Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery
Company: Intermountain Health
Location: Grand Junction
Posted on: January 11, 2026
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Job Description:
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. Essential
Functions - Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical,
social, and psychological status (including cognitive,
communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and
evaluates information acquired from other members of
interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing
disciplines, support staff, others. - Plan: Uses assessment
information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop
individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team,
and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed
education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further
support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met
(i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up). - Implement: Directs
the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and
collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent
with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure
provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to
coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively
managing time, supplies, and resources. - Evaluate: Evaluates
patient response to interventions through review of achievement of
goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises
plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate. -
Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in
development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into
practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within
scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and
understands legal implications of care delivery. Skills - Patient
Care Delivery - Nursing Fundamentals - Interdisciplinary Teams -
Documentations - Professional Etiquette - Accountability - Patient
Care Coordination - Communication - Patient Evaluation - Critical
Thinking 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. $36.71 - $56.17 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.
Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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