Registered Nurse Pre-Op PACU

CommonSpirit Health; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

OrthoColorado Hospital in Lakewood, CO is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join our orthopedic specialty team. You will collaborate with the healthcare team to meet physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients while advancing compassionate care.

You will assess and plan care, perform IVs, wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection, while documenting accurately and protecting patient safety.

Qualifications

• Must have an Associate's Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma.
• RN License in state of employment.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• One year experience in Pre-OP and PACU or Critical Care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation and records.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes.
• Demonstrate competency in IVs, incision/wound care, medications, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts and records with accurate, timely documentation.
• Promote and collaborate to protect health, safety and rights of patients.
• Provide patient/family education and assess learning readiness.

Skills

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Patient education

Education

Associate's 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 decisionmaking.
• 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.

Job Requirements

Required

• Associate's Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• RN License in state of employment

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• One (1) year experience in Pre-OP and PACU or Critical Care

Where You'll Work

OrthoColorado Hospital is Colorado's only orthopedic specialty hospital and is designed specifically for the orthopedic patient. With such a specialized facility and team of experts, we have the utmost in experience and understanding of the needs of orthopedic patients meaning better outcomes, increased patient satisfaction and a reduced risk of infection or complications. Located on the St. Anthony Medical Campus, OrthoColorado Hospital is a joint venture between physician investors and CommonSpirit Mountain Region. Our state‑of‑the‑art facility features a 48‑bed inpatient unit, including six intermediate care beds and eight operating rooms. All members of our team from pre‑operative care through recovery and our in‑patient nurses are specialty trained in orthopedics. Our surgeons are renowned for their talent, knowledge and experience in their orthopedic specialties and subspecialties. Having a team with a focused background and years of experience allow our employees to provide an unprecedented level of care, resulting in the best outcomes and experience for our patients.