergency care makes a meaningful difference
• Live and work in beautiful Pagosa Springs, Colorado, surrounded by the San Juan Mountains and exceptional year-round outdoor recreation

• Perform comprehensive nursing assessments and continuously reassess patients based on clinical condition
• Triage patients utilizing Emergency Severity Index (ESI) guidelines
• Assess cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status needs
• Recognize changes in patient condition and promptly communicate abnormal findings to the appropriate provider
• Apply critical thinking and sound clinical judgment in a fast-paced emergency care environment

• Provide nursing care within the RN scope of practice as defined by the State of Colorado
• Initiate and manage treatments including IV therapy, oxygen therapy, catheters, NG tubes, orthopedic braces and splints, EKGs, and other ordered interventions
• Administer medications and IV infusions safely and accurately
• Monitor patients receiving procedural or conscious sedation and provide appropriate recovery care
• Provide acute pain and comfort management
• Perfor…