RN Operating Room PeriOp 101

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

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health seeks an experienced RN for the OR team at Penrose Hospital. You will support the perioperative care of adult patients, coordinating with a multidisciplinary team and applying the nursing process to ensure safe, high-quality outcomes.

The role requires an associates degree, RN license, and strong communication skills. A 16+ week paid orientation program (Peri‑op 101) with benefits and a pathway to CNOR‑like expertise is provided.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma or by endorsement.
• RN License in state of employment.
• Physical requirements: medium work, lift up to 50 lbs, weight handling as described.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs through observation, interview, and records, and intervene to optimize outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient care plans with the interdisciplinary team.
• Perform therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including IVs, wound care, meds, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts accurately and confidentially using IT tools.
• Advocate for patient health, safety, and rights; collaborate with patients and families.
• Educate patients and families, assess learning readiness, and evaluate teaching outcomes.

Skills

Strong communication

Collaboration

Compassionate care

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma

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.

This role is for experienced RNs new to the OR setting.

Previous RN Experience required: 1 year minimum

Description of new to specialty orientation: Peri-op 101 is a comprehensive, blended educational program that is developed by AORN's expert perioperative nurse authors, and based on AORN's latest, evidence‑based: Guidelines for Perioperative Practice. This program combines a standardized, evidence‑based online curriculum and textbook readings with hands‑on skills labs and a clinical practicum.

Length of orientation: This is a 16+ week paid training program with full benefits. Combination of didactic and clinical education.

Next Course start date: 3/1/2027

Nursing Skills Labs include: Sterile technique, Surgical count, Skin Antisepsis, Positioning, Medications and Solutions, Implants, Wound closure and classification, Specimens, Equipment, Documentation, Emergency response, Malignant Hyperthermia, Simulation Lab

Required

Job Requirements

• 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 has 16 OR suites and performs 30 – 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