Registered Nurse - Operating Room (Boulder Surgery Center)
BoulderCentre for Orthopedics and Spine·Boulder, Colorado
BoulderCentre for Orthopedics and Spine·Boulder, Colorado
The Operating Room RN performs circulating functions before and during surgery, ensuring patient safety and monitoring conditions. They assist with scrub functions and provide nursing care to high acuity surgical patients.
Description Now Offering a $10,000 Sign on Bonus! Eligible only for OR RNs with a minimum of 2 years of recent orthopedic OR experience
Join our orthopedics practice as an Operating Room RN, where you'll play a vital role in providing exceptional care to our patients. Our Orthopedic Surgery Center is committed to compassion, excellence, and collaboration. We empower our team to grow personally and professionally through continuous learning opportunities. From general orthopedics to specialized areas like sports medicine and pain management, our services cover a wide range
Essential Duties Performs circulating functions before surgery, including preparing the operating environment, orienting and assessing the patient, and reviewing patient’s medical record and surgeon’s notes to ensure all pre-requisites and preferences are met. Ensures safety checklists and procedures are implemented and documented at all times. Performs circulating functions during surgery, including monitoring and communicating patient condition, documenting interventions and activities, monitoring the sterile field and controlling traffic into, out of and around the operating room suite. Assists with scrub functions, including the preparation, selection, and handling of instruments and supplies used during the surgical procedure. Performs surgical counts with the surgical tech/scrub nurse. Provides nursing care to a complex, high acuity surgical patient population in a technically complex environment. Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
Closing Date: Applications Accepted Ongoing
Market context
Colorado nursing roles like this often draw steady demand from home health and hospice settings, where employers look for RNs who can work independently and manage patient care in the field. These positions are competitive because a current Colorado RN license, prior nursing experience, reliable transportation, and familiarity with HCHB can all strengthen an application. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your license, driving documents, and home health or hospice experience before applying.
