Operating Room Nurse Certified

Children's Hospital Colorado; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 61,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid parental leave

403b match

Wellness program

Education benefit

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado is seeking a certified Operating Room Nurse to provide patient care in the surgical setting in alignment with organizational standards. The role requires guiding new grads and new hires, ensuring documentation accuracy, and maintaining high quality and safety in the operating room environment.

The position is full-time, days shift, with 40 hours weekly and benefits eligibility; the department focuses on patient-centered care and intraoperative coordination

Qualifications

• Two years perioperative nursing experience.
• Oversee orientation of new graduates and new hires.
• Nurse Practice Act guidance and delegation responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Consults with health care team to plan intraoperative patient care.
• Documents in EMR to support patient care.
• Delegates within scope of practice per Nurse Practice Act.
• Allocates resources to meet patient needs and safety.
• Supports unit education and competencies with CNE/CNS guidance.
• Provides orientation coaching and learning for new staff.
• Acts as liaison to patients, families and operating team.
• Prepares operating room for procedures and ensures patient-centered care.

Skills

Perioperative nursing

Mentoring orientee

Education

BSN

Job description

Job Overview

The Operating Room Nurse Certified provides patient care in a surgical setting in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice with the policies, values, and mission of the organization. Well-versed in standard surgical procedures and patient care protocols to effectively monitor and manage the patient and operative environment during surgery. Provides guidance and oversight of new graduate nurses and newly hired team members in all patient care and clinical activities and ensures that behaviors adhere to documentation standards, standards of excellence and all other policies and procedures.

Department Name: Operating Room
Job Status: Full time, 40 hours per week, eligible for benefits
Shift: Days

Duties & Responsibilities

• Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate intraoperative patient care plans.
• Navigates and documents in the EMR to support patient care.
• Works within scope of practice and delegates according to Nurse Practice Act.
• Collaborates on the allocation of resources to meet patient needs through appropriate assignments based on patient acuity, staff competency, unit needs and patient safety.
• Participates in providing and monitoring staff competencies. Collaborates with the CNE/CNS to meet the educational need of the unit(s) to maintain continuity of care related to specific patient-care requirements.
• Follows policy and procedure for all clinical skills and provides a variety of teaching methodologies to ensure the orientee learns and can competently demonstrate those skills in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Provides direct guidance and oversight for the orientee in all patient care and clinical activities and ensures that those behaviors adhere to documentation standards, standards of excellence, and all other policy and procedure.
• May participate in coaching activities to assist in meeting orientees weekly orientation goals based on current level of clinical experience and available learning experiences.
• Serves as the communication liaison to patients, families and members of the operating team
• Prepares operating room for patient and procedure.
• Delivers patient and family centered care incorporating the nursing process while providing developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence-based care. Actively anticipates changes in patient outcomes/ unit needs in the provision of care.
• Communicate and advocate patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team. Initiates and anticipates individualized care and education for patients/families across the continuum using an interdisciplinary approach.
• Utilizes outcome data at the patient level to make care decisions.
• Provides insights into quality improvement activities and uses quality measures to understand individual and unit performance.
• Communicates observations or concerns related to unsafe situations that pose a risk to patients, families or the health care team.
• Recognizes and applies information and technology of patient and unit outcomes to facilitate communication, clinical decision making, error prevention, and care coordination.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Experience
  • Two (2) years perioperative nursing experience
• Licenses & Certifications
  • BLS/CPR, PALS, and ACLS from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire.
  • Current State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
  • CNOR within 6 months of hire.

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Range: $43.96 to $65.95

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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Estimated Close Date: 09/30/2026