Job: RN-PSF EMERGENCY ROOM

RN-PSF EMERGENCY ROOM

Requisition Number 35803

City Colorado Springs

Physical Location PSF-PENROSE HOSPITAL

Department Name PSF EMERGENCY ROOM

Status Full Time

Benefits Eligible Yes

Hours per Pay Period 72

Shift Nights

Required Education Associates Degree

Required Experience Experience Preferred

Grade OOO

Certificate/Licensure Colorado RN License

Colorado RN licensure, current BLS and ACLS required. TNCC and ENPC or PALS preferred. 26-bed, Level II Trauma Center. Approx. 38,000 visits per year. Recent experience in ED, preferably Level II trauma preferred.

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Distinctive Services
While Penrose-St. Francis (PSF) offers a full complement of emergency, medical and surgical services, several programs and clinical specialties truly distinguish the system:
* The Penrose Cancer Center brings leading-edge, compassionate cancer care to the people of southern Colorado.
* Penrose-St. Francis' acclaimed Heart Institute consistently achieves outcomes that exceed national benchmarks.
* Penrose Community Hospital specializes in maternal-child health with a state-of-the-art birthing center, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit and a pediatric unit.
* St. Francis Health Center excels in outpatient surgery and behavioral health services.
* Penrose's EAP Corporate Health Services helps businesses retain healthy and productive employees.
* The PSF Health Learning Center is dedicated to healthy aging through an interdisciplinary approach to managing chronic diseases.
* The PSF Laboratories provide a comprehensive range of tertiary care anatomic and clinical diagnostic services ranging from bedside point of care chemistries to electron microscopy and molecular testing.
Awards & Honors
* Named one of “America's 50 Best Hospitals” for 2008 by HealthGrades, the only recipient in Colorado.
* Recipient of the HealthGrades 2007 Gastrointestinal Care Excellence, Critical Care Excellence and Pulmonary Care Excellence Awards.
* HealthGrades 2006 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence places PSF among the top 5 percent of all acute-care hospitals in the country.
* Named to Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® list for 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, including one of Thomson Reuters 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals® in the United States. The annual Thomson Reuters award for cardiovascular services objectively measures performance on key criteria at the nation's top-performing, acute-care hospitals.
* Named a Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® performance improvement leader, recognizing U.S. hospitals that achieve the fastest rate of consistent, annual, clinical and organizational improvement during a five-year period (1999–2003).
* Selected to U.S. News and World Report's “America's Best Hospital's” list in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
* Received a 2007 UnitedHealth Premium® Total Joint Replacement Specialty Center designation, reflecting national recognition of the quality of care provided.
* Only organization in Southern Colorado to receive the 2007 American Heart Association's “Fit Friendly Employer” Award.
* 2004 J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Award for service excellence.
* Penrose Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and is the only facility in Colorado accredited for radiation therapy by the American College of Radiology.
* Penrose Cancer Center is the only facility in Colorado named to participate in a multi-million dollar National Cancer Institute (NCI) pilot project that will bring state-of-the-art treatment to local community hospitals.
* PSF's inpatient rehabilitation unit has the highest level of accreditation from the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
* The pulmonary rehabilitation program at PSF is accredited as a program of excellence by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Reha