Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room

Job overview

Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room in Denver, CO. This is an onsite, full-time position with a day shift. The pay range is $37.06 - $57.44 per hour. UCHealth is a leading healthcare system dedicated to improving lives through learning, healing, and discovery. This role focuses on providing direct patient care within the Operating Room, utilizing the nursing process to achieve exceptional outcomes. The Registered Nurse will contribute to a multidisciplinary team approach, prioritizing patient wellness and evidence-based practice in a fast-paced, innovative clinical environment.

What you'll do

• Provides direct patient care in a surgical setting at a proficient level, in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice with the policies, values, and mission of the organization.
• Monitors and manages the patient and operative environment before, during and after surgery to maintain a safe environment, optimize outcomes and maximize available resources.
• Performs circulating functions before surgery, including preparing the operating environment, orienting and assessing the patient, and reviewing patient's medical record and surgeon's notes to ensure all pre-requisites and preferences are met.
• Ensures safety checklists and procedures are implemented and documented at all times.
• Performs circulating functions during surgery, including monitoring and communicating patient condition, documenting interventions and activities, monitoring the sterile field and controlling traffic into, out of and around the room.
• Performs scrub functions, including the preparation, selection, and handling of instruments and supplies used during the surgical procedure and performs surgical counts with the circulating nurse.
• Provides nursing care to a complex, high acuity surgical patient population in a technically complex environment.
• Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.

What we're looking for

Education

Graduate of an accredited or state board of nursing approved Registered/Professional Nursing program

Experience

6 months of OR nursing (RN) experience or completion of the UCHealth Fellowship program

Skills & competencies

registered nurse

rn

operating room

or

denver co

uchealth

full-time

days

nursing professional

bls

bsn preferred

cnor preferred

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, vision, 403(b) matching, tuition reimbursement, PTO, life insurance, disability insurance

About the employer

UCHealth is hiring for this role. Industry: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists). Sector: 62.