RN ED Regional Float Pool — PRN, Nights at UCHealth Aurora, CO US.

Experienced ED nurse who wants schedule control and a strong hourly rate? This PRN ED RN job in Aurora, CO is a night-shift role with UCHealth’s Enterprise Float Pool at the Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion. The pay range is $35.29 to $54.71 an hour. Direct care goes up to Level 1 trauma.

Job snapshot

• Role: RN ED Regional Float Pool
• Category: Nursing Professional
• Location: UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion, Aurora, CO
• Department: UCHlth Enterprise Float Pool
• Job type: PRN
• Work schedule: 0.00 hours per pay period (as needed)
• Shift: Nights
• Pay: $35.29 to $54.71 / hour, depending on relevant experience
• Work setting: Onsite (no hybrid or remote option)
• Job ID: 386398
• Date posted: 25 May 2026

About the role

You will join the UCHealth Enterprise Float Pool as an Emergency Department RN. The role is PRN, so you will be called to work shifts based on the float pool’s needs.

You will provide top-of-scope direct patient care across the Emergency Department, up to and including Level 1 trauma designation. The setting is onsite. There is no hybrid or remote option.

What you will do

You will help improve lives every shift. The work is fast-paced, evidence-based, and patient-focused.

• Provide top-of-scope direct patient care using the nursing process.
• Value a multidisciplinary team approach to achieve exceptional outcomes.
• Prioritise wellness, the patient’s perspective, and evidence-based practice.
• Model proficiency by precepting those new to healthcare or to UCHealth.
• Welcome new knowledge in a fast-paced, innovative clinical setting.
• Contribute to safety and quality at the point of care.

Emergency Department

• Direct care includes Emergency Department care up to and including Level 1 trauma designation.
• BCEN certification standards are built into our evidence-based care models.
• Clinical Educators support and guide individualised specialty education and training. This includes competency validation throughout your clinical orientation.

Minimum requirements

Education and experience

• Graduate of an accredited or state-board-approved Registered/Professional Nursing program, if you have less than 3 years of experience.
• 6 months of nursing (RN) experience.

Licensure

• State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).

Required certifications

• BLS through the American Heart Association, or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer. You must have a card in-hand before your start date. The BLS or CPR card must be valid through 60 days of hire.
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support).

Required within 6 months of hire

• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support).
• NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale).
• TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Course) or ATCN (Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses).

About UCHealth and our total rewards

Employees are our number one asset. UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in your professional success and personal wellbeing. We do this through a comprehensive total rewards program.*

Recognition

• Performance bonus: UCHealth offers a 3-Year Incentive Bonus. It recognises your contributions to quality, patient experience, organisational growth, financial goals, and tenure. The bonus accumulates annually each October. It is paid out in October during the third year of employment.
• Performance-based pay increase: the Annual Merit Pay Increase recognises work that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards. These are documented through UCHealth’s evaluation process. The increase also accounts for greater experience, skills, and cost of living.
• Market reviews: all UCHealth positions are reviewed annually. We make sure base pay aligns with market standards and adjust rates to stay competitive.

Health and wellbeing

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Access to 24/7 mental health and wellbeing support for employees and dependents.
• Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
• Free Care.com membership.
• Voluntary benefits, including accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), and leaves of absence.
• Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage, with buy-up options.
• Employer-provided short-term and long-term disability, with a buy-up option.

Retirement and savings

• A 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
• An additional 457(b) plan may be available.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care.
• A health savings account is available when you are enrolled in a high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

• UCHealth provides access to academic degree and certificate programs to support your growth.
• Up to 100% of tuition, books, and fees are paid by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
• Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000 a year pre-paid by UCHealth, or up to $5,250 a year in tuition reimbursement.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, with thousands of virtual courses and seminars, plus internal professional development opportunities.
• Free help navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. You can also submit your federal student loans for forgiveness.

*Eligibility for some programs is based on your scheduled work hours.

Our mission

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

How to apply

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days. It will stay open until a top applicant is identified, so please apply as soon as you can.

Frequently asked questions

Where is this PRN ED RN job based?

The role is based at UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion in Aurora, Colorado. It is an onsite role with no hybrid or remote option.

How much does it pay?

The hourly pay range is $35.29 to $54.71 an hour. Pay depends on your relevant experience.

What does PRN mean here?

PRN stands for “pro re nata” — as needed. This is an onsite night-shift role with 0.00 guaranteed hours per pay period. You will be called to work shifts based on the float pool’s needs.

What experience and certifications do I need?

You need to be a graduate of an accredited or state-board-approved RN program (if you have less than 3 years of experience). You also need a state RN license and 6 months of nursing experience. ACLS and BLS are required from the start. PALS, NIHSS, and TNCC or ATCN are required within 6 months of hire.

What level of trauma care will I see?

Direct care covers Emergency Department care up to and including Level 1 trauma designation.

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