Per Diem RN-First Assistant- Surgery

Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California. With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state‑of‑the‑art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics. Our eight‑campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care.

It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health. We serve a region where the needs are great, which makes the rewards even greater. Every day, we care for people facing unique challenges and in need of healing. Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do — in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.

Not Benefits Eligible

Variable - 12 Hour Shift (United States of America)

7420 Surgery

• License /Certification
  
  Required:
  
  
  • CA RN Licence
  • CNOR
  • BLS
  • ACLS within one year of hire/transfer
• Education Required: Completion of a recognized RNFA training program.
• Education Preferred: BSN, MSN, or currently enrolled in an RN‑BSN program.
• Experience
  
  Required:
  
  At least two years of perioperative RN experience, preferably in both the scrub and circulating roles.

• Assists on all surgical procedures as directed by the surgeon.
• Functions as the first assistant in the general and obstetric surgical suites.
• Assists the surgeon by providing intra‑operative tissue retraction.
• Assists with intra‑operative hemostasis.
• Assists with intra‑operative tissue manipulation using surgical instruments and suture material as directed by the surgeon.
• Assists with intra‑operative wound closure, suturing tissue with instruments and suture material as directed by the surgeon.
• Pre‑operative: assists with review of the procedure, opening and set‑up of the OR suite, pre‑operative counts or patient assessment as coordinated with the circulating RN, transfer of the patient to the OR bed, anesthesia induction if requested by the circulating RN, and positioning the patient for the surgical procedure.
• Inter‑operative: scrub in, assist in draping the patient, assist the surgeon within standardized procedures, and assist in counts as needed.
• Post‑operative: assists with application of the patient’s dressings, transfer from the OR bed, accompanies the patient to the PACU if required, and cleans up and turns over the operating room.
• RN Circulator: assesses basic patient needs, recognizes abnormal diagnostic data and potential problems, modifies assessment criteria based on age and other needs, implements the patient’s plan of care, facilitates patient transfer, understands patient care equipment and instrumentation, ensures medication administration, maintains communication and emotional support, provides personal hygiene, maintains complete medical records, coordinates admission, transfer, and discharge, performs other duties, and demonstrates the necessary knowledge and skills for the unit or work area.

$64.99 - $97.49

If you want to use your talents alongside people who face each day with courage and purpose, in an environment that empowers you to do your absolute best, this is where you belong.