Registered Nurse Operating Room

CommonSpirit Health; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Surgery Department at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs. You will collaborate with the healthcare team to provide compassionate, evidence-based patient care and to support the hospital's mission.

Responsibilities include assessing patients, developing care plans, administering medications, documenting care, and educating patients and families.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing, Nursing Diploma or by endorsement.
• RN License in state of employment.
• Physical requirements: Medium work, lift up to 50 lbs occasionally, up to 20 lbs frequently, up to 10 lbs constantly.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs; observe and intervene for optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient care plans with interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in therapies including IVs, wound care, meds, catheterization, and specimens.
• Maintain charts and run records; document status, interventions, and outcomes; use IT to communicate and support decision-making.
• Promote patient safety and advocate for patient rights; provide education to patients and families; assess learning needs and teach effectively.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Nursing process

Patient education

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care.

Every day 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 our organizational mission.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with 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.

• 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.

We are offering a $20,000 sign on bonus in addition to up to $8,000 relocation assistance to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.

Required

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• RN License in state of employment
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• One (1) year experience

Where You'll Work

The Surgery Department at Penrose Hospital, one of our proud Magnet® hospitals, has 16 OR suites and performs 40 cases per day. We specialize in heart, vascular, general, gynecology, urology, ortho, spine, neuro, plastics, robotics, and trauma procedures on adult patients only. Our department's mission is to provide the best possible patient care. People would want to join our team due to teamwork, culture, and CNOR certification pay. We are looking for dedicated, hard‑working team players.

Pay Range

$36.51 - $59.00 /hour