RN Operating Room Fellowship

Company: UCHealth
Location: Lakewood
Posted on: April 2, 2025

Job Description:

RN Operating Room Fellowship at UCHealth summary:
An RN Operating Room Fellowship position at UCHealth involves providing high-quality direct patient care in the Operating Room setting. The role emphasizes a multidisciplinary team approach and prioritizes evidence-based practices while offering comprehensive support and training for novice nurses transitioning into the operating room specialty. With competitive compensation and extensive employee benefits, including tuition reimbursement and loan repayment assistance, UCHealth is dedicated to improving lives and supporting its workforce.
Description

Location: UCHealth UCHlth Med Ctr of the Rockies, US:CO:Loveland

Department: MCR Operating Room

FTE: Full Time, 0.9, 72.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)

Shift: Flex

Pay: $38.91 - $60.31 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

Minimum Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited or state board of nursing approved Registered/Professional Nursing program.
• State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN). Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider and any relevant certification as determined at position level.
• 6 months of OR nursing (RN) experience or completion of the UCHealth Fellowship program.
• BLS - BLS through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date. BLS or CPR card must be good through sixty days of hire.
  At UCHealth, We Improve Lives
  
  Picture yourself on a dynamic team improving lives in the following way(s):
  
  
  • Provides top of scope practice in direct patient care utilizing the nursing process
  • Values a multidisciplinary team approach to achieve exceptional outcomes
  • Prioritizes wellness, a patient perspective and evidence-based practice
  • Models proficiency through precepting those new to healthcare and/or UCHealth
  • Welcomes new knowledge in a fast paced, innovative clinical environment
  • Contributes to secure safety and quality at the point of care
    Perioperative Fellowship: For those experienced nurses that are new to the Operating Room Specialty, there are cohorted orientation programs to assist those who have a desire to pursue a nursing career in the OR. Orientation pivots on novice to expert theory and adult learning styles.
    
    Perioperative:
    
    
    • Direct care includes practice in Perioperative, PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit) or Operating Room levels of care
    • AORN and ABPANC core curriculum and certifications standards are included in evidence-based care models
    • Clinical Educators support and guide individualized specialty education and training for competency validation throughout clinical orientation.
      
      We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.
      
      UCHealth invests in its Workforce.
      
      UCHealth offers a Three Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals, and tenure with UCHealth. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October following completion of three years' employment.
      
      UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package:
      
      
      • Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
      • 403(b) with employer matching contributions
      • Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank
      • Employer-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options
      • Employer paid short term disability and long-term disability with buy-up coverage options
      • Wellness benefits
      • Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs
      • Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year
        Loan Repayment:
        
        • UCHealth is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program! UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness through Savi.
          UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.
          UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.
          
          Who We Are (uchealth.org)
          
          Keywords:
          Registered Nurse, Operating Room Nurse, OR Fellowship, Perioperative Nursing, Patient Care, Healthcare, UCHealth, Nursing Residency, Clinical Educator, Surgical Nursing
          

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