Registered Nurse - Operating Room
Durango, Colorado
RN · OR · Ophthalmology · Perioperative · Surgery
Posted Jul 17
- Unit
- OR
What the listing says
Role
- On the floor
- Precepting expected
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- $12/hr below the median
The median for Operating Room in Colorado is $46/hr, across 16 postings.
About this role
Registered Nurse, Operating Room | Ophthalmology Service Line Coordinator. Responsible for coordinating daily clinical care activities for ophthalmology surgeries. Reports to Director of Perioperative Services. Essential functions include working with surgeons and mid-level providers, managing preference cards, collaborating with surgical teams, assisting in surgical procedures, providing staff training and education, coordinating quality outcomes and process improvement, and developing policies and procedures.
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Requirements
- Current state license as a registered nurse
- CPR Certification
- ACLS Certification
- PALS Certification
- BLS Certification
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred)
- Current TB test
- OR experience
Place
- City
- Durango, Colorado
- Median rent
- $1,636/mo
- Local household income
- $78,602/yr
- State price level
- 3% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Colorado index 103.1, where 100 is the national average.
Tucked in Colorado's southwest corner along the Animas River Valley, Durango pairs rugged San Juan Mountain access with a walkable historic downtown. This small college-and-tourist town draws outdoor-loving nurses who want world-class hiking, skiing at nearby Purgatory Resort, and a tight-knit community far from Front Range congestion.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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About the employer
You are looking at an RN/OR Circulator role with SP Management Services Inc in Durango, Colorado—an outpatient surgical-center job where you give intraoperative nursing care, speak up for the patient in the room, and help keep turnover and supplies moving…
On your path
Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
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- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
