Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room (Outpatient and Inpatient opportunities)

We are recruiting for a motivated Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room (Outpatient and Inpatient opportunities) to join our team!

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Ready to take your OR career to the next level?

Are you a passionate healthcare professional looking to join a high-performing Level I Trauma Center where you can sharpen your surgical nursing skills, work with top surgeons, and make a meaningful impact every shift? We’re seeking OR Nurses who are ready to make an impact in either inpatient or outpatient surgery. With open shifts and flexible hours, we’ll work with you to find the schedule that fits your life!

The Denver Health Inpatient Operating Room is an 11-room, highly specialized surgical unit that provides 24/7 surgical care to patients with complex and high-acuity needs. Serving the community of Denver, the State of Colorado, and surrounding states, the unit supports a full spectrum of surgical services through continuous staffing, which minimizes the need for call while maintaining exceptional patient care.
 

Inpatient OR specializes in a wide range of surgery services, including:
• General surgery
• Trauma
• Spine and Neurosurgery
• Bariatric
• Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
• Genitourinary and Gynecology (GU/GYN)
• Plastics and Hand
• Gender affirmation
• Pediatrics
• Oral maxillofacial and Dental
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Oncology
• Vascular surgery
 

The unit also houses a state-of-the-art Hybrid Operating Room, allowing for advanced image-guided vascular and endovascular procedures.
Additionally, the Denver Health Bariatric Surgery Center—located within the inpatient OR—is the only MBSAQIP-certified (Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program) hospital in Denver serving both adolescents (ages 16–20) and adults (ages 21–65).

The nurse-to-patient ratio in the Inpatient OR is 1:1, ensuring highly personalized surgical care.

The Denver Health Outpatient Operating Room features six state-of-the-art surgical suites, all equipped with 4K video integration technology to support precision and efficiency in surgical care.
Outpatient OR specializes in a wide range of day-surgery services, including:

• General surgery
• Dental- Pediatric and Adult
• Gender affirmation
• Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
• Podiatry
• GU/GYN
• Ophthalmology
• Vascular
• Pediatrics
• Oral maxillofacial
• Plastic and Hand surgery
• ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)

Like the inpatient OR, the nurse-to-patient ratio here is also 1:1.

Check out this [sample] calculation for an OR RN with 5 years of licensure!

$42.06 (Base pay) + $4.65 (Night shift diff) + $2.20 (Weekend diff) = $48.91

Essential Functions:

• Assess the needs of individuals, families and/or communities to identify potential health or safety problems (15%)
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records (10%)
• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patient’s condition and vital signs (10%)
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patient’s responses and conditions (10%)
• Develop and modify patient care plans as indicated by patient’s responses and conditions (10%)
• Prepare patients for, and assist with examinations and treatments (10%)
• Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care (5%)
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity (5%)
• Direct and supervise less skilled nursing/health care personnel (5%)
• Instruct individuals and families on health education and disease prevention and after care (5%)
• Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent or disabled patients (5%)
• Medication administration, documentation and reassessment (5%)
• Promote positive patient experience (5%)

Education:

• Associate's degree Required

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