Nursing: First Assist

Company: MedPro Healthcare Staffing
Location: Palm Springs
Posted on: February 16, 2020

Job Description:

Travel Nurse (RN) - FA (First Assistant Registered Nurse) MedPro Healthcare Staffing, a Joint Commission-certified staffing agency, is seeking a quality First Assistant Registered Nurse (RNFA) for a travel assignment with one of our top healthcare clients.Requirements:

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• Eighteen months of recent experience in an Acute Care Perioperative Nursing practice as both a scrub and circulating nurse
• Active RN License
• Degree from an accredited nursing program
• Successful completion of an RNFA program that meets AORN recommended education standards for RN First Assistant programs
• BLS, ACLS, CNOR Certifications
• Other requirements to be determined by our client facility
  
  
  Benefits
  
  
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  • Access to nationwide travel assignments
  • Weekly pay and direct deposit
  • Full coverage of all credentialing fees
  • Private housing or housing allowance
  • Group Health insurance for you and your family
  • Company-paid life and disability insurance
  • Travel reimbursement
  • Access to our Clinical Nurse Liaison Team
  • 401(k) matching
  • Unlimited Referral Bonuses starting at $500
  • Personalized gifts delivered to your door step!
    
    
    Duties ResponsibilitiesFirst Assistant Nurses offer the skills needed to provide surgical preoperative patient care management, intraoperative surgical first assisting and postoperative patient care management
    
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    • Assist surgeon by performing technical functions during surgery, including intra-operative retraction, homeostasis, tissue manipulation, and wound closure.
    • Provide direct patient care as part of the perioperative role, by acting as first assistant to the surgeon during operative procedures.
    • The First assisting nurse / RNFA will perform first assisting under the direct supervision of the primary surgeon.
    • The RNFA will immediately communicate any patient care issues verbally to the surgeon.
      
      
      About Agency No One Cares More for Caregivers Than MedPro. Focus on your patients, we'll take care of the rest. MedPro Healthcare Staffing is a Joint Commission certified provider of temporary and contract staffing services. Since 1983, we have placed happy nursing and allied travelers in top healthcare facilities nationwide. Join us today for your very own MedPro Experience--.
      
      MedPro Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer that maintains a policy of non-discrimination with respect to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions, subject to the legitimate business requirements of MedPro or its clients, are based solely on the individual's qualifications, merit and performance without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, disability, marital status or veteran status.
      Key Words: Registered Nurse, RN, First Assistant, Contract Nurse, Travel Nurse, Agency RN, Travel RN, Nursing, Contract, Perioperative Nurse, RNFA
      
      nursingcandidates@medprostaffing.com

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