Long Term Care – Staff Nurse (RN or LPN) 

As a skilled nurse, you'll be responsible for delivering high-quality care and building lasting relationships with your patients. You’ll have a comprehensive benefits package, rewarding work and the opportunity to take advantage of our tuition reimbursement plan.

Ideal candidates possess a nursing degree and current RN/LPN license from the state of Colorado. They should be versatile, open to change, and committed to superior patient care.

Do you like:

• Living in a small town community
• Fishing/Skiing/Hiking/Biking/Hunting
• Over 300 days of sunshine per year
• Unprecedented access to National Parks, lakes, rivers and mountains

This could be the job for you!

Position Highlights:

• Brand new, state-of-the-art facility
• Weekend and shift incentive pay

**Responsibilities: **

The primary purpose of your job is to assist and supervise the day-to-day nursing activities of the facility during your tour of duty. Such activity must be in accordance with current Federal, State and local standards, guidelines and regulations that governing our facility, and as may be directed by the director of Nursing, to ensure that the highest degree of total quality care is maintained at all times.

Education: Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree and a current RN or LPN license from the state of Colorado (or a compact state).

Experience: Prefer one (1) year experience in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or other comparable institution but willing to train a new grad RN. Training in rehabilitative and restorative nursing practices.

Licenses/Certification: LPN/RN in state of Colorado.

Compensation:

RN - $33.00/hr - $43.50/hr, DOE

LPN - $26.00 - $32.50/hour DOE

Physical Requirements

Occasionally (0-33%) - Standing, sitting, change position, reaching, reach across midline, crouching/squatting, kneeling, lifting/lowering (0-50 lbs), carrying (0-50 lbs), pushing/pulling (0-50 lbs).

Frequently (34 – 66%) - Walking, handling, pinching, feeling, stooping

Continuously (37 -100%) See with corrective eyewear, hear clearly with assistance

There is no deadline to apply for this position; we are accepting applications on an ongoing basis until a finalist is selected.

Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. Gunnison Valley Health provides generous leave, health plans and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line.

Benefits Eligibility

Medical, dental, vision, health care FSA, dependent care FSA, and Lifestyle Spending Account: All active employees working 40 or more hours per pay period in a Full Time or Part Time position are eligible for benefits on the first of the month after hire.

Full Time staff are automatically enrolled in 401A plan as of date of hire.

Life and AD&D insurance: All active employees working 40 or more hours per pay period are eligible for benefits on the first of the month after hire date.

Short-term and long-term disability: All active employees working 60 or more hours per pay period are eligible for benefits on the first of the month after hire date.