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RN First Assistant - Surgical Services $20,000 Sign on Bonus

St. Joseph's Hospital

RN First Assistant - Surgical Services $20,000 Sign on Bonus

Eureka, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Summary:

    The Registered Nurse First Assistant employs intellectual, interpersonal and technical skills through the utilization of the nursing process to assist patients of various ages in achieving maximum health potential. The Registered Nurse First Assistant functions as a health team member through independent, interdependent and dependent roles within the health care system. Serving as the patient's advocate, the RNFA assumes responsibility and accountability for nursing care for patients of various ages as defined by the department of scope of service.

    Skills:  

    • Ability to ensure patient confidence and comfort.
    • Efficiently communicates with SJHS-HC physicians, nursing staff, patients and other employees both in person and by telephone.
    • Reads and comprehends written instructions, able to interpret medical orders, correspondence, memorandum, and medical records.
    • Applies deductive and common sense resoning abilities to problem solve on a frequent basis. Initiative and the ability to make independent judgments are required.

    Position Qualifications:

    • Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing school and/or proof of licensure by the state of California.
    • Completed a RNFA program that meets AORN recommended education standards for RN first assistant programs and is accepted by the Certification Board Perioperative Nursing (CBPN).

    Experience: Acute care experience in the OR is required. Recent RNFA experience is preferred.

    Licenses/Certifications:  

    • State of California as a Registered Nurse
    • Current CPR certifications is required; CRNFA certification is preferred
    • ACLS certification is required

    National Geographic Traveler calls Humboldt County one of the world's top ten great places while the USDA declares this area to be "America's Most Scenic Rural County."

    It's also home for our Hospital, located in Eureka and serving the community since 1920. We're a full-service, state-of-the-art facility with 145 licensed beds including a 15-bed Acute Rehab Unit.  

    Redwood Memorial Hospital is located in the Eel River Valley in the southern part of Humboldt County.

    Redwood Memorial Hospital fosters a healing and welcoming environment by taking a holistic, patient-centered approach to medicine.   

    Our Hospital provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Our Hospital complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.