Registered Nurse First Assist

Capital RegionalMedical Centeris a fully-accredited healthcare facility with more than 1,400 employees and 380 physicians. We are a 266-bed, acute-care hospital that offers 24/7 Emergency Services in Leon and Gadsden Counties including; a Pediatric ER, and an Express Care ER. Offerings also include a Bariatric Center, Behavioral Health Center, Burn Clinic, Cancer Center, Chest Pain Center w/PCI, Comprehensive Breast Center, Family Center, Heart & Vascular Center, Orthopedic/Spine Center, Physical Therapy Services, Stroke Center, Surgical Services, Network-of-Care Affiliated Physician Practices, and more.

Unit Description: Surgical Services provides preoperative, perioperative and postoperative care for adult and pediatric patients, (no less than 3 months or 10 lbs). The operating suite consists of nine suites. The operating suite is open from 6:00am to 11:00pm Monday through Friday, and on call all other hours. Procedures performed in the Operating Room include general, ENT, oral, thoracic, vascular, urological, orthopedic, gynecological, cardiovascular and neurosurgical. Cases are pre-scheduled elective, urgent, and emergent. General, regional, moderate and local anesthesia is available. Patient care is provided under the direction of a nursing director, with responsibility and authority to carry out all established policies, and for providing overall direction in the quality, safety, and appropriateness of patient care provided.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Demonstrates knowledge and application of the nursing process in the peri-operative setting.
• Demonstrates knowledge and application of the surgical process.
• Participates and cooperates in the unit based Quality Improvement processes.
• Supports, maintains and provides an environment which is supportive of quality patient care through effective use of resources and personnel.
• Functions in collaboration with and at direction of the surgeon being assisted.
• Practices, develops and endorses customer service skills in relationships with internal and external customers.
• Serves as the patient and family advocate with respect to the patients right to privacy by protecting confidential information.
• Evaluates and documents patient response; monitors and recognizes changes in physiological and psychosocial status; takes appropriate action based on assessment of the patient.
• Accurately records patient charges.
• Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, qualify of care or the services delivered.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system. Uses system to report potential patient safety issues.
• Follows established guidelines for reporting a significant medical error or unanticipated outcome in the patient’s care which results in patient harm.

Your benefits include:

• 401k
• Paid Time Off
• Medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee discount program
• Employee stock purchase program
• Student loan repayment

EDUCATION REQUIRED AND/OR PREFERRED:

• Associates Degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing required

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:

• Current FL RN license required or appropriate compact licensure. If compact license held, active FL RN license required within 90 days of hire
• BLS-American Heart Association BLS Provider issued card required
• CNOR preferred
• Certification as RNFA preferred

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED OR PREFERRED:

• Acute care experience required
• Minimum 5 years previous experience or completion of Perioperative Nursing course required
• Vein harvesting experience is required.

• ID: #43189533
• State: Florida Tallahassee 32308 Tallahassee USA
• City: Tallahassee
• Salary: TBD
• Job type: HOS
• Showed: 2022-06-17
• Deadline: 2022-08-13
• Category: Et cetera