Registered Nurse First Assistant; RNFA - Surgery

Overview

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work‑life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission?

Up to $25,000 sign‑on bonus for experienced Registered Nurse / RN. Shift: Days. Job type:
Full Time. The Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) is a perioperative nurse who may function as an assistant to the surgeon in the operating room during surgical procedures. The RNFA performs first assistant behaviors according to standardized hospital policies. In addition to first assisting, responsibilities may include circulating, scrubbing and other duties as assigned.

• Maintains clinical competence by assisting on surgical procedures
• Participates in the call rotation
• Participate in preoperative assessment and planning for selected surgical patients
• Recognize safety hazards and initiate appropriate preventative and corrective actions
• Provide exposure through appropriate use of instruments, retractors, suctioning, and sponging
• Handle and dissect tissues in collaboration with the surgeon
• Clamp blood vessels, coagulate bleeding points, ligate vessels, and perform other procedures in collaboration with the surgeon
• Suture muscle, fascia, subcutaneous, and skin tissue in collaboration with the surgeon
• Place drains as surgically indicated

• Graduated from an approved school of Nursing and possess a current California RN license
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school
• Certified as a perioperative nurse (CNOR) required or Certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) and/or NP.
• Completion of an approved/accredited RNFA course, including the required internship hours
• Proficient in perioperative nursing practice as both scrub and circulating nurse with diversified operating room experience
• Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (maintained at all times)

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits: pet insurance, legal insurance, accident & critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

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