Registered Nurse

We are Hiring Registered Nurses to work at our Regional Assessment Center in beautiful Salida, CO! PT, PRN and FT positions available - Night / Weekend Differential - Sun thru Thurs $7 / hr additional and Fri - Sat $10 / additional.

FULL-TIME SIGN-ON BONUS : $6000 for Full time payable 1k at the end of 12 months, 2k at the end of 24 months, and final payment of 3k at the end of 36 months of employment.

PART-TIME SIGN-ON BONUS : $3000 for part time payable 1500k at the end of 6months, 1500k at the end of 12 months of employment.

General Duties

The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for the coordination, provision and oversight of professional nursing care for patients including assessment, treatment, care planning, medical care, care coordination and evaluation. The RN is the primary liaison between patients, staff and other members of the patient's care team.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties / Responsibilities

• Demonstrates quality, confidential and compliant clinical nursing care.
• Determines the needs of the patient assessing the urgency of connecting the patient to the needed resources based on the patient's condition.
• Obtains patient consent for care and ensures patient confidentiality.
• Obtains and documents health history, chief complaint, vital signs and risk factors
• Assesses disease condition.
• Provides patient care and care coordination to meet the needs of the client.
• Administers prescribed medications.
• Collaborates with the patient to determine patient goals, interventions and a process of monitoring progress towards goals.
• Educates patient and families about health status, maintenance, and management of conditions.
• Serves as the liaison between the medical and behavioral health staff.
• May provide supervision to nurses and care coordination staff.
• Documents patient assessment, goals, intervention and goal completion in the EHR.
• Serves as key problem-solving resource for staff on patient issues.
• Helps develop and implement regulatory compliant policies, procedures, quality assurance plans, and work standards.
• Serves as the RN consult for the ACT team which includes supporting patients and staff who are on that team.
• Maintains skills to provide direct care.
• Participates in multidisciplinary teams to improve patient care processes and outcomes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties (if any)

Job Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability :

Education or Formal Training :

Experience :

Work Schedule

Three 12-hour shifts per week

Working Conditions and Other Conditions of Employment

Working Environment :

This job operates in a fast-paced, professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers. The position may require travel to conferences, meetings and branch locations on a regular or intermittent basis. Work may involve moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and / or loud noises. In the health center environment, there is potential for contact with blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases, as well as potential for contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals. There could be interaction with persons who are mentally ill, disabled, elderly and emotionally upset.

Physical Activities :

These are representative of those which must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This is a largely sedentary role but can involve standing or sitting for extended periods of time, bending at the waist, and using hands and fingers to handle and file papers or operate assigned equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Employee may also have to lift 10 to 25 lbs. unassisted.

Conditions of Employment :