Registered Nurse First Assistant Surgery Edgewood

St. Elizabeth HealthCare - Edgewood, KY

Full-time - Entry Level

Edgewood, KY

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

Performs/assists with surgical procedures under the direct supervision of the surgeon. The professional nurse provides evidence-based nursing care utilizing the nursing process to meet the surgical needs of the patient in the perioperative setting. The RNFA is responsible for appropriately delegating tasks to other licensed/unlicensed health care team members as deemed appropriate by training and education. The RNFA collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare team members when providing nursing care. Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Responsibilities

• Provides hemostasis and wound exposure, handles tissue to reduce the potential for injury, sutures tissue, and applies dressings to the wound under the direction of the surgeon.
• Utilizes the nursing process and functions as the patient advocate for the patient's plan of care based on an accurate/concise patient assessment.
• Demonstrates knowledge of aseptic techniques when functioning in the perioperative setting in role of circulating and scrub nurse.
• Performs and documents accurate and complete sponge, needle, sharps, and instrument counts.
• Works with anesthesia providers in delivering nursing care to patients requiring anesthesia.
• Demonstrates fiscal accountability by efficient cost-effective utilization of equipment/supplies based on the needs of the patient/surgeon/anesthesia provider.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills by effectively communicating in a professional manner with patients, visitors, and health care team members.
• Assists in transporting the patient postoperatively.
• Demonstrates professionalism as a perioperative nurse.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current registration to practice in the state where work is being performed.
• Meets contact hour requirements for licensure, including all state-required courses.
• Successful completion of RNFA program and internship that meets AORN's Standards for RN First Assistant Programs criteria.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required.
• CNOR required and maintained as current status.
• Two years of operating room experience in both the scrub and circulating roles as an RN.