USPI
Location
Littleton, Colorado
Salary
$34 - $53 / HOUR
The Pre-Op/PACU Registered Nurse is responsible for implementing physician orders, ensuring the continuity and quality of nursing care, and continuously evaluating patient condition, safety, comfort, and privacy. This role also involves providing comprehensive care to patients emerging from anesthesia or sedation, including assessment and planning for discharge.
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited school of nursing and hold a current Colorado Registered Nurse License, along with current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications. Required experience includes work in PACU or ICU, and strong knowledge of the perioperative process is necessary.
South Denver Surgery Center is hiring a Preop/PACU RN PRN to join our team!
*M-F daytime hours. No weekends, nights, calls or holidays*
At South Denver Surgery Center, we believe health and care are inseparable. Our mission is to care for every patient and their family as if they were our own. Each patient, each family, each and every time.
Under the direct supervision of the Pre-Op/PACU manager, the PACU nurse is responsible for implementing all physician orders, providing for the continuity and quality of nursing care for all patients, with continual evaluation of the patients'' condition, providing patient safety, comfort, and privacy at all time. At times, assist the physicians in the procedure rooms with various tasks, conscious sedation and utilizing sterile technique as deemed appropriate. Responsible for providing total comprehensive patient care to patients emerging from general anesthesia and/or sedation. Responsible for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the patient and family in preparation for discharge.
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.
USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.
$34 - $53 (based on experience)
Job Posted 04/21/2026 and will remain open for 2 weeks
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