Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) - Surgery

Job description

Up to $25,000 Sign-On bonus for experienced Registered Nurse / RN Shift: Days: Hours: 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. Required : OR/ RNFA experience strongly required - 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 -...