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Registered Nurse Freestanding Emergency Room

HCA Healthcare

Lakewood, COJob$36.68–55.53/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$36.68–55.53/hr
Location
Lakewood, CO
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Advanced Cardiac Life SupportBasic Cardiac Life SupportPediatric Advanced Life SupportTrauma Nursing Core Course Or Trauma Nurse SpecialistColorado Or Multistate RN License

Job overview

The Registered Nurse in the freestanding emergency room coordinates and delivers patient-centered care in collaboration with medical providers and the care team. The RN assesses and manages patient needs, performs ordered procedures and monitoring, documents care, and educates patients and caregivers about conditions, treatment, medications, and follow-up. The role requires a Colorado or multistate RN license and at least two years of emergency room RN experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Patient AssessmentPain ManagementPatient EducationEmergency Room Nursing

Qualifications

Advanced Cardiac Life SupportBasic Cardiac Life SupportPediatric Advanced Life SupportTrauma Nursing Core Course or Trauma Nurse SpecialistColorado or Multistate RN LicenseRegistered Nurse DiplomaBSN2+ Years Emergency Room RN Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $36.68 - $55.53 / hour

Learn more about the benefits offered ( https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards ) for this job.

The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Belmar Freestanding Emergency Room, A Part of HCA HealthONE Swedish

As a Registered Nurse Freestanding Emergency Room, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high quality, patient-centered care in accordance with the nature and specific requirements of the department, and consistent with the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. In collaboration with medical providers and other members of the care team, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN serves as an advocate for patients/families/caregivers and models a commitment to the organization’s vision/mission/values to support an unparalleled patient experience and clinical outcomes that contribute to overall departmental performance.

  • Assesses patient pain regularly to promote effective pain management, including reassessments after appropriate intervention.

  • Performs procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by the medical provider(s). Documents the administration of care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.

  • Performs exceptional care by responding promptly to patient requests. Strives to anticipate patient needs and resolve them proactively.

  • Teaches patients/families/caregivers about patient medical condition, patient status, treatment plan, medications and possible side effects, and follow-up measures. Translates complex medical terminology to ensure complete understanding.

  • Teaches patients/families/caregivers about any non-medicinal follow-up measures, such as healthy diet and exercise, disease prevention, and/or other lifestyle changes. Prepares patients and families/caregivers for future self-management.

What qualifications you will need:

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

  • PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

  • Trauma Nursing Core Course, or Trauma Nurse Specialist must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

  • Registered Nurse license in the state of Colorado or multistate license

  • Registered Nurse Diploma, BSN preferred

  • Two or more years of Emergency Room RN experience

Benefits

HCA HealthONE Belmar ER, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

  • Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

  • Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

  • Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

  • Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

  • Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

  • Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients’ total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. Among HCA HealthONE’s acute care hospitals is Swedish, a proud member of the community for more than 115 years. An acute care hospital with 408 licensed beds, HCA HealthONE Swedish is a national leader in neurosciences and serves as the region’s preeminent referral center for the most advanced stroke treatment and was the state’s first Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. HCA HealthONE Swedish is also home to a robust robotics program, a certified burn and reconstructive center, and a wide-ranging oncology center. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than $1 million through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than $400M in federal, state and local taxes.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse Freestanding Emergency Room opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

How this job compares

Set against the 58,872 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$36.68–55.53/hr
  • Colorado median$36–58/hr1,731 hourly ranges
  • US median$38–54/hr24,677 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $46.11/hr, is close to the Colorado median midpoint ($47/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Colorado.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,532 open Registered Nurse jobs in Colorado and 58,872 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Colorado
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (28,674 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 17,699 of the 58,872 open Registered Nurse jobs (30%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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