Registered Nurse First Assistant

Jobtome; Hondo (NM); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtome is seeking an RNFA to join the Surgery Service Line as a first assistant at surgery, operating under surgeon direction. Responsibilities include tissue handling, hemostasis, suturing, and wound management within an expanded Circulating RN role when not needed as RNFA.

The candidate must hold a baccalaureate degree and be licensed as a Registered Nurse (TX) with ACLS and CNOR certification, and should have completed an RNFA program meeting AORN standards.

Qualifications

• RNFA role in the perioperative environment
• CNOR credential required/encouraged
• ACLS certification required
• RNFA program meeting AORN standards

Responsibilities

• Provide surgical first assistant services under surgeon direction in the OR
• Operate within expanded perioperative Circulating RN role when not acting as RNFA
• Ensure compliance with statutes, regulations, and institutional policies

Skills

Surgical first assistant

Perioperative nursing

Team collaboration

Education

Baccalaureate degree

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES

Serves as a team member of the Surgery Service Line by providing care in collaboration with the surgeon supervising surgeon. The RNFA practicing in the perioperative environment as a first assistant at surgery functions in an expanded perioperative Circulating RN role; must comply with all statutes, regulations, and institutional policies relevant to the RNFA who first assists at surgery; is required to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe, competent surgical first assistant services by completing a program that covers the content of the AORN Standards for RN First Assistant Education Programs; acquiring the necessaryknowledge, judgment, and skills, to the expanded role of RNFA clinical practice; intraoperatively practices at the direction of the surgeon providing surgical site exposure, handling and/or cutting tissue, providing hemostasis, suturing, and wound management. Does not concurrently function as a scrub tech or circulator. Represents the OR and exemplifies their inter-professional decorum by working synergistically with all members of the team. When not needed as an RNFA, they will be utilized in the Circulating role. Supports and maintains University Health mission, vision, and values.

EDUCATION

Must have a baccalaureate degree, with the exception that the RNFA practicing prior to January 1, 2020, may continue to practice at his or her existing level of education

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION

Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in Texas. Must maintain ACLS and certification in perioperative nursing (CNOR). Must have successfully completed an RNFA program that meets the AORN standards for RN first assistant education programs and compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations, and institutional policies relevant to RNFAs.. Continued Competency the RNFA demonstrates behaviors that progress on a continuum from basic competency to excellence, maintains CNOR status, and is encouraged to achieve and maintain CRNFA certification when eligibility requirements have been met.