RN - Cardiac First Assist
On-siteSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Position patients to maximize exposure and comfort during surgical procedures, utilizing stabilizing equipment as needed. Implement physician orders to visualize the operative site through tissue manipulation, retraction, sponging, suctioning, and irrigation. Achieve hemostasis and assist with body plane closure, wound dressings, and drainage system security. Apply evidence-based practice to ensure care aligns with patient age-specific and clinical needs while maintaining constant alertness. Perform other duties as assigned. Requires two years of registered nurse experience in an advanced surgical specialty and completion of an AORN-standard RNFA program. Candidates must hold BLS HCP and CNOR certifications and possess an active RN license in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, or Wisconsin. Shifts are day shifts with 40 weekly hours.
Required Qualifications
- Completion of an RNFA program that meets the AORN standards for RN first assistant education program or RNFA education equivalency for CRNFA
- Two years' registered nurse experience in an advanced surgical specialty
- 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
- 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)
- Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI)
- State of Work Location: Missouri
- Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
- Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI)
- 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)
- Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI)
- 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
- Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI)
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