Registered Nurse Pre-Op PACU

OrthoColorado Hospital • Lakewood, CO

1d • $37 - $59

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in Pre-Op and PACU at OrthoColorado Hospital provides compassionate, high-quality care for orthopedic patients. The nurse facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team, patients, and families to address patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The role promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, while following patient-care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act and demonstrating accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission.

OrthoColorado Hospital is Colorado’s only orthopedic specialty hospital, located on the St. Anthony Medical Campus. It is a joint venture between physician investors and CommonSpirit Mountain Region. The facility has a 48-bed inpatient unit, including six intermediate care beds, and eight operating rooms. Its team is specialty trained in orthopedics.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing, a Nursing Diploma, or equivalent by endorsement.
• RN license in the state of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• One year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and review of medical records and clinical data.
• Evaluate patients’ responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient plans of care, observe outcomes, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in accordance with nursing standards.
• Demonstrate competency in therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially; document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
• Assess patient and family readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide education and evaluate its effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree