Nursing Opportunities

We invite you to join our staff at The Children's Hospital. Every day can be a journey of discovery and healing at our Magnet designated facility. With our consistent ranking by U.S.News & World Report as one of the 10 best children's hospitals in America and the grand opening of our new hospital, there has never been a better time to join our team. Here are a few highlights of our nursing program:

  • Commitment to family-centered care
  • Nationally competitive salaries and benefits
  • Pediatric Nurse Development Program (PNDP). 
  • Competency-based orientation and Clinical Ladder program (5 levels)
  • Generous differentials (including weekend), tuition reimbursement
  • Relocation assistance available
  • Variable staffing patterns (full time, part time, Flex and PRN)
  • Traditional and non-traditional hours (4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 hour shifts)
  • Float Teams
  • Unit-based self-governance models
  • Nursing research, precepting opportunities, paid conference days
  • Active Rocky Mountain Chapter Society of Pediatric Nurses

Opportunities for New Nursing Graduates

Credentials for New Graduates

  • We hire recent nursing graduates from nursing schools with accredited Baccalaureate programs

Hiring Process

  • New graduates are hired 3 times a year to coincide with graduation dates, depending on our open positions. The approximate schedule is as follows:

 Graduation month   Jobs posted   Start Dates
 December  Mid-October   February
 May  Mid-March   July
 August   Mid-June  October
  • Job listings for new graduate positions are posted on Fridays. During these hiring phases, please check our website every Friday for possible postings. Jobs will be found within our online job listings as Clinical Nurse I positions.
  • The New Graduate Information Sheet (.pdf) provides information about specific units that may be hiring new graduates and recruiters to contact if you need additional information.
  • Offers will be made contingent upon passing NCLEX.

Opportunities for Experienced RNs

We value your experience and will support your professional growth. Nurses practice autonomously and are accountable for delivering high quality, safe, effective and fiscally responsible care to children and their families. In collaboration with all members of the healthcare team, nurses provide holistic and culturally sensitive care that creates a healing experience and honors the integrity of the family unit. 

Nurses are responsible for being well-informed and involved advocates for their patients, families and their profession. Nurses play a vital role in informing the organization, community and legislature about current trends and issues related to child/family health care needs, services and the nursing profession.

Credentials for Experienced Nurses

Experienced nurses must have a BSN from an accredited nursing school or an Associate Degree of Nursing plus 3 years of related experience.


Hiring Process

Please search our online database for Clinical Nurse 1 positions. These positions are usually posted on Fridays, so please check our website accordingly for new postings.

Pediatric Nurse Orientation

Every newly hired RN (whether experienced or a new graduate) participates in our Pediatric Nurse Development Program (PNDP).  Our orientation program consists of classroom time, online learning modules and hands-on precepted clinical experience.

Orientation includes an 8 hour "Square One Orientation" scheduled on Tuesdays by Human Resources. Two additional general orientations are held throughout the first 3 months. All hires within the Division of Nursing (RNs and Unlicensed Personnel) will be scheduled for Nursing Orientation classes by the department education coordinators from each unit.

Nursing-Related Opportunities

  • In addition to RNs, we occasionally hire CNAs,CRNAs, EMTs, LPNs, MAs and senior nursing students who have completed their pediatric rotations. If we have these positions available, they will be listed in our online database. CNAs and senior students should search for "Clinical Assistant" positions; EMTs search for CMT positions; and MAs search for MA positions.
  • We do not have nursing internship opportunities. However, we do have numerous volunteer opportunities if you would like to learn more about The Children's' Hospital. Learn how you can gain valuable experience and put your skills to use as a volunteer.

Advanced Practice Opportunities

We have opportunities for Advanced Practice professionals such as NNPs and PNPs.

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNPs)

Our NNPs ensure that the smallest patients receive the finest care. We do so through our unique working environment that combines strong professional autonomy with exceptional technological capabilities. 

Our NNP group provides services to several hospitals throughout the Denver Metro Area, as well as outlying smaller communities.  We are committed to evidence based practice.  As individuals, our clinical interests include chronic lung disease, nutrition, antenatal substance exposure, NNP education, NNP billing, international healthcare and medical missions, pain, hyperbilirubinemia, pulmonary hypertension and neurodevelopment.  Some of us serve at the national level;  NANN/AWHONN liaison to America Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn, steering committee for the New NANNP.  Others are active at the local level teaching NNP students at Regis University or providing continuing education opportunities to neonatal nurses.

As we expand our program, we seek new NNPs to join our team. A Masters Degree, state recognized APN, NCC, and prescriptive authority certification are required.  A minimum of one year Level III NICU experience is preferred.