RN/First Assist Operating Room-RNFA (760925)

Company: Veritas Global Consulting Group, LLC
Location: Wilmington
Posted on: October 17, 2020

Job Description:

JOB CODE: (760925) RN/First Assist Operating Room (RNFA) LOCATION: Chester County (PA) Join a thriving and growing regional integrated hospital system in Southeastern Pennsylvania with a rich history of providing high-quality, cost effective care committed to advancing health and transforming lives in the surrounding communities of Chester County, PA. Offering leading-edge compassionate health care and wellness services with a comprehensive physician network, this not-for-profit health system employs over 11,000 caring and highly trained team members throughout their six hospitals, including a Level 1 Trauma Center accredited hospital, Magnet designation, HIMSS Stage 7, and many other accolades. Hospital is a not-for-profit healthcare system that provides comprehensive acute care, post-acute rehabilitation, behavioral health, and occupational health services to the people of Chester and adjoining counties. Heres a great opportunity to be a valued member of their collaborative team committed to patient safety and patient satisfaction! As RN First Assist (RNFA), this position assists surgeons working interdependently and under their direction. Functions include, but are not limited to: Pre-operative skin preparation, positioning the patient, draping the patient, providing homeostasis, providing exposure, properly handling tissue, properly using instruments, suturing, cleaning surgical area and application of dressings, and other duties as requested by the surgeon that fall within the scope of licensure. The RNFA, under physician supervision, performs the following functions: Performs preoperative patient assessments, performs discharge summary dictation and is the contact point among in-house and community referral physicians, patients and their family members, and surgeons. Performs surgical preparatory procedures (e.g., foley catheter insertion). Assists in transporting the patient postoperatively, communicates information to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). QUALIFICATIONS: Successful completion of a Nurse First Assistant program/peri-operative course required Graduate of an approved School of Nursing; two year/Associate Degree in Nursing required Bachelor Degree preferred Must have a minimum of five (5) years of Operating Room nursing experience Current PA RN License BLS Certification The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position. For consideration, please send us your CV/resume in MS Word format only. If there is a viable match, one of our consultants will contact you within 24-48 hours. To ensure that our response to your application reaches your INBOX (not your junk or spam folder), please add our email address, jobs@VeritasConsultingLLC.com, to your Safe Senders list or to your Address Book. Not the right job or location for you? Still contact us. We have access to hundreds of jobs across the country, many of which are not available on job boards. We welcome the opportunity to represent your talent.

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