Job Description:
The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.
Position Details
- Benefits Eligible: Yes
- Shift Details: Full Time, Variable
- Unit/Location: Emergency Department, St Mary's Regional
- Additional Details: Shift differentials given for evenings, nights and weekends
Train for the RN Career of Your Dreams! Are you a Registered Nurse who is interested in advancing your career into a specialty of Emergency Department nursing or a new grad that did rotations in or a preceptorship in the ED unit and thought, “Yes, please!” , this program is for you.
- Please attach a current resume and a letter of recommendation
- New Caregiver Start Date –11/2/2026
- Internal Transfer Date – 11/8/2026
- Program Start – 11/9/2026
Here's How the Process Works
- This is a full-time, 12-week training program offering a mix of didactic learning and clinical preceptorship.
- You will be compensated for training hours and will be benefit-eligible.
Participating Hospitals:
- St Mary’s Regional Hospital – Grand Junction, Colorado
Your experience.
We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:
- ASN / ADN from an accredited program with the ability to obtain your BSN from an accredited program within four (4) years of hire
- Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association
- Ability and willingness to work all shifts – days, mids, and/or nights – dependent on departmental need
- Ability and willingness to work under stressful conditions with a high volume of patients
- Ability and willingness to learn in classroom and online settings as well as at the bedside in the clinical setting
- Ability and willingness to commit to the 12-week training period uninterrupted
Highly Preferred:
- At least one (1) year of RN experience, preferably in an acute care environment
Your next move.
Now that you know more about being an RN on our team, we hope you’ll join us. At Intermountain Health you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.
Minimum Qualifications
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
- RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date.
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
* Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire.
Physical Requirements
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
- Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
- May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
- For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
Location:
St. Marys Regional Hospital
Work City:
Grand Junction
Work State:
Colorado
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$37.45 - $57.29
We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.
