Registered Nurse Operating Room

CommonSpirit Health•Lakewood, CO

46d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse in the Operating Room at St. Anthony Hospital, you will provide direct patient advocacy and clinical support across a high-volume surgical department. This department features 17 suites, including a designated trauma room, a hybrid room, a CVOR, and a cystoscopy suite. The facility manages approximately 900-950 cases per month across a wide range of specialties such as General, Ortho (Trauma), Neuro, Spine, Eyes, ENT, GU, Robotics (DaVinci XI/SI), Vascular, Endovascular, Cardiac, and OB/GYN. While there is a specialized team for cardiac and neuro procedures, all other RNs are cross-trained for all remaining surgical services. Daily duties include performing circulating functions, providing intraoperative support such as managing sterile instruments and supplies, facilitating room turnovers, and restocking for subsequent procedures. St. Anthony Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center located in Lakewood, Colorado, providing a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Denver and the surrounding region. The hospital is recognized for its state-of-the-art medical campus and is the home base for Flight For Life Colorado. With four trauma rooms, including the T-10 room, a dedicated field-to-surgery suite ready 24/7 for trauma surgeons and specially trained teams, staff can provide life-saving care to the most severely ill and injured patients. The hospital achieved Magnet designation in 2023, an award given to only 10 percent of hospitals worldwide. It has also received numerous awards, certifications, and accreditations from organizations such as the American Heart Association, Chest Pain Center (CPC), American College of Cardiology, The Joint Commission, Emergency Nurses Association, NAPBC, and American College of Radiology. St. Anthony Hospital combines a heritage of expert care with the latest in technology and innovation, offering opportunities to practice in trauma, cardiology, stroke, neurosciences, breast imaging, cancer/oncology care, and surgery. As an RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care. You will promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and the organizational mission. Success in this role requires a commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care, strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive, mission-driven environment.

Requirements

Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
RN License in state of employment
Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly
30Min Callback radius Required.

Nice To Haves

Previous OR experience highly preferred
Bachelors Degree in Nursing
One (1) year experience

Responsibilities

Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.
Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including, but not limited to, IV’s, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.
Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.
Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.
Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.
Performing circulating functions.
Providing intraoperative support such as managing sterile instruments and supplies.
Facilitating room turnovers.
Restocking for subsequent procedures.