Travel RN First Assistant - Perioperative Leader

MedPro Healthcare Staffing; Santa Maria (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Housing options

Credentialing fees covered

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Travel reimbursement

401(k) matching

Referral bonuses

Job summary

MedPro Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN First Assist for a travel nursing job in Santa Maria, California. The assignment is 13 weeks long, with 40 hours per week and 10-hour day shifts.

The role requires an RN license, acute perioperative experience as scrub and circulating nurse, and completion of an RNFA program meeting AORN standards. Benefits include weekly pay, housing options, and credentialing support.

Qualifications

• Eighteen months of recent experience in an Acute Care Perioperative Nursing practice as both a scrub and circulating nurse.
• Active RN License.
• Degree from an accredited nursing program.
• RNFA program meeting AORN education standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist surgeon by performing technical functions during surgery, including intra-operative retraction, hemostasis, tissue manipulation, and wound closure.
• Provide direct patient care as part of the perioperative role, acting as first assistant to the surgeon during operative procedures.
• The First Assistant Nurse/ RNFA will perform first assisting under the direct supervision of the primary surgeon.
• RNFA will immediately communicate any patient care issues to the surgeon.

Skills

RN experience

Scrub nurse

Circulating nurse

RNFA

Education

Nursing degree

Tools

RNFA program

Job description

MedPro Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN First Assist for a travel nursing job in Santa Maria, California. The assignment is 13 weeks long, with 40 hours per week and 10-hour day shifts.

The role requires an RN license, acute perioperative experience as scrub and circulating nurse, and completion of an RNFA program meeting AORN standards. Benefits include weekly pay, housing options, and credentialing support.