RN, First Assistant (Specialty)

Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association; Galt (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association is seeking a Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) to coordinate patient care in the Operating Room (OR). The role requires acting as a first assistant during surgeries and supporting preoperative planning.

You will perform circulating and scrubbing duties, maintain sterility, document patient data and care plans, mentor staff, and seek ways to improve efficiency and patient outcomes within a collaborative surgical team.

Qualifications

• RN licensure, RNFA certification, BLS and PALS certifications, CNOR certification.
• Preferred qualifications include a BSN, perioperative nursing experience, CRNFA certification, and membership in professional organizations.

Responsibilities

• Organizing and facilitating surgical procedures.
• Acting as a first assistant during surgeries.
• Collaborating with the healthcare team for preoperative planning.
• Performing circulating and scrubbing duties.
• Ensuring aseptic techniques.
• Handling tissue dissection, vessel ligation, suturing, and drainage placement.
• Maintaining OR sterility.
• Documenting patient data and care plans.
• Mentoring staff.
• Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and patient outcomes.

Skills

surgical assistance

patient positioning

sterile technique

documentation

teamwork

Education

RN licensure

RNFA certification

BLS certification

PALS certification

CNOR certification

BSN (preferred)

Job description

Seeking a Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) to coordinate patient care in the Operating Room (OR).

Responsibilities include

• organizing and facilitating surgical procedures,
• acting as a first assistant during surgeries,
• collaborating with the healthcare team for preoperative planning,
• performing circulating and scrubbing duties,
• ensuring aseptic techniques,
• handling tissue dissection, vessel ligation, suturing, and drainage placement,
• maintaining OR sterility,
• documenting patient data and care plans,
• mentoring staff.

and

• identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and patient outcomes.

Qualifications:

RN licensure, RNFA certification, BLS and PALS certifications, CNOR certification. Preferred qualifications include a BSN, perioperative nursing experience, CRNFA certification, and membership in professional organizations.

Skills required include surgical assistance, patient positioning, sterile technique, documentation, and teamwork. The role demands minimal supervision and a commitment to safety and quality care.