Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) - Operating Room New

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!

At John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, We Understand That Our Greatest Asset Is Our Dedicated Team Of Professionals. That’s Why We Offer More Than a Job – We Provide a Comprehensive Benefit Package That Prioritizes Your Health, Professional Development, And Work-life Balance. The Available Plans And Programs Include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
  
  

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Shift: Days

Schedule: Per-Diem. Some call required.

Hours: 0700-1530

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) is a perioperative nurse who may function as an assistant to the surgeon in the operating room during surgical procedures. The RNFA performs first assistant behaviors according to hospital policy. In addition to first assisting, responsibilities may include circulating, scrubbing and other duties as assigned. Access to all Patient Health Information for treatment purposes only.

• Current California RN License
• Certified as a perioperative nurse (CNOR)
• Completion of an RNFA course, including the completion of the required internship hours
• Proficient in perioperative nursing practice as both scrub and circulating nurse with diversified operating room experience
• Current ACLS and CPR Provider certifications
• Effective verbal and written communication skills to communicate with people on all levels and able to maintain positive working relationships with patients, families, and co-workers inter- and intra-departmentally
• Possesses active listening skills
• Demonstrates knowledge of current nursing theory and practice
• Compassionate, nonjudgmental patient caregiver and advocate
• Must be able to tolerate physically and mentally demanding work
• Possesses audible acuity necessary for taking blood pressures and maintaining patient safety
  
  

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:

• Requirements:
  
  

Annual Requirements:

• Annual Update
• TB Screening
• Ethics
  
  

Current Competencies:

• Skills Competencies
• ACLS
• CPR
  
  

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

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Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

, $60.28 - $99.65 hourly **Individual wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications and experience,

• Current California RN License
• Certified as a perioperative nurse (CNOR)
• Completion of an RNFA course, including the completion of the required internship hours
• Proficient in perioperative nursing practice as both scrub and circulating nurse with diversified operating room experience
• Current ACLS and CPR Provider certifications
• Effective verbal and written communication skills to communicate with people on all levels and able to maintain positive working relationships with patients, families, and co-workers inter- and intra-departmentally
• Possesses active listening skills
• Demonstrates knowledge of current nursing theory and practice
• Compassionate, nonjudgmental patient caregiver and advocate
• Must be able to tolerate physically and mentally demanding work
• Possesses audible acuity necessary for taking blood pressures and maintaining patient safety
  
  

Current Competencies:

• Skills Competencies
• ACLS
• CPR