Registered Nurse, First Assist – Perioperative Services

Hawaii Pacific Health; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 98,000 - 102,000; Part time

Job summary

Straub Benioff Medical Center in Honolulu seeks a Registered First Assist Nurse to support perioperative services. The role focuses on intra-operative patient care with emphasis on preoperative assessment and collaboration with the surgical team to ensure safe, high-quality care.

Qualified candidates hold a Hawai'i RN license, BLS CPR, and at least 3 years of scrub/circulating RN experience in the OR. Per diem position with rotating 12-hour shifts in the Straub facility.

Qualifications

• Current Hawai'i Registered Nurse License.
• Current American Heart Association BLS CPR card.
• Three (3) years of recent acute care scrub and circulating Registered Nurse experience in the OR or related area.
• Preferred: Current RN First Assist certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and necessary patient care to surgical patients during the intra-operative period.
• Coordinate nursing services to restore each patient’s health before, during and after surgery; perform preoperative assessment.

Skills

Registered Nurse

BLS CPR

Acute care nursing

OR teamwork

Education

Hawai'i RN License

Job description

Founded in 1921, Straub Benioff Medical Center includes a 159-bed hospital in Honolulu, a network of neighborhood clinics and a visiting specialist program that reaches throughout the state of Hawai’i. With over 200 physicians who are leaders in their fields, Straub provides its patients with diagnoses and treatments for more than 32 different medical specialties, including bone and joint, heart, cancer, endocrinology/diabetes, family medicine, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, internal medicine, vascular and urology. Straub is home to the Pacific Region’s only multidisciplinary burn treatment center. The hospital consistently brings new technologies and innovative medical practices to Hawai’i, such as minimally invasive cardiac surgery and total joint replacement.

Our Perioperative Services department provides full support throughout the duration of a patient’s surgical procedure, spanning ward admission, anesthesia, surgery and recovery. Professional care services include identification of the patient’s individual needs, patient care plan development and implementation and the coordination of nursing service to restore each patient’s health before, during and after a surgical procedure.

If you have exceptional patient care skills and enjoy working as part of a dedicated nursing team, you can help us ensure a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients and their families as a Registered First Assist Nurse. In this role, you will have the opportunity to provide direct and necessary patient care to surgical patients, with primary emphasis on the intra-operative period and responsibility for preoperative assessment. We are looking for someone qualified and sensitive, with strong patient care and communication skills, willingness to work in a team-oriented atmosphere and a commitment to delivering the highest quality health care to Hawai’i’s people.

Location: Straub Benioff Medical Center

Work Schedule: Rotating – 12 Hours

Work Type: Per Diem

FTE: 0.475000

Bargaining Unit: Hawaii Nurses Association

Exempt: No

Pay Range: 70.89 – 73.89 USD per hour

Category: Nursing

Minimum Qualifications: Current Hawai’i Registered Nurse License. Current American Heart Association Health Care Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR card. Three (3) years recent acute care scrub and circulating Registered Nurse experience in the Operating Room or related experience.

Preferred Qualifications: Current Registered Nurse First Assist certification.

EOE/AA/Disabled/Vets

Hawai’i Pacific Health offers a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package that includes pay and benefits. Rate of pay for selected candidates will be determined by various factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, relevant experience and training, as well as internal peer equity.