Registered Nurse/LPN
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center
Registered Nurse/LPN
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center
Rural hospital and veterans care in southern Colorado
Description
Serve those who served. Join our dedicated care team at the Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center, where we proudly provide compassionate, high-quality care to veterans and their spouses. We're looking for mission-driven Registered Nurses (RNs)/License Practical Nurses (LPNs) to support our residents with skill, integrity, and heart and to help us "Improve the Lives We Touch".
Pay Range: RN -$35.15-$52.71 /LPN - $25.61-$35.90 per hour based on experience and qualifications (eligible for shift differentials).
Shift Differentials:
Weekday Nights - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 7:00 pm - 7:00 am - $3.00 per hour
Weekend Days - Saturday, Sunday - 7:00 am - 7:00 pm - $3.50 per hour
Weekend Nights - Friday, Saturday, Sunday - 7:00 pm - 7:00 am - $5.00 per hour
Sign-on Bonus: $3,000
Responsible for the organization and evaluation of direct nursing care for a specific assignment.
Requirements
Essential Job Functions:
• Demonstrated knowledge, skill and understanding of nurse role in a critical care facility.
• Knowledge of gerontology, rehabilitative or psychiatric nursing.
• Ability to operate general office equipment including computer software applications (e-mail, surveillance equipment/cameras, scheduling software, accessing required documents).
• Demonstrated ability to recognize and respond to opportunities for improvement through continual learning, changes in approach based on situation and professional practice behavior.
• Knowledge of care-based practices (creating care plans, leading team meetings).
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with the public, other agencies, employees and administration.
Minimum Required Education/Experience: Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an accredited learning institution. Minimum of three years work experience in direct nursing care is preferred.
Licenses or Certificates: Valid state license as an RN. Current Basic Life Support/CPR certification.
Rural hospital and veterans care in southern Colorado
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center is a public community hospital serving Huerfano County and surrounding areas in southern Colorado. Its critical access hospital combines inpatient treatment with emergency and trauma care, surgery, imaging and rehabilitation, while clinics extend primary and specialty care into nearby communities. The organization also runs a retail pharmacy and a veterans living center for veterans and eligible family members from across the country. Governed by the Huerfano County Hospital District, it traces its healthcare operations to 1963 and opened its present campus in 1993. It is headquartered in Walsenburg, Colorado.
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