Registered Nurse First Assist (RNFA)-OR-Full Time-Temecula Valley Hospital

UHS•Temecula, CA

4h•Onsite

About The Position

About Temecula Valley Hospital Temecula Valley Hospital (TVH), part of Southwest Healthcare, brings advanced technology, innovative programs, patient-centered and family sensitive care to area residents. The hospital features 140 private patient rooms; emergency care; advanced cardiac and stroke care; orthopedics; general and surgical specialties. TVH is nationally recognized for Patient Safety designated by The Leapfrog Group as a Top Hospital in both 2017 and 2020 and has received 10 “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, most recently in Spring 2023. The hospital was recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2023-2024 for Heart Attack, Heart Failure and Stroke, Pneumonia and COPD, as well as the Healthgrades 2022 Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award. TVH is a DNV Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center and has received eight Women’s Choice Award Achievements as One of America’s Best Hospitals for Stroke Care and One of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety. Other accolades include: the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, Mission Lifeline® - STEMI Receiving Center – GOLD PLUS, Mission Lifeline® - NSTEMI – GOLD, Blue Distinction® Center Designation for Quality in Knee and Hip Replacement Surgeries, The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Certification for Hip and Knee Replacement, first hospital in the state of California to achieve certification as a Gluten-Free Food Service facility, 3 Star Medicare Hospital Compare Rating, the American College of Cardiology Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation Accreditation, the honor of the Inland Empire’s Top Workplaces 2017 and 2018, has been designated an Aetna Institute of Quality Cardiac Care Facility for comprehensive heart and vascular treatment-including Cardiac Medical Intervention, Cardiac Rhythm Programs and Cardiac Surgery. For more information, please visit www.SWHtemeculavalley.com. Registered Nursing– First Assistant The Registered Nursing First Assistant may assist the surgeon by performing technical functions during surgery, including intra-operative retraction, homeostasis, tissue manipulation, and wound closure. The function of the Registered Nurse (RNFA) is to provide direct patient care as part of the perioperative role, by acting as first assistant to the surgeon during operative procedures. The RNFA will perform first assisting under the direct supervision of the primary surgeon; assist with the positioning, prepping, and draping of the patient or perform these independently, if so directed by the surgeon; ability to provide retracting, homeostasis, knot tying, and closure of layers; assist the surgeon at the completion of the procedure by affixing and stabilizing all drains, cleaning the wound and applying dressing; assist with applying casts or plaster splints, and in transferring the patient from the operating table and accompany the patient to the PACU.

Requirements

Minimum two (2) years/ experience as both scrub and circulating nurse
Completion of an accredited Registered Nursing program
Either successful completion of a RNFA course jointly approved by the Chief of Surgery and the Director of Surgical Services or certification as a Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA) by the Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN)
Valid and current California RN license
Current BLS Certification
Current ACLS Certification

Nice To Haves

CNOR preferred

Responsibilities

assist the surgeon by performing technical functions during surgery, including intra-operative retraction, homeostasis, tissue manipulation, and wound closure
provide direct patient care as part of the perioperative role, by acting as first assistant to the surgeon during operative procedures
perform first assisting under the direct supervision of the primary surgeon
assist with the positioning, prepping, and draping of the patient or perform these independently, if so directed by the surgeon
ability to provide retracting, homeostasis, knot tying, and closure of layers
assist the surgeon at the completion of the procedure by affixing and stabilizing all drains, cleaning the wound and applying dressing
assist with applying casts or plaster splints, and in transferring the patient from the operating table and accompany the patient to the PACU