Registered Nurse Operating Room
About The Position
The Registered Nurse will provide direct patient advocacy and clinical support in the operating room at OrthoColorado Hospital, a specialized orthopedic hospital. The surgical department has eight operating rooms and averages 450–550+ procedures per month, focusing on total joint replacements of the hips, shoulders, knees, and ankles, spine surgery, and sports medicine. Duties include circulating, providing intraoperative support by managing sterile instruments and supplies, facilitating room turnovers, and restocking for subsequent procedures. The RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and the patient and family to meet the patient's physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The role promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, in accordance with patient care standards, guidelines, the State Nurse Practice Act, and the organization's mission. The position is PRN, with variable weekdays and start times based on surgical volume and unit needs. PRN staff must be available for at least five shifts in each six-week schedule block. The schedule is set by the manager every six weeks. There are no nights, weekends, holidays, or call shifts.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in nursing, nursing diploma, or qualification by endorsement.
- RN license in the state of employment.
- Commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to apply the nursing process effectively.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
- One year of experience.
- Previous operating room experience with orthopedic or sports medicine cases.
Responsibilities
- Perform operating room circulating functions and provide intraoperative support, including managing sterile instruments and supplies.
- Facilitate operating room turnovers and restock for subsequent procedures.
- Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
- Evaluate patients’ responses and intervene to promote optimal outcomes.
- Develop and implement patient plans of care, observe outcomes, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.
- Perform therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
- Maintain confidential and thorough patient charts and records; document status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
- Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
- Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
- Assess patient and family readiness and learning needs, provide education, and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching.
- Collaborate with the healthcare team and patient or family to meet the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
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What This Job Offers
Education Level
Associate degree
