First Assistant Registered Nurse

First Assistant Registered Nurse

MedPro Healthcare Staffing, a Joint Commission-certified staffing agency, is seeking a quality First Assistant Registered Nurse (RNFA) for a travel assignment with one of our top healthcare clients.

Requirements

• 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
• Successful completion of an RNFA program that meets AORN recommended education standards for RN First Assistant programs
• BLS, ACLS, CNOR Certifications

Benefits

• Weekly pay and direct deposit
• Full coverage of all credentialing fees
• Private housing or housing allowance
• Group Health insurance for you and your family
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) matching
• Unlimited Referral Bonuses up to $1,000

Duties Responsibilities

First Assistant Nurses offer the skills needed to provide surgical preoperative patient care management, intraoperative surgical first assisting and postoperative patient care management

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

MedPro Healthcare Staffing