Registered Nurse- Peak Staffing Emergency Room

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a RN in the Emergency Room, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care.

 

To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care, strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive, mission-driven environment.

 

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
• Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including, but not limited to, IV’s, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.
• Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.
• Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.

 

**$400/month Summit County housing stipend available for full time residents of Summit, Park, Eagle, Grand, Clear Creek or Lake Counties.  Must work at least 80% physically on-site at a CommonSpirit facility in Summit County and full time or part time status (PRN ineligible).  More details available upon offer.**

Job Requirements

Required

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• Active and unencumbered RN License in state of employment
• One (1) year recent RN Emergency Room experience
• BLS through AHA required
• ACLS through AHA required
• ENPC or PALS required
• TNCC required
• NIHSS required
• Physical Requirements:  Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing

Where You’ll Work

The Emergency Department at St. Anthony Summit Hospital is a Level III trauma center, with specialized orthopedic trauma care. We also provide excellent stroke, STEMI, and sepsis care, consistently exceeding benchmarks. We have a comprehensive in-house forensic nurse examiner program. These specialized nurses work closely with the ED to provide trauma informed care to all patients experiencing intentional trauma. Our patient mix includes ortho trauma, cardiac, stroke, behavioral health, substance abuse, pediatric illness, and trauma.  We do not experience overflow from other nursing departments. Our mission emphasizes collaboration to promote compassionate and excellent care. Individuals would want to join our team because of our solidarity, continuous education, professional growth opportunities, self-scheduling. We are an intimate group who really cares for one another. That care extends to each patient, reflected in our top patient experience scores. We foster employee engagement, providing ample space for our front line to have a voice. Through our Shared Governance platform, clinical workgroups, and various quality initiatives, our employees have opportunity to participate in shared decision making.  When hiring, we look for those who are professional and respectful, committed to the pursuit of excellence, adaptable, and willing to work in a limited resource environment, always prioritizing patient safety and quality.

 

St. Anthony Summit Hospital is a Level III trauma center serviced by Flight For Life Colorado. We are nationally recognized as a multiple-time recipient of the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience, and we were named a Top 100 Hospital in the U.S. by IBM Watson Health in 2018. We also are a Pathway to Excellence-designated hospital, recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as being one of the best hospitals for nurses to work. We provide a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Summit County and the surrounding region, including surgical, emergency/trauma, critical care, birth center, orthopedics, breast care, digital mammography, breast MRI, radiology and imaging, infusion therapy, nuclear medicine, cardiology, oncology, Summit Sleep Disorders Center, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), gastroenterology and Total Joint Replacement. We proudly provide convenient care where you live, work and play - that's why visitors and residents alike can count on us for emergent and urgent medical services. In addition to 24/7, Level III emergency care at St. Anthony-Summit Hospital in Frisco, we have three emergency mountain clinics at the base of the Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Keystone resorts, as well as urgent care and primary care available from CMG High Country Healthcare clinics in Frisco, Breckenridge and Silverthorne.