RN Practitioner

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Join our team as an RN Practitioner. In the RN Practitioner role you will:

• Assume responsibility and accountability for rapid assessment, nursing diagnosis and works with MD partners to assure safe patient diagnostic testing and optimal plan of care.
• Perform advanced practice procedures.
• Utilize the nursing process to promote/restore optimal health and well-being of the patient.
• Assume personal accountability for organizational mission and core values.

• 1 year of experience in a clinical or advanced practice setting, preferred.
• Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing as Nurse Practitioner from a nationally accredited postgraduate certificate program required. Must be a graduate from an Accredited School of Nursing.
• Registered Nurse Practitioner Licensure for, and listed on the state Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Registry required. Board certified as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in applicable population foci and/or sub-specialty.
• RN License required.
• BLS from the American Heart Association may be required depending on practice setting.
• ACLS from the American Heart Association may be required depending on practice setting.
• Have Prescriptive Authority (RXN) or have Provisional Prescriptive Authority (RXN-P), if applicable for role with associated articulated plan.

Physical Requirements – Medium Work (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly).

Mercy Hospital is an 82 bed, acute care hospital located in the scenic southwestern Colorado town of Durango. It is the only hospital in Colorado to be rated by Medicare with five stars for overall hospital quality. It is recognized for excellence in orthopedic and spine surgery and for outstanding patient experience and patient safety. Mercy has also received ten consecutive ‘A’ grades for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group.

Our providers use state-of-the-art technology in an environment designed to promote wellbeing and healing of body, mind, and spirit. Among the many specialty services available at Mercy are emergency care (Level III trauma designation), surgical care, cardiac care (including interventional), Orthopedic and Spine Centers of Excellence, a Family Birthing Center, home care, hospice care and more. Durango offers an exceptional quality of life with small town charm, excellent schools, and year-round, world-class outdoor recreation opportunities including snow sports, river sports, hiking, biking, camping and more.