RN Long Term Care

CommonSpirit Health • Colorado Springs, CO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

St. Francis Nursing Center in Colorado Springs is a 24-hour Skilled Nursing Facility providing residents with a safe, comfortable, and compassionate home. The 110-bed facility focuses on excellent physical, mental, and spiritual care to support resident independence and quality of life, within a professional, supportive, and collaborative environment.

The RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and patients and families to meet patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The role promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process and adherence to patient-care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act. The RN is accountable for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission.

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.
• Ability to perform medium work, exerting or lifting 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, interviews, and review of medical records and clinical data.
• Evaluate patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient care plans and monitor outcomes according to nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• 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.
• Educate patients and families by assessing readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide teaching and evaluate its effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

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