RN First Assist Surgery
About The Position
Northridge Hospital Medical Center is seeking a Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) to join their team. The RNFA is a professional Registered Nurse practicing in an expanded perioperative nursing role, functioning within the nursing process and executing delegated medical functions under the direction of a surgeon. This role involves preoperative patient management, including focused nursing assessments and communication with healthcare providers regarding the patient's plan of care. Intraoperatively, the RNFA performs surgical first-assistant techniques such as using instruments and medical devices, providing surgical site exposure, handling tissue, providing hemostasis, and suturing, as defined by the hospital's allied health privileging process. The RNFA collaborates with the surgeon and other healthcare team members to achieve optimal patient outcomes and provides professional nursing care to patients of all ages in accordance with individual needs, physician orders, hospital policy, and standards of nursing practice. The RNFA does not concurrently function as a scrub person.
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".
- Compliance with all statutes, regulations, and institutional policies relevant to RNFAs as defined by the hospital medical staff criteria.
- At least one (1) year current acute care registered nursing experience required.
- 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 Haves
- Experience with EHR (Cerner, MediTech, etc)
- Certified Nurse Operating Room, upon hire
Responsibilities
- Perform focused preoperative nursing assessments.
- Communicate and collaborate with other health care providers regarding the patient plan of care.
- Intraoperative performance of surgical first-assistant techniques, including using instruments and medical devices, providing surgical site exposure, handling and/or cutting tissue, providing hemostasis, and suturing.
- Provide professional nursing care to patients of all ages in accordance with individual needs, physician orders, Hospital policy and standards of nursing practice.
- Work in collaboration with the surgeon and other health care team members to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
