Registered Nurse Preop

CommonSpirit Health; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $20,000

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Registered Nurse at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services in Colorado Springs. The role emphasizes patient assessment, care planning, and collaboration with the healthcare team to meet physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, while promoting safe, evidence-based nursing care.

Qualifications include an Acute care RN license in Colorado, an associate degree in nursing, and strong communication skills. Prior preop/PACU/ICU or procedural experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma required.
• RN license in state of employment required.
• Physical requirements: Medium work, lift up to 50 lbs occasionally and 20 lbs frequently.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Evaluate patient response and intervene to optimize outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient care plans in collaboration with the team.
• Administer medications, IVs, wound care, catheters, and specimen collection.
• Maintain accurate, confidential patient records and documentation.
• Communicate using IT to support care decisions and safety.
• Provide patient/family education and teaching effectiveness.

Skills

RN experience

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma/endorsement

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Qualified external applicants with at least six months of direct RN experience are eligible for a $20,000 sign-on bonus!*

*To be eligible for the sign-on bonus, you must be hired into a full-time or part-time position; PRN positions are not eligible. Some exclusions apply.

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.

** Previous Preop/PACU/ICU/Procedural experience highly preferred**

Day to Day duties:

• Patient education

• Health assessment and physical exam

• Clinical prep, like starting iv and administering pre op medications

• Verifying preoperative documentation

• Coordinating safety hand offs

• Approx 40 cases per day

• Weeknight and weekend call requirement

OR Suites-16

PACU Bays-23

Prep Op Beds-17

Phase I & II recovered in same areas

Schedule- 36hrs/ week- Days- 4x 9hr shifts- Variable start times and Days of the week per surgical volume and current unit needs. TBD during interviews with OR Manager.

Call required – weeknights/ weekends and Holidays – Approx. 2-4 weeknights and 1 weekend in a 8 week schedule.

30 Min Call Back radius required

Job 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

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services is a full-service, 712-bed acute care provider in Colorado Springs comprising Penrose Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and St Francis Hospital – Interquest. St. Francis Hospital opened in 2008 to keep pace with the growing needs of the Colorado Springs’ community on the north side of the city. St. Francis Hospital features 340-beds and offers a modern Birth Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cancer Center, Emergency Department, Level III Trauma Center, Imaging Services, Acute Inpatient Rehab, Surgical Services and Critical Care Unit. It also serves as southern Colorado’s home base for the Flight For Life Colorado air medical transport service. It’s an incredible time to join us as we celebrate recognition with Magnet Hospital designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for superior quality in nursing care. With more than 300 days of annual sunshine, mild winters and easy-to-access recreational areas including Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and some of Colorado’s top destination resorts, you will enjoy an incredible lifestyle while having the career you’ve always wanted.

Pay Range

$33.15 – $59.67 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.