RN Registered Nurse First Assist - Operating Room

Details

• Department : Surgery
• Schedule : 7 a.m. - 5 : 30 p.m. 4 ten hour shifts per week, call, weekend and holidays per unit rotation.
• Hospital : Ascension Borgess Hospital
• Location : Kalamazoo, MI

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example : Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.

Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.

Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse First Assistant is first and foremost a Registered Nurse. The Registered Nurse First Assistant provides nursing care within Borgess Medical Center.

The practice of professional nursing is the systematic application of specialized knowledge and skill, derived from biological, physical and behavioral sciences to care, treat, counsel and health teaching of individuals who are experiencing changes in normal health processes or who require assistance in the maintenance of

health and the prevention or management of illness, injury or disability and demonstrates this through application of the Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice and Standards of Professional Performance defined by the American Nurses Association.

Recognizes that each patient is a unique

individual and has the right to quality nursing care that ensures the mutual goal set between the Registered Nurse First Assistant and patient.

Assures patient rights and privacy are protected, recognizing personal, interpersonal and social systems. The nursing process facilitates the

promotion, maintenance and restoration of an individual s health, incorporating knowledge of growth and development through the life span.

Knowledgeable of nursing practice, procedures, competencies and patient care standards as well as regulations and guidelines pertaining to nursing care.

Successful completion of competency based orientation and maintenance of core competencies for RNFA.

• In collaboration with the patient and / or family, and healthcare team, participates in open discussion to identify mutual goals based on the nursing assessment and nursing diagnosis.
• Diagnose, treat and evaluate the human response to actual or potential health problems and needs.
• Evaluate the outcomes of the nursing plan of care and revises it as necessary.
• Assess, detect, monitor and attempt to prevent complications associated with health situations or treatment plans.
• Implement physicians orders using nursing judgment through nursing interventions and coordination of others to do the same.
• Notify the physician of patient condition and response to nursing intervention appropriately and document this action.
• Responsible for coordinating patient teaching and documentation in collaboration with other health care providers and disciplines.
• Responsible for insuring that patient's pain is assessed, treated, reassessed, documented and evaluated. Adheres to policies and procedures.
• The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

Requirements

Licensure / Certification / Registration :

• BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 1 Months (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required.
• Licensed Registered Nurse obtained within 3 Months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date.

Education :

The Registered Nurse must have an Associates of Applied Science in Nursing (AAS) Degree or Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) or RN Diploma at start date.

BSN is required within six (6) years of

start date. Incumbents hired into position prior to 1 / 1 / 2015 are grandfathered with their existing educational degrees.

Must be proficient in the Perioperative practice of nursing as a

scrub / circulator for a minimum of four (4) years.

• Consideration regarding length of training period will be given to Registered Nurses who have previous experience as an RNFA.
• One (1) year of continuous employment at LHM.

Additional Preferences

Operating Room experience. Willing to train candidate with experience.