Registered Nurse Cardio Vascular Operating Room – $20,000 Sign on

POSITION TYPE: Registered Nurse (RN)

SPECIALTY UNIT: Cardiovascular Operating Room - CVOR 

LOCATION: Colorado Springs, Colorado

SHIFT: Days

JOB TYPE: Full-Time Permanent

$20k Sign-On Bonus!

Job Description:

We are currently in need of an RN-CVOR nurse to work as part of our surgical services and operating room teams to provide the utmost care and treatment to our open-heart or cardiovascular patients. The Cardiovascular Operating Room is a complex, stressful, and emotional environment. Our ideal candidate must be focused, disciplined, and a team player. 

As an RN-CVOR nurse, you will assist with cardiovascular patients before, during and following surgical procedures. You need to ensure that sterile procedures are followed during surgery, necessary equipment and medications are available for the operating room team, and that the safety of the patient is assured at all times.

Furthermore, it is your duty as an RN-CVOR nurse to independently assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the nursing care of patients from admission through discharge. Additionally, you will collaborate with patients and their families and provide theory-based professional nursing care. Along with this, you will coordinate care delivery with the physician and other members of our healthcare team.

Day to Day duties:

• Circulate and/or Scrub on all cases.
• Primarily, GEN, GYN, Urology, Ortho (Totals/ Sports Medicine), Spine, Neuro, Plastics, Robotics (DaVinci XI) and Trauma.
• Penrose specializes in Heart, Vascular surgeries with dedicated service teams for hearts and Vascular only.
• Associates are cross trained for all other services.
• Giving breaks and/or providing additional supplies and sterile instruments as needed during operations.
• Assisting with Room turnover and restocking for next day’s cases.
• Acting as an advocate for patient before, during and after surgery.

16 OR Suites

Approx. 250-350+ cases per month

Schedule:36hrs/ week-Variable per surgical Volume and Current Unit Needs 

Call Required: Variable per surgical volume and current unit needs 

30 Min callback radius required 

Job Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Direct Deposit
• 401K
• Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision benefits
• Employee discount program
• Excellent room for growth and advancement

Requirements:

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• RN License required; Current state nursing licenses or RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact,
• Colorado Only: RNs working in Colorado under a multi-state license must obtain their CO RN license within 30 days of establishing residency, i.e., drivers license, register to vote, etc. Compact to Compact. Upon issuance of a new multistate license, the former license is inactivated. For more information visit Colorado Board of Nursing - Compact Licensure
• Nursing Diploma or Associates Degree in Nursing required; Bachelors Degree in Nursing preferred
• Operating Room (OR) RN experience required
• Previous CVOR experience preferred
• BLS from the American Heart Association required
• Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty