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The Registered Nurse First Assistant is a professional Registered Nurse and is a specialized area of practice. Registered nurses practicing as first assistants in surgery are functioning in an expanded perioperative nursing role. First assisting behaviors are further refinements of perioperative nursing practice and are executed within the context of the nursing process. These behaviors include certain delegated medical functions that can be assumed by the RN who is qualified to practice as an RNFA. Registered nurse first assistant behaviors may vary depending on patient populations, practice environments, service provided, accessibility of human and fiscal resources, institutional policy, and state nursing regulations. The Registered Nurse also may provide professional nursing care to patients of all ages in accordance with individual needs, physician orders, Hospital policy and standards of nursing practice.
Job Responsibility
Performs focused preoperative nursing assessments communicating and collaborating with other health care providers regarding the patient plan of care
Intraoperative performance of surgical first-assistant techniques as in using instruments and medical devices providing surgical site exposure, handling and/or cutting tissue, providing hemostasis, suturing
Preoperative patient management in collaboration with other health care providers
Requirements
Graduate of Accredited RN school of Nursing
Successful completion of an RNFA program that meets the 'AORN standards for RN first assistant education programs'
At least one (1) year current acute care registered nursing experience required
Must have successful completion of an accredited/approved Nursing program
Current certification in specialty area – certification in perioperative nursing (CNOR) is required
Registered Nurse with current California License
Current and active BLS card
Fire Card Required within 90 days of hire
Nice to have
Experience with EHR (Cerner, MediTech, etc)
Certified Nurse Operating Room, upon hire
What we offer
Health/dental/vision
FSA
Matching retirement plans
Paid time off
Tuition assistance
Adoption assistance
Life insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Retirement plan benefit(s) including but not limited to 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings