Registered Nurse - First Assist - RN - Operating Room

Job description

Employment Type: Full time Shift: Day Shift Description: The RNFA collaborates with the surgeon and the interdisciplinary health care team to ensure safe surgical procedures and optimal patient outcomes. What you will need: - BSN from an accredited school of nursing. - Successful completion of an RNFA Program - Active Registered Nurse licensure in the State of Michigan - Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) - BLS Certification American Heart Association - Minimum of three years of perioperative nursing experience . - Proficiency in scrubbing and circulating What you will do: - Assists with positioning, prepping and draping the patient - Provide hemostasis under surgeon supervision, including clamping, coagulating, and ligating vessels - Performs wound closures as directed, including suturing drains, fascia, subcutaneous tissue, and skin - Handles tissue as directed by a surgeon. - Applies surgical dressing, application of casts, splints, or immobilizing devices - Assists in surgical case preparation (equipment, supplies, and instruments). - Participates in volume replacement or auto transfusion, when appropriate. - Selects and applies appropriate wound dressing. - Provides assista...