RN, Registered Nurse First Assist I - CardioThoracic Surgery - Full Time
CHRISTUS Health
Texarkana, TX
Summary:
A Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) is a nursing professional who renders direct patient care as part of the preoperative role by functioning as first assistant to the surgeon, and who assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates patient care activities.
Responsibilities:
- Practices an expanded role of preoperative nursing and has acquired knowledge and skills and judgment necessary to assist the surgeon through organized instruction and supervised practice.
- Interprets diagnostic studies, promotes positive health behaviors and skills through education and counseling.
Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Completion of an approved/accredited RNFA course, including the completion of the required internship hours
- Two-five years experience in the operating room. Proficient in preoperative nursing practice as both scrub and circulating nurse with diversified operating room experience
- Current Texas State RN license
- CPR-(American Heart Association)
- BLS
- ACLS within 6 months of hire/transfer date Certified as a preoperative nurse (CNOR) required
Work Schedule:
8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday
Work Type:
Full Time
About the Company
CHRISTUS Health
In 1999, two historic Catholic charities became one, forming CHRISTUS Health and creating a unique purpose in the modern health care market - to take better care of people.
To extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, the mission that the Sisters of Charity Health Care system and Incarnate Word Health system shared for more than a century, is now also the mission of CHRISTUS Health.
Ranked among the top 10 Catholic health systems in the United States by size, the CHRISTUS Health system includes more than 40 hospitals and facilities in seven U.S. states, Chile and six states in Mexico, with assets of more than $4.6 billion.
Whether seeking care in Alexandria Louisiana, or Coahuila, Mexico, patients discover that the healing spirit is alive at CHRISTUS Health.