Registered Nurse - RN - First Assistant

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IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon

Regular

Job Highlights:

• Department: Surgery
• Schedule: Full Time, Day Shift, Monday through Friday, 7 am -3:30 pm some weekend and holiday on call rotations.
• Starting Pay: $41.77/hour  (Offers are based on years of experience and equity for this role.)
• Shift Differentials: eligible for weekend differential
• Location: Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon IL.

**Sign-On Bonus Available**

**Sign-on bonuses are for external qualified candidates. Internal candidates, please check with your recruiter to see what options are available for you.

Job Summary:

Provides direct assistance to surgeons before, during and after surgical procedures.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Positions patient to give best exposure for surgical procedure, using stabilizing equipment when necessary, while maximizing patient comfort and safety.
• Implements physicians orders to provide visualization of the operative site using appropriate method, including manipulation of tissue and materials, retraction, sponging, suctioning and irrigation.
• Utilizes appropriate technique to achieve temporary and permanent hemostasis.
• Assists with body plane closure, application of wound dressings and securing of drainage systems.
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service.
• As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model.  Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Completion of an RNFA program that meets the AORN standards for RN first assistant education program
• Effective January 1, 2020, the education level for entry into an RNFA program and, subsequently, RNFA practice will be the baccalaureate degree. AORN recommends that RNs who were practicing as RNFAs prior to January 1, 2020, who do not have a baccalaureate degree be permitted to continue to practice as RNFAs

EXPERIENCE

• Two years' registered nurse experience in an advanced surgical specialty
• Or an APRN that has completed the RNFA program that meets the AORN standards for RN first assistant education program

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 
 
State of Work Location: Illinois 

•     Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) 
•     And 
•     Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) 
•     And 
•     Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI) 

     
State of Work Location: Missouri 

•     Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) 
•     And 
•         Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State  
•         Or 
•         Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration 
•     And 
•     Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI) 

 
State of Work Location: Oklahoma 

•     Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) 
•     And 
•         Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State  
•         Or 
•         Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) 
•     And 
•     Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI) 

     
State of Work Location: Wisconsin 

•     Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) 
•     And 
•         Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State  
•         Or 
•         Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services 
•     And 
•     Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI) 

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Employee

4403000046 Surgery

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