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SCL Health Registered Charge Nurse Hospice in Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Job Description:Working with the department manager, the RN Charge Nurse provides leadership and clinical expertise on their respective shift and department. They coordinate unit resources to ensure appropriate staffing levels based on the unique needs of patients on the unit, both clinically and financially. They function as clinical support for staff and are a role model of competency and professionalism.

What does it mean to be a part of our Home Health & Hospice team? Home is where families gather, where special occasions are celebrated, and where memories are made. Most of all, home is where you feel comfortable, relax, reflect, and heal. Intermountain Homecare & Hospice is privileged to be the caring hands of Intermountain Healthcare in the home bringing quality, compassion, skill, and excellence. Homecare allows patients to be at home, where they want to be, through their health journey. This exciting work allows you to develop your clinical skills while experiencing this unique and highly rewarding care environment.

Posting Specifics: Benefits Eligible: Yes Shift Details: Full time, 40 hours M-F office hours (8 am - 5 pm generally) or the option for 4-10 hour shifts. Prefer: 3-5 years of Hospice experience Prior leadership experience

Benefitsare one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and social well-being. To that end, we have launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.

Minimum Qualifications Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers. Unit Specific Certification as required (i.e., ACLS, PALS, etc.). Experience in assigned clinical area. Mentoring experience. Registered Nurses (RNs) hired or promoted into this role must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four years of their hire or promotion date. If there is an existing education agreement, that agreement will take precedence.

Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified). One year of clinical nursing experience.

Physical Requirements: Physical Requirements Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, e May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle hich requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:Hospice - Denver

Work City:Wheat Ridge

Work State:Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.$39.99 - $59.18

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment todiversity, equity, and inclusion.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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