Surgical First Assist

Registered Nurse First Assistant

The Registered Nurse First Assistant and/or Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant will support the continuity of care for Perioperative patients. The scope of practice includes preoperative patient care management, intraoperative surgical first assisting and postoperative patient care management with assigned surgical teams. The role will help expedite surgical productivity, support the education of surgical residents, 2nd assist where needed, and first assist the Surgeons when surgical Residents are not available. The RNFA/CRNFA will provide patient care for all ages and/or provide leadership and direction to the perioperative team where needed. The RNFA/CRNFA does not concurrently function as the scrub nurse. The RNFA works within the framework of ECU Health/ ECUHMC.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required.
• Must be a graduate of an accredited school of Nursing, Completion of a RNFA program that includes didactic and supervised clinical practice, approved by the Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI) that meets the criteria set out in the AORN Standards for RN First Assistant Education Programs.
• Three years to five years of experience in Perioperative Nursing is preferred.
• Current RN Licensure by the State of North Carolina or temporary North Carolina Licensure or meet requirements to hold RN licensure in a compact state.
• Successful completion of the CNOR and RNFA certification exam are required.
• RNFA/CRNFA must have sound clinical knowledge of technology and treatment applications; must also possess skills to educate/train staff, and complies with AORN education standards for the RNFA/CRNFA;, and a demonstrated knowledge of the surgeries in which the RNFA/CRNFA participates.
• Must have sound clinical OR skills (scrubbing and circulating) and have excellent interpersonal skills and organizational capability.

Pay Range

• RN FA hourly range > $44.33 - $64.61
• Final compensation is determined at the offer stage.

Other Information

• Location: ECU Health Beaufort Hospital - Operating Room
• Shift: Full-Time - DAYS
• Hours: Shifts of operations are M-F 0645-1715 with one day off per week.
• Weekends: Rotating
• On-Call: Assigned call rotation is 7 days per 6-week schedule broken up over the course of 3 weeks.

About ECU Health Beaufort Hospital, a campus of ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Beaufort Hospital serves as a campus of ECU Health Medical Center. The 142-bed full-service hospital is located in Washington and has earned national designation as a Primary Stroke Center. It is home to a 16-bed emergency department that serves approximately 25,000 patients per year, as well as the Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center – a provider of leading-edge chemotherapy and radiation therapy, among other cancer services. ECU Health Beaufort also offers general medical and surgical services, operative services, a women's birthing center, rehabilitation services and outpatient clinics.