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Assoc Nurse Manager

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Aurora, Colorado

Eligibility
PACUPerioperativeOR

Posted Jul 29

Shift and hours
Days40 hours a week
Unit and setting
PACU
License
RN license State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

License
RN license State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
Certification
BLS before you start
Certification
PALS within 6 month of hire or transferAfter hire · within 6 month
Certification
Relevant certification as determined at position level.
Certification
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Experience
3 years of experience in related clinical areas.

Preferred

Education
Bachelor's in Nursing. Preferred: Master's in Nursing.

What it pays

Against similar roles
Top of Aurora staff RN payAurora staff RN postings that state pay run $35/hr to $43/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $40/hr, across 77 postings.

Benefits

  • Performance bonus (3-Year Incentive Bonus)
  • Performance-based pay increase (Annual Merit Pay Increase)
  • Market-competitive base pay reviews
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage
  • 24/7 mental health and well-being support
  • Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources
More benefits (22)
  • Free Care.com membership
  • Voluntary benefits: accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, employee discount programs
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI)
  • Leaves of absence
  • Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up options
  • Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability with buy-up option
  • 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution
  • Additional 457(b) plan
  • Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care
  • Health savings account (when enrolled in high-deductible medical plan)
  • Tuition reimbursement up to 100% for specific educational degrees
  • Up to $10,000/year pre-paid or up to $5,250/year tuition reimbursement
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Internal professional development opportunities
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness program assistance
  • 24/7 mental health support
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • 403(b) plan with employer match
  • FSA
  • HSA

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  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load and floating handled day to day?
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Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.

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Assoc Nurse Manager

  • Location: Aurora
  • Category: Nursing Professional
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Date Posted: Aug 24, 2026

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Description

Location: UCHealth UCHlth Anschutz Inpt Pavilion, US:CO:Aurora

Department: Pre Op AIP - The ANM supports a team of RNs and support staff who care for patients before surgery. We will have a total of 40 ORs in Central and 9 ORs in East. We care for patients having surgery for a wide range of procedures such as a knee replacement to a CABG to a liver transplant; gyn onc and urology surgeries as well.

We prep patients coming in from home and also who are in-patients. This job entails 4 10hr shifts. We take Periop manager on-call about 3 weeks out of the year.

I know most managers probably say this but we have the BEST team. We have nurses who are engaged and invested in our patients and improving the care we provide. We have excellent team work.

The staff members say that Pre-op is a gem that is not widely known about in the hospital.

Work Schedule

Full Time, 80.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)

Shift: Days

Pay: $42.90 - $66.50 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor's in Nursing. Preferred: Master's in Nursing.
  • State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN). Relevant certification as determined at position level.
  • 3 years of experience in related clinical areas.
  • PALS within 6 month of hire or transfer
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • 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

  • 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.

Employees are our number one asset.

UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in professional success and personal well-being through a comprehensive total rewards program. \*

Recognition

  • Performance bonus: UCHealth offers a 3-Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals and tenure. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October during the third year of employment.
  • Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.
  • Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

Health and well-being

  • Medical, dental and vision coverage.
  • Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.
  • Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
  • Free Care.com membership.
  • Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
  • Time away from work: Paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
  • Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.
  • Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability with a buy-up coverage option.

Retirement and savings

  • 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
  • Additional 457(b) plan may be available.
  • Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

  • UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.
  • Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
  • Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.
  • Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.

\* Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.

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 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 the do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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In Aurora, CO

Aurora, COFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 6% above the US average

Median rent
$1,835/mo
Household income
$88,368/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

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