Step Down RN
Grand Junction, Colorado
Saint Mary's Hospital & Regional Medical Center

RN - Step Down

Location: Grand Junction, Colorado Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 3 x 12-hour shifts (1900-0730), 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Unit Overview

• 32-bed Step Down unit that manages drips and more acute patients
• Usually recruits for progressive care nurses or intermediate care nurses

Responsibilities

• Performs independent and delegated nursing functions per state Board of Nursing standards
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care; evaluates health status through ongoing data collection
• Performs health teaching and counseling; executes delegated medical functions
• Refers patients for further evaluation or treatment; reviews and monitors therapy and treatment plans
• Documents per facility and regulatory guidelines
• May be required to float to other departments (within scope of competency and qualifications) based on business need
• May be required to be placed on call during a regularly scheduled shift

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Colorado
• Stepdown experience (1 year)
• Stepdown experience within the last year
• BLS certification issued by American Heart Association
• ACLS certification issued by American Heart Association
• NIHSS certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• EKG competency and rhythm interpretation
• Telemetry experience (1+ years of telemetry or higher-level experience)