Registered Nurse - First Assistant (RNFA)

Covenant Health Canada; Camrose; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Alberta seeks a Registered Nurse First Assistant to join its Operating Room team. This role involves collaboration with surgeons during surgical procedures and requires proficiency in both scrub and circulating nursing practices. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in perioperative nursing, decision-making skills, and the ability to recognize safety hazards. Training will be provided for suitable candidates.

Qualifications

• Active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta required.
• Minimum 3 years current Operating Room Experience required.
• Proficient in perioperative nursing practice as both scrub and circulating nurse.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the call rotation.
• Collaborates with the surgeon during surgical procedures.
• Recognizes safety hazards and initiates appropriate actions.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Decision making

Problem-solving

Education

Graduate of a Registered Nurse program

Graduate of a Perioperative Registered Nursing Program

Graduate of a certified RNFA program

Tools

Basic Life Support certification

ACLS certification

Job description

Come join a dynamic, efficient Operating Room Team and help us provide excellence in patient care. 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 ORNAC standards and standardized hospital policies. In addition to first assisting, responsibilities may include circulating, scrubbing, and other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in the call rotation
• Participates in preoperative assessment and planning for selected surgical patients
• Recognizes safety hazards and initiates appropriate preventative and corrective actions
• Provides exposure through appropriate use of instruments, retractors, suctioning, and sponging
• Handles and dissects tissues in collaboration with the surgeon
• Clamps blood vessels, coagulates bleeding points, ligates vessels, and performs other procedures in collaboration with the surgeon
• Sutures muscle, fascia, subcutaneous, and skin tissue in collaboration with the surgeon
• Places drain as surgically indicated

Classification and Details:

• Classification: Registered Nurse
• Union: COV UNA
• Unit and Program: Operating Room
• Primary Location: St. Mary's Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• FTE: 0.74

Requirements and Qualifications:

Graduate of a Registered Nurse program or recognized equivalent required. Active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) required. Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (Level C) required.

Additional required qualifications include: Graduate of a Perioperative Registered Nursing Program, minimum 3 years current Operating Room Experience, proficient in perioperative nursing practice as both scrub and circulating nurse with diversified operating room experience, strong communication and interpersonal skills, excellent decision making and problem-solving skills, and ability to exercise critical thinking.

Preferred qualifications include: Graduate of a certified RNFA program, CNA Certification in Perioperative Nursing CPN(c), and current ACLS. RNFA training will be provided to a suitable candidate.