Registered Nurse (RN) / Surgical First Assistant, CVOR

Job Description

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides advanced care to a 21-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with nearly 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community.

TMH is the region’s healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region’s only :

• Level II Trauma Center
• Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, four residency programs and nearly 40 affiliated physician practices.

Qualifications

Required Education :

Associate degree in nursing.

Successful completion of a Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) program accredited by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).

Preferred Education :

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.

Required Experience :

Two (2) years of perioperative registered nursing experience.

Preferred Experience :

Two (2) years of perioperative first assistance experience.

Required Certification / License / Registry :

Licensed as a registered nurse (RN) in accordance with Florida Statutes (F.S.), Title XXXII (Regulation of Professions and Occupations), Chapter 464 (Nursing), Part I (Nurse Practice Act) [includes multistate compact licensure].

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) certified instructor.

Preferred Certification / License / Registry :

One or more of the following :

Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) credential from AORN.

Registered Nurse Assistant at Surgery (RNAS-C) credential from the National Assistant at Surgery Certification (NASC).

Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA) credential from NASC.

Responsibilities

Your Role :

Dedicated to CT Surgery, in collaboration with the surgical team (and others), participates in surgical patients’ perioperative assessments.

Assists surgeons (under direction / supervision of the same) during surgical or invasive operative procedures.

Participates in postoperative rounds and treatments; evaluates patients’ progress toward obtaining desired outcomes.

Assess patients’ and / or family members’ knowledge level; provides appropriate education to same.

Performs miscellaneous duties not expressly described herein.

Reports To :

RN [Registered Nurse] / Nurse Manager (JC : 031001)

Supervises :

None.