Registered Nurse Pre-Op PACU

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 patients physical psychosocial cultural and spiritual needs through observation interview review of medical records & clinical data.
  
• Evaluates patients 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 IVs 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

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
  
• RN License in state of employment

Preferred

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

Where Youll Work

OrthoColorado Hospital is Colorados 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.

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