Registered Nurse First Assistant

2 months ago


Los Angeles, California, United States Hollywood Presbyterian Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Registered Nurse First Assistant to join our team at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. As a key member of our perioperative team, you will play a critical role in delivering high-quality patient care and ensuring the smooth operation of our surgical services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Function as a frontline perioperative registered nurse leader, working in collaboration with surgeons and healthcare team members to achieve optimal patient outcomes and improve efficiency of operations.
  • Deliver safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care through the continuum of perioperative care, including preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care for all patient populations.
  • Assist surgeons during operative and other invasive procedures, maintaining the ability to function in additional roles, including circulating nurse, surgical scrub, and patient care facilitator when required.
  • Maintain practice in accordance with organizational standardized procedures, scope of practice, credentials, privileges, experience, education, and competency verification.
  • Participate in ongoing educational and competency verification activities applicable to RN and RNFA activities.
  • Serve as an educator, mentor, consultant, and resource to peers, colleagues, and others in relation to RNFA activities, RN, and surgical scrub roles and responsibilities.
  • Demonstrate strong critical thinking skills and ability to guide the practice of others through influence or escalation to department leadership for course correction.
  • Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as applicable.
  • Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.
  • Participate in the performance appraisal process.
  • Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members.
  • Maintain regulatory, credentialing, and privileging requirements required for practice as an RNFA.
  • Consult with physicians and other healthcare professionals as indicated regarding patient care issues and quality of care issues for the robotic population served.
  • Provide leadership in nursing excellence, supporting departmental and organizational initiatives such as effective handoff of care and transfer of care, national patient safety initiatives, etc.
  • Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions.
  • Document nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree required or in progress at time of hire with completion within 24 months of hire.
  • Approved RNFA certificate of program completion required.
  • Minimum five years OR experience with combination of scrub and circulating experience required.
  • Leadership capabilities.
  • Ability to function as mentor to circulating nurses, surgical technicians, and other RNFA candidates.
  • Excellent customer service skills, organizational skills, and multitasking abilities.
  • Organizes work priorities with attention to detail.
  • This position requires flexibility in scheduling to meet the needs of patients, physicians, and department.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in preoperative and postoperative patient care and pathway development preferred.
Required Licensure, Certification, Registration or Designation
  • Current unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).
  • Current Basic Life Support Provider (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider (ACLS) issued by American Heart Association.
  • Current Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) issued by the Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI).


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