RN, Registered Nurse - First Assist (RNFA)

Trinity Health•Westerville, OH

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides patient care within the scope of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act and in accordance with organizational standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines. The RN collaborates as part of a team and uses the Nursing Process to address patients’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. The RN First Assistant performs expanded advanced surgical-assisting functions during surgical interventions, including providing exposure, handling tissue, suturing, achieving hemostasis, and using surgical instruments. The role provides safe, evidence-based nursing care and supports quality initiatives and professionalism within the model of the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program. The RN assesses and evaluates assigned patients, collaborates with patients and families on plans of care, communicates pertinent information, documents care and outcomes, and takes accountability for care provided by other caregivers as appropriate. The position also ensures specialty surgical items are available and staff are instructed in their use, and stays current with perioperative quality and safety indicators.

Requirements

Graduate from a school of nursing.
Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio.
Bachelor’s degree.
Current CNOR certification.
Completion of an RNFA course and internship meeting AORN criteria for RN First Assistant programs.
At least 2 years of diversified operating room experience.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care and ensure a safe patient-care environment while promoting evidence-based practice, quality initiatives, and professional nursing practice.
Assess and evaluate care for an assigned group of patients using evidence-based practice.
Collaborate with patients and families to develop and implement plans of care addressing physical, spiritual, and educational needs.
Communicate pertinent information to appropriate team members promptly and keep patients and families apprised.
Document assessments, interventions, and outcomes accurately and completely in accordance with applicable standards and policies.
Assume responsibility and accountability for care provided and documented by other licensed and unlicensed caregivers as appropriate.
Perform RN First Assistant skills, including surgical exposure, tissue handling, hemostasis, electrosurgery, cautery, sponging, clamping, suturing, knot-tying, stapling, cutting, ligating vessels, wound closure, and securing wound drains.
Procure specialty items required for surgical procedures and provide staff in-service instruction on those items.
Stay current with perioperative department quality and safety indicators.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits packages, including medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on day one.
Retirement savings account with employer match starting on day one.
Generous paid time off programs.
Employee recognition programs.
Tuition and professional development reimbursement starting on day one.
RN-to-BSN tuition fully paid at Mount Carmel’s College of Nursing.
Relocation assistance, subject to geographic and position restrictions.
Employee Referral Rewards program.
DailyPay access for eligible colleagues.
Opportunity to join Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colleague Resource Groups.