Job title: RNFA CVOR
Company: SSM Health
Job description: It’s more than a career, it’s a calling MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Worker Type: Regular
Job Highlights:
- Sign-on Bonus: Up to $15,000 for eligible positions (paid on the first paycheck)
- Department: CVOR
- Schedule Options: Full Time, Part Time, PRN
- Schedule Time Options: Days
- Salary: Starting rate $41.77
- Benefits: Competitive, affordable health insurance including but not limited to:
- Getting paid every day!
- Access up to $5,250 in tuition coverage per year
- Paid maternity & paternity coverage
- Adoption assistance
- Various competitive health insurance options & wellness plans
- Retirement benefits including employer matching plans
- Long & short-term disability
- Employee assistance programs (EAP)
*Please note, benefits and eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply.
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, demonstrates the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide responses to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of patients.
- 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)
- Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
State of Work Location: Missouri
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
- Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
- Registered Nurse (RN) – Missouri Division of Professional Registration
State of Work Location: Oklahoma
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
- Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
- Registered Nurse (RN) – Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
State of Work Location: Wisconsin
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
- Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
- Registered Nurse (RN) – Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
Licenses / Certifications: Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA), Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) – American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) – Competency & Credentialing Institute.
Work Shift: Day Shift
Job Type: Employee
Department: 8451000037 Nursing Administration
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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