Registered Nurse Emergency and Urgent Care

CommonSpirit Health • Golden, CO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works at a CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region stand-alone site providing both urgent and emergency care. Centers are located in Arvada, Lakewood, Frederick, and Golden, and have on-site lab, CT scan, and X-ray capabilities. The role offers a fast-paced setting outside a typical hospital, with an expanded scope of practice, a diverse patient population, and a collaborative team.

The RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and the patient and family to meet patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The nurse promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, follows patient-care standards and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrates accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission. The successful candidate is committed to compassionate, high-quality care and brings strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing, nursing diploma, or RN license by endorsement in the state of employment.
• Registered Nurse license in the state of employment.
• Commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to apply the nursing process effectively.
• Ability to exert or lift up to 50 pounds occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• One year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
• Evaluate patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient plans of care, observe outcomes, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in accordance with nursing standards.
• Demonstrate competency in therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially.
• Document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and in a timely manner.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
• Assess patient and family readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide education and evaluate its effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree