Registered Nurse Critical Care Training Program

Job Description

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Are you a Registered Nurse who is interested in advancing your career into a specialty of Critical Care nursing or a new grad that did rotations in or a preceptorship in the Critical Care unit and thought, “Yes, please!”, this program is for you.

March 2, 2026

• This is a full-time, 12-week training program offering a mix of didactic learning and clinical preceptorship.
• You will be compensated for training hours and will be benefit-eligible.

Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as a Healthy Living program that offers financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also provide financial wellness tools and retirement planning. Learn more at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• ASN / ADN from an accredited program with the ability to obtain your BSN from an accredited program within four (4) years of hire.
• Current Colorado RN license or compact license with the ability to obtain a Colorado RN license.
• Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association.
• Ability and willingness to work all shifts — days, mids, and/or nights — dependent on departmental need.
• Ability and willingness to work under stressful conditions with a high volume of patients.
• Ability and willingness to learn in classroom and online settings as well as at the bedside in the clinical setting.
• Ability and willingness to commit to the 12-week training period uninterrupted.

• At least one (1) year of RN experience, preferably in an acute care environment.

Now that you know more about being an RN on our team we hope you’ll join us. At Intermountain Health you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description’s last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire.
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.).
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
• For roles requiring driving:
  Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

36

Hourly range: $37.17 – $56.17 (actual hourly rate dependent upon experience)

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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