Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care, named one of The Gazette’s Best Workplaces
of 2025, is a trusted leader in compassionate end-of-life care. Our dedicated
professionals provide exceptional support to every patient and family, and they
stay because of our supportive culture, high clinical standards, and meaningful
connections throughout the organization and community.
Pikes Peak Hospice and and Palliative Care (PPHPC) has an immediate opening for
a RN PRN.
LOCATION: Colorado Springs, CO
STATUS: PRN
SCHEDULE: Variable
PAY RANGE: $36.27 - $42.62 per hour (plus PRN differential)
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Based on position, schedule and/or availability: Paid
Mileage/Shift Diff/Stipends/Overtime
MILEAGE AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT: Sixty-two and a half cents per mile – one of
the highest in the industry!
CULTURE, BENEFITS AND PERKS:
We value engagement, community, and outreach initiatives and know it matters
for our team members and our patients. We provide welcoming and supportive
care to our patients and a work environment where all team members feel
respected and valued.
We support a culture of work-life balance and provide team members with two,
free, confidential and robust benefit programs designed to provide solutions
to the logistical and financial problems that arise in life.
Employer pays over 90% of employee medical premium in some plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with significant Employer Funding: Single
$1,000, Family $2,000
Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation Pay): 18 days in the first year for FT
team members
Seven Paid Holidays with an additional Floating Holiday
403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match: 50% match up to 8% of total
compensation
Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
Career & Logo wear
Education Reimbursement Program
Clinical Career Ladders
Certification Pay
Generous Discover-a-Star Team Member Referral Program
Team Member Service Awards
Early Wage Access
Legal and Identity Protection
Robust Leadership Development Training Programs
REWARDING WORK YOU WILL DO:
Provides patient care using nursing skills and processes in accordance with
applicable scope and standards of practice, keeping within the policies, values
and mission of the organization. The RN is a member of the Interdisciplinary
Team/Group (IDT/IDG).
Provides skilled nursing coordination of care to patients (neonates to
geriatrics) as determined by the Plan of Care (POC). Uses education,
mentoring, guidance and interventions to achieve goals of care.
Collaborates across disciplines to coordinate patient care; participates in
the POC in IDT/IDG meetings as assigned.
Demonstrates appropriate nursing care, including communicating with attending
provider for medications and supplies.
Educates patients, families, caregivers and community regarding hospice
philosophy and palliative treatments or home health, if applicable.
Supervises Certified Nurse Aides (CNA); delegates specific tasks per agency
policy.
Participates in related services, such as community education, team training,
staff/board committees and orientation of employees.
Meets all the essential duties assigned to RNs.
Understands the acute care needs of patients admitted to the
Inpatient/Critical Care Units.
Completes initial nursing assessment and admissions processes for newly
admitted patients.
Manages customer service needs that are unique to a care unit.
Adapts care to meet the needs of patients at their place of residence
including, but not limited to, the patients’ home, long-term care or assisted
living facilities.
Completes initial nursing assessment and provides ongoing comprehensive
nursing care through medication, treatment, intervention and evaluation.
Develops and maintains professional business relationships with facilities by
providing excellent customer service to the patient, as well as the facility
staff.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LOVE ABOUT YOU:
Minimum Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN
preferred.
Minimum Experience: One to two (1-2) years of experience in hospice and/or
palliative care, medical/surgical, public health, oncology, acute care or
home health.
Required License: Current Colorado RN license. Valid Colorado state
driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.
Current CPR certification (for Pathways, The Denver Hospice and Pikes Peak
affiliates). CPR must be provided and/or obtained within 14 days of hire.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to lift/push/pull minimum of 35 lbs.
Care Synergy is a network of mission driven, nonprofit healthcare organizations
dedicated to caring for very ill, frail, and primarily elderly individuals by
keeping them at home and out of the hospital while maximizing comfort, dignity,
and quality of life.
The Care Synergy enterprise includes a group of collaborating nonprofit
Affiliates across Colorado’s Front Range that share resources, expertise, and
infrastructure to deliver high quality, compassionate care. Collectively, the
enterprise generates approximately $100 million in annual revenue and serves
thousands of individuals and families each year through hospice, home health,
palliative care, CAPABLE, wellness, and PACE programs.
Across the Care Synergy network, the organizations provide significant community
impact, including more than 7,000 hospice patients served annually, more than
2,000 palliative care patients, more than 355,000 hospice days of care each
year, and more than $1.6 million in charitable care provided annually.
Care Synergy affiliated programs include The Denver Hospice, Pathways Hospice,
Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care, Colorado Visiting Nurse Association,
CAPABLE, and Superior Medical Equipment, along with PACE programs including
Colorado PACE and Pathways PACE.
If you need assistance completing the electronic application please contact our
Talent Acquisition team via email at cs-recruitment@caresynergynetwork.org. You
may also call the Human Resources Department at (303) 228-5647. Applications can
be completed in-person at any one of our affiliate office locations.
The Organization does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices
on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy,
national origin, age, disability, creed, ancestry, genetic information, marital
status, sexual orientation/identity, transgender status, military or veteran
status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected
classifications.