Registered Nurse; RN First Assist; RNFA - CVOR/Surgical Services - St. Francis
Listed on 2026-01-04
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Nursing
RN Nurse, Healthcare Nursing
Overview
At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we are dedicated to continually improving health care quality, safety and cost effectiveness. Our hospitals, care sites and clinicians are recognized for clinical and operational excellence.
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Bon Secours
About Us
As a faith-based and patient-focused organization, Bon Secours exists to enhance the health and well-being of all people in mind, body and spirit through exceptional patient care. Success in this goal requires a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence and respect. Bon Secours seeks people that are committed to our values of compassion, human dignity, integrity, service and stewardship to create an environment where associates want to work and help communities thrive.
Registered Nurse (RN)
First Assist (RNFA) - CVOR/Surgical Services -
St. Francis Downtown - Greenville, SC
The Registered Nurse First Assistant is responsible for the delivery of patient care utilizing the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identifying and determining the priority of patient s problems/needs, and evaluating the process and outcome of nursing care. The RNFA collaborates with the surgeon in performing invasive or operative procedures in a safe manner with optimal outcomes for the patient whom protective reflexes or self-care abilities are potentially compromised.
The RNFA must, in collaboration with the patient, family and health care team members, possess and apply knowledge of the procedure and patient s intraoperative experience throughout the patient s continuum of care, addressing their physiological, psychological, sociocultural and spiritual needs in relationship to their age and ability to respond.
Demonstrates knowledge of human growth and development, assessment, range of treatment, and care appropriate to the ages of patients served.
Functions as first and second assistant. Able to function as the primary scrub person during operative procedures.
Maintains aseptic and safe environment in the Operating Room.
Assists in the intra-operative care of the patient by performing technical duties as assigned.
This position services the following populations: neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric.
Collects health data on a systematic and continuous basis through clinical interaction, records, assessment and consultation with the health care team members, demonstrating consideration of growth and developmental needs. Formulates nursing diagnosis based on health status data and establishes patient care goals based on nursing diagnosis.
Develops a plan of care that prescribes nursing actions to achieve patient goals. Implements nursing actions in transferring the patient according to the prescribed plan.
Demonstrates through clinical interaction with patients, knowledge of patient and family educational needs. Demonstrates anatomy and physiology particular to the requirements of the surgical procedure.
Creates and maintains a sterile field. Performs sponge, sharps and instruments counts. Administers drugs and solutions as prescribed. Monitors and controls the environment. Performs decontamination functions.
Provides equipment and supplies based on the patient's needs and physician's preferences. Physiologically monitors the patients during surgery. Evaluates patient outcomes and measures effectiveness of nursing care. Continuously reassesses all components of patient care based on new data.
Performs nursing and first assisting actions that demonstrate accountability including performance improvement. Enhances growth and development through in-services education, educational process and learning opportunities including, but not limited to pediatrics, adolescents, adult and geriatric patients.
Under direct supervision of the surgeon, responsibilities may include but not limited to, handling a variety of tissue, providing exposure, using surgical instrumentation, suturing, providing hemostasis, and closing tissue and skin.
Prohibitions for the RNFA: transplanting organs, or performing a surgical task/procedure, which is the primary purpose…
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