FT Operating Room RN First Assist

FT Operating Room RN First Assist

North Carolina Specialty Hospital (NCSH), is a private, physician-owned medical center that opened its doors in 1926. North Carolina Specialty Hospital's commitment to growth and continuous improvement has helped the hospital maintain a number of high rankings in both quality measures and patient satisfaction. North Carolina Specialty Hospital offers surgical specialties in orthopedics, ophthalmology, ear, nose and throat as well as sports medicine, oral, plastic, podiatry, general surgery, interventional radiology, pain management, reconstructive surgery and more.

• Why join North Carolina Specialty Hospital?
• Award Winning Hospital for Special Surgery
• 5 Star CMS rated facility for patient experience
• Positive Work culture
• Career growth opportunities
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401k Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance

Job Summary

The RN First Assist will support the continuity of care for Perioperative patients. The scope of practice includes preoperative patient care management, intraoperative surgical first assisting, and post operative patient care management. The role will help expedite surgical productivity, 2nd assist when needed, and first assist the surgeons.

• Job Duties
• Provide preoperative patient management in collaboration with other healthcare providers, including, but not limited to: preoperative evaluations, communicate/collaborate regarding the patient plan of care,
• Intraoperative surgical first assisting, including, but not limited to: using instruments/medical devices, providing exposure, handling and/or cutting tissues, providing homeostasis, and suturing
• Postoperative patient management in collaboration with other HCP's in the immediate postoperative period.
• Provide CRNFA experience and skill to the operating surgeon during the operative procedure and comprehensive nursing management of care during the Perioperative phase
• Demonstrates appropriate application of age specific standards, policies, and procedures and guidelines in caring for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients: follows age specific standards in administering medications based on patient's age; follows age specific standards of care during altered states of consciousness related to analgesia, conscious sedation or anesthesia; uses age specific standards, policies and procedures and guidelines to perform treatments and procedures that are routine for unit/clinic based on patient's age