Intermountain Health
Registered Nurse Operating Room Training Program CVOR Pathway
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Job Description
The Role
The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice, and coordination of care with other health team members.
Train for the RN Career of Your Dreams! Are you a Registered Nurse who is interested in advancing your career into a specialty of Operating Room Nursing focusing on eventually becoming a CVOR RN or a new grad that did rotations in or a preceptorship in the Operating Room unit and thought, “Yes, please!”, this program is for you.
- New Caregiver Start Date: 8/17/2026
- Cohort Starts: 8/24/2026
Here's How the Process Works:
This is a full-time, 24-week paid training program offering a mix of didactic learning and clinical preceptorship. You will be compensated for training hours and will be benefit-eligible. Interested candidates must apply and provide a resume with recommendation letter.
Essential Functions
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Assess:
- Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate).
- Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of the interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
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Plan:
- Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop an individualized plan of care.
- Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop the plan of care including needed education.
- Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
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Implement:
- Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate.
- Provides or delegates care consistent with the plan of care, guidelines of care, and professional licensure provisions.
- Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.
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Evaluate:
- Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction.
- Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
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Professionalism:
- Promotes the nursing profession and participates in the development of others.
- Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within the scope of licensure, provides accurate and timely documentation, and understands the legal implications of care delivery.
Skills
- Patient Care Delivery
- Nursing Fundamentals
- Interdisciplinary Teams
- Documentations
- Professional Etiquette
- Accountability
- Patient Care Coordination
- Communication
- Patient Evaluation
- Critical Thinking
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Minimum Qualifications
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of practice.
- Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
- RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date.
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
- Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN).
- Education must be obtained from an accredited institution.
- Degree will be verified.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025.
- Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire.
Physical Requirements
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
- Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
- Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment.
- Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items.
- Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.).
- May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing, and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
Job Details
- Location: St. Marys Regional Hospital
- Work City: Grand Junction
- Work State: Colorado
- Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$37.45 - $57.29
Benefits
We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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Job Description Purpose
The primary intent of this job description is to set a fair and equitable rate of pay for this classification. Only those key duties necessary for proper job evaluation and/or labor market analysis have been included. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor.
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