Registered Nurse First Assistant (Rnfa)

University Health; Boerne (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

University Health in Texas seeks a qualified RNFA to serve as a first assistant in the perioperative environment. The RNFA will assist the surgeon with site exposure, tissue handling, hemostasis, suturing, and wound management under established standards.

The role requires a baccalaureate degree, Texas RN license, ACLS, CNOR, and completion of an RNFA program meeting AORN standards. Ongoing CNOR maintenance and CRNFA certification when eligible are encouraged.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide surgical first assistant duties per surgeon direction, including site exposure, handling and cutting tissue, hemostasis, suturing, and wound management.
• Intraoperatively practices at the direction of the surgeon and represents the OR while collaborating with the inter-professional team.
• When not needed as an RNFA, function as Circulating RN and support the University Health mission, vision, and values.

Skills

Team collaboration

Perioperative nursing

Inter-professional decorum

Education

Bachelor's 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 necessary knowledge, 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.