Hospital Information:

St. Mary's Medical Center, is located in the heart of Colorado's wine country and is surrounded by beautiful natural landscapes that offer a wide range of outdoor activities, including hiking, biking, skiing and rafting. It has a growing and diverse economy as well as a relatively low unemployment rate and growing job market. St. Mary's Medical Center is the largest medical center between Denver and Salt Lake City and is committed to putting people first as it's served the healthcare needs of western Colorado and eastern Utah for nearly 120 years.

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Unit Information:

We specialize in providing care to Oncology patients. We provide extra training to administer IV chemo to nurses that are interested. We also care for a vast amount of medical diagnosis including but not limited to respiratory gastroenterological, cardiac, kidney and liver diseases. On our unit, you will get to see a diverse population of patients to keep you interested and always learning. Comradery is big as well in with the interdisciplinary teams. We have oncology specific education offered monthly by different levels of oncology caregivers including bed side nurses, clinic nurses, our oncologists, their APPs and more.

• We are a 32 bed unit with 4 that can be ibed or step down.
• We can give chemo, care for patients that have received oral radiation, patients that need admitted due to complications related to chemo.
• We treat newly diagnosed patients and help set them up for success moving forward. We treat comfort care/ end of life patients. Behavioral based patients, dementia, general med/surg such as respiratory, GI, GU, post surgical patients.

Posting Specifics:

• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• Shift Details: Full Time, Variable Shifts
• Additional Details: Shift differentials available for evenings, nights and weekends

Minimum Qualifications:

Registered Nurse

Entry Pay: $36.71 - $56.17

• Current RN License in state of practice.

Licensed and Unlicensed RN

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification for healthcare providers.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• RNs with less than 12 months of working experience as an RN prior to joining Intermountain must obtain their BSN within five years of their start date.