Rn pacu

Longmont United Hospital·Longmont, Colorado

$32 - $58/hrOtherOn Site0-2 yrsPosted 8 days ago

About the role

The RN is responsible for facilitating and collaborating with the healthcare team to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients in the PACU. Key duties include assessing patient needs, implementing care plans, and performing various therapeutic and diagnostic interventions.

Where You’ll Work At Longmont United Hospital, we treat the entire patient to leverage the powerful connection of body, mind, and spirit in the healing process. Here, your time at work will be spent with a supportive team of employees and leaders that value self-care, flexibility and development opportunities through cross-training and continuing education. Longmont, Colorado is home to more than 2,000 acres of parks, three public golf courses and numerous trails to hike, bike, walk or run. Located less than an hour away from the Rocky Mountain National Park (ranked the fourth most visited national park in the country in 2017 by the Denver Business Journal), you’ll have easy access to the very best Colorado has to offer. Job Summary and Responsibilities Qualified external applicants with at least six months of direct RN experience are eligible for a $20,000 sign-on bonus!
*To be eligible for the sign-on bonus, you must be hired into a full-time or part-time position; PRN positions are not eligible. Some exclusions apply. Apply to chat with a recruiter for more details about our bonus. You must live within 30 minutes or less of the facility for On-Call requirements. This is required and cannot be changed in any capacity. PACU Unit Description: At Longmont United Hospital, the Preop, PACU, GI, and Infusion departments are co-located, fostering a highly collaborative and team-oriented culture. Staff members often take on multiple responsibilities while specializing in one area, offering opportunities for diverse experience. Our Endoscopy unit features two suites, performing an average of 170 procedures monthly running five days a week. Outpatient Infusion services manage 5-15 patients daily. We have six operating rooms, handling approximately 175 surgeries per month, including general, orthopedic, opthalmologic, urologic, ENT, and plastic surgeries, with robotic assistance. Our mission is to deliver exceptional surgical care with respect and compassion. We cultivate a warm, open environment, encouraging all team members to actively participate in departmental decision-making. We strongly support professional development and seek individuals who are strong team players and thrive in a collaborative atmosphere. As our RN, 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. Every day you will promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission. 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. Job Requirements Required Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement RN License in state of employment 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 One (1) year experience

Requirements

Candidates must hold an Associate Degree in Nursing or a Nursing Diploma and a valid RN license in the state of employment. A Bachelor's degree in Nursing and one year of experience are preferred.

associate degree
bachelor degree
Care Planning
Medication Administration
Patient Assessment
Patient Education
Patient Safety
Wound Care
Clinical Documentation
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Nursing Process
Specimen Collection
IV Insertion
Catheterization

Benefits

Continuing Education
Sign-on Bonus
Cross-training

Posting details

Employment type: Other
Work arrangement: On Site
Experience: 0-2 yrs
Salary: $32 - $58/hr
Location: Longmont, Colorado
Posted: Jul 20, 2026
Closes: Jul 20, 2027
Application: Employer website

Rn pacu

Rn pacu

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