RN, Registered Nurse - First Assist (RNFA)

OH_MCHS Mount Carmel Health System; Westerville (OH); In loco; USD 75.000 - 105.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Relocation assistance

DailyPay

Tuition reimbursement for professional

RN to BSN tuition paid

Employee referral rewards

Descrizione del lavoro

Mount Carmel Health System seeks an experienced Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) within the Ohio Nurse Practice Act. You will provide advanced surgical assistance, assist in exposure, tissue handling, suturing and hemostasis while maintaining patient safety and high-quality perioperative care.

You will collaborate with the team to plan and implement care for surgical patients, document care accurately, and stay current with safety indicators in a magnet-recognized environment.

Competenze

• Graduate from school of nursing.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio.
• Bachelor's degree completed.
• CNOR certification.
• RNFA course and internship per AORN for RN First Assistant programs.
• Minimum 2 years of diversified OR experience.

Mansioni

• Provides nursing care and promotes patient safety and evidence-based practice.
• Collaborates with patient and family to develop and implement a holistic care plan.
• Communicates pertinent information to team members in a timely manner; documents assessments and outcomes.
• Demonstrates surgical instrument handling, suturing, hemostasis and other OR skills; ensures specialty items are procured and staff trained.
• Stays current with quality and safety indicators for the perioperative department.

Conoscenze

Operating room experience

Surgical knot-tying & suturing

Team collaboration

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Current Ohio RN license

CNOR certification

RNFA course and internship per AORN

2+ years OR experience

Descrizione del lavoro

Employment Type: Full time Shift: Description: Position Purpose:

The Registered Nurse RN, within the scope of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act, will provide care in an atmosphere sensitive to each person's physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. The Registered Nurse RN, collaborates in the spirit of teamwork is accountable for the delivery of patient care utilizing the Nursing Process within the standards, policies, procedures and guidelines of the Organization. The expanded functions unique to the RN First Assistant during surgical intervention are to assume responsibility in advanced surgical assisting skills such as providing exposure, tissue handling, suturing, providing hemostasis, and using surgical instruments.

What You Will Do:

Provides nursing care, ensures an environment of patient safety, promotes evidence-based practice and quality initiatives and exhibits professionalism in nursing practice within the model of the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®. Assesses and evaluates patient care for an assigned group of patients, utilizing evidence based practice. Collaborates with patient and family to develop and implement a plan of care that includes physical, spiritual and educational components. Accurately communicates pertinent information to appropriate team members in a timely manner. Keeps patient/family apprised/updated. Documents accurately and completely pertinent assessments, interventions and outcomes for patients in accordance with documentation standards, policies, procedures and/or guidelines. Assumes responsibility and accountability for care provided and documented by other licensed and unlicensed care givers as appropriate. Demonstrates the following skills: manual dexterity in appropriate use of surgical instrumentation, hemostasis, electrosurgery, bipolar cautery, sponging, clamping, collagens, bone wax, other, suturing skills, knot-tying, stapling, cutting, ligating, vessels, skin closure, sub-cuticular closure, and securing wound drains. Ensure that any specialty items needed for the surgical procedure are procured and that staff is in-services on the item. Stay current with all quality and safety indicators for the perioperative department.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Graduate from school of nursing.
• Licensure / Certification: Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Current CNOR certification.
• Completion of an RNFA course and internship that meets the criteria established by AORN for RN First Assistant programs.
• Minimum 2 years of diversified OR experience.

Position Highlights and Benefits:

Mount Carmel Health System recognized by Forbes in 2025 as one of America's Best State Employers. Competitive compensation and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision with coverage starting on day one. Retirement savings account with employer match starting on day one. Generous paid time off programs. Employee recognition programs. Tuition/professional development reimbursement starting on day one. RN to BSN tuition 100% paid at Mount Carmel's College of Nursing. Relocation assistance (geographic and position restrictions apply). Employee Referral Rewards program. Mount Carmel offers DailyPay - if you're hired as an eligible colleague, you'll be able to see how much you've made every day and transfer your money any time before payday.You deserve to get paid every day! Opportunity to join Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colleague Resource Groups.

Ministry/Facility Information:

Mount Carmel, a member of Trinity Health, has been a transforming healing presence in Central Ohio for over 135 years. Mount Carmel serves over 1.3 million patients each year at our five hospitals, free-standing emergency centers, outpatient facilities, surgery centers, urgent care centers, primary care and specialty care physician offices, community outreach sites and homes across the region. Mount Carmel College of Nursing offers one of Ohio's largest undergraduate, graduate, and doctor of nursing programs. If you're seeking a rewarding career where your purpose, passion, and desire to make a difference come alive, we invite you to consider joining our team. Here, care is provided by all of us For All of You! Our Commitment Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. Together, we're 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, our system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations, and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, in fiscal year 2023, we invested $1.5 billion in our communities through charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit http://www.trinity-health.org. You can also follow Trinity Health on LinkedIn.