Registered Nurse Emergency and Urgent Care

St Anthony Hospital • Golden, CO

3d • $37 - $59

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works at a stand-alone site offering urgent and emergency care. The centers provide on-site lab, CT scan, and X-ray services, and see a diverse patient population in a fast-paced setting outside a typical hospital environment. Every patient is seen by a physician, and care is delivered in collaboration with a supportive healthcare team.

The RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and the patient and family to address patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The nurse promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, following patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission.

The role includes assessing patients, developing and implementing plans of care, carrying out therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, maintaining accurate and confidential records, protecting patient health, safety, and rights, and educating patients and families.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing, Nursing Diploma, or qualification by endorsement.
• Registered Nurse license in the state of employment.
• Ability to exert or lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally, up to 20 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. 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 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 status, interventions, patient responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, 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.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration with the healthcare team and the patient and family to meet patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• Promote patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process while adhering to applicable care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act.

What This Job Offers

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