JOB OVERVIEW
• Job Title: RN RNFA – Robotics
• Profession: RN
• Specialty: Operating Room / RN First Assistant
• Job Type: Contract/Travel
• Location: Rochester, NY
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, Day Shift
• Hours: 36 or 48 hours/week
• Call: Evening call and rotating holidays
• Weekends: No weekends
JOB REQUIREMENTS
• Active New York Registered Professional Nurse (RN) license
• Completion of an accredited RN First Assistant (RNFA) program
• CNOR certification required
• Minimum 2 years of OR experience
• Level I Trauma experience preferred
• Proficient in perioperative nursing practice
• Scrubbing and circulating experience preferred
• BLS – American Heart Association only
• ACLS – American Heart Association preferred
• ROBOTIC EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
• Da Vinci robotic surgery experience required
• Experience with robotic Urology, GYN, Colorectal, Surgical Oncology, Thoracic, and General Surgery
• Robotic Surgical Oncology experience including Whipple procedures, gastrectomies, and hernia repairs
• Robotic General Surgery experience including cholecystectomies and appendectomies
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Assist the surgeon and healthcare team during operative procedures.
• Practice as an RN First Assistant under the direction of the surgeon.
• Provide safe, effective perioperative care and support optimal patient outcomes.
• Perform RNFA duties during the operative phase of care.
• Perform circulating and scrub RN duties when not assigned as RNFA.
• Collaborate with surgeons and the multidisciplinary surgical team.
• Apply appropriate knowledge, skills, and judgment in the OR and RNFA role.