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The Registered Nurse provides skilled nursing coordination and comprehensive care to patients in various residential settings as part of an interdisciplinary team. Responsibilities include conducting initial assessments, developing care plans, and educating patients and families on hospice and palliative treatments.
Requirements summary
Candidates must hold a current Colorado RN license, a valid driver's license, and proof of auto insurance. A minimum of one to two years of experience in hospice, palliative, or home health care is required, along with a graduate degree from an accredited nursing school.
The Denver Hospice has an immediate opening for a Weekend RN - After Hours.
Location: Denver Metro area
STATUS: Part-time
Schedule
Part-time: 24 hrs/week -
Sat/Sun, 8:00a - 8:00p
Hourly pay range
$42.02 - $48.50 (includes differential)
Supplemental pay: Based on position, schedule and/or availability: Paid Mileage/Overtime
Mileage and expense reimbursement
Sixty-two and a half cents per mile – one of the highest in the industry!
Culture, benefits and perks
We value engagement, community, and outreach initiatives and know it matters for our team members and our patients. We provide welcoming and supportive care to our patients and a work environment where all team members feel respected and valued.
We support a culture of work-life balance and provide team members with two, free, confidential and robust benefit programs designed to provide solutions to the logistical and financial problems that arise in life.
Employer pays over 90% of employee medical premium in some plans
Health
Savings
Account (HSA) with significant
Employer
Funding: Single $1,000, Family $2,000
Healthcare Benefits are effective on the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
Extensive
Paid
Time
Off (PTO/Vacation
Pay): 18 days in the first year for FT team members
Seven Paid Holidays with an additional Floating Holiday
403(b)
Retirement
Plan with
Employer
Match: 50% match up to 8% of total compensation
Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
Career & Logo wear
Education Reimbursement Program
Clinical Career Ladders
Benefits
Life Insurance
Paid Holidays
Paid Time Off
Health Savings Account
AD&D Insurance
Medical insurance
Floating Holiday
Education Reimbursement
Employer Match
403(b) Retirement Plan
Referral Program
Early Wage Access
Certification Pay
Legal and Identity Protection
Certification Pay
Generous Discover-a-Star Team Member Referral Program
Team Member Service Awards
Early Wage Access
Legal and Identity Protection
Robust Leadership Development Training Programs
Rewarding work you will do
Provides patient care using nursing skills and processes in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice, keeping within the policies, values and mission of the organization. The RN is a member of the Interdisciplinary Team/Group (IDT/IDG).
Provides skilled nursing coordination of care to patients (neonates to geriatrics) as determined by the Plan of Care (POC). Uses education, mentoring, guidance and interventions to achieve goals of care.
Collaborates across disciplines to coordinate patient care; participates in the POC in IDT/IDG meetings as assigned.
Demonstrates appropriate nursing care, including communicating with attending provider for medications and supplies.
Educates patients, families, caregivers and community regarding hospice philosophy and palliative treatments or home health, if applicable.
Supervises Certified Nurse Aides (CNA); delegates specific tasks per agency policy.
Participates in related services, such as community education, team training, staff/board committees and orientation of employees.
Adapts care to meet the needs of patients at their place of residence including, but not limited to, the patients’ home, long-term care or assisted living facilities.
Completes initial nursing assessment and provides ongoing comprehensive nursing care through medication, treatment, intervention and evaluation.
Develops and maintains professional business relationships with facilities by providing excellent customer service to the patient, as well as the facility staff.
What we are going to love about you
Minimum
Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
Minimum
Experience: One to two (1-2) years of experience in hospice and/or palliative care, medical/surgical, public health, oncology, acute care or home health.
Required
License: Current Colorado RN license. Valid Colorado state driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.
Current CPR certification (for Pathways, The Denver Hospice and Pikes Peak affiliates). CPR must be provided and/or obtained within 14 days of hire.
Physical requirements
• Ability to lift/push/pull minimum of 35 lbs.
Care Synergy is a network of mission driven, nonprofit healthcare organizations dedicated to caring for very ill, frail, and primarily elderly individuals by keeping them at home and out of the hospital while maximizing comfort, dignity, and quality of life.
The Care Synergy enterprise includes a group of collaborating nonprofit Affiliates across Colorado’s Front Range that share resources, expertise, and infrastructure to deliver high quality, compassionate care. Collectively, the enterprise generates approximately $100 million in annual revenue and serves thousands of individuals and families each year through hospice, home health, palliative care, CAPABLE, wellness, and PACE programs.
Across the Care Synergy network, the organizations provide significant community impact, including more than 7,000 hospice patients served annually, more than 2,000 palliative care patients, more than 355,000 hospice days of care each year, and more than $1.6 million in charitable care provided annually.
Care Synergy affiliated programs include The Denver Hospice, Pathways Hospice, Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care, Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, CAPABLE, and Superior Medical Equipment, along with PACE programs including Colorado PACE and Pathways PACE.
If you need assistance completing the electronic application please contact our Talent Acquisition team via email at cs-recruitment@caresynergynetwork.org. You may also call the Human Resources Department at (303) 228-5647. Applications can be completed in-person at any one of our affiliate office locations.
The Organization does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, creed, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation/identity, transgender status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classifications.
