Registered Nurse Critical Care Training Progam
Grand Junction, CO, 81501, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- Registered Nurse
- Critical Care Nursing
- RN Training Program
This 12-week full-time training program prepares Registered Nurses (RNs) for a specialty in Critical Care nursing through a combination of didactic learning and clinical preceptorship. Participants will be compensated and benefit-eligible, with requirements including an active RN license, BLS certification, and the ability to work various shifts under stressful conditions. The program supports career advancement in acute care settings and emphasizes holistic employee wellness.
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.Train for the RN Career of Your Dreams!
Are you a Registered Nurse who is interested in advancing your career into a specialty of Critical Care nursing or a new grad that did rotations in or a preceptorship in the Critical Care unit and thought, “Yes, please!”, this program is for you.
Program Start – March 2, 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.
Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and social well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.
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 Colorado RN license or compact license with the ability to obtain a Colorado RN license
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.
Physical Requirements:
* 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 HospitalWork City:
Grand JunctionWork State:
ColoradoScheduled Weekly Hours:
36The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$36.71 - $56.17We 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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