Job Description
Adventist Health is seeking an RN First Assistant to support surgical services in our faith-based, mission-driven system. In this role, you will provide first-assist support to surgeons, deliver high-quality perioperative nursing care, and help ensure safe, efficient procedures. You'll collaborate closely with a compassionate, interdisciplinary team while promoting whole-person care-mind, body, and spirit. Adventist Health offers professional development, competitive benefits, and opportunities to impact community health in a supportive, inclusive Christian environment focused on excellence, service, and growth.
Responsibilities
- Provide first-assist support during surgical procedures under surgeon direction
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate perioperative nursing care
- Maintain sterile field, instruments and supplies to ensure patient safety
- Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists and OR team for optimal outcomes
- Monitor patient status and respond to intraoperative changes
- Document care, procedures and patient responses accurately in the EMREducate patients and families on pre- and post-operative care
- Adhere to infection prevention, safety and regulatory standards
- Participate in quality improvement and clinical best-practice initiatives
- Support Adventist Health's faith-based, whole-person care mission
Required Skills
- Perioperative nursing
- First-assist techniques
- Surgical instrumentation and aseptic technique
- Intraoperative patient monitoring
- Wound closure and hemostasis support
- Infection prevention and control
- Electronic medical record (EMR) documentation
- Patient and family education
- Interdisciplinary team collaboration
- Clinical decision-making in the OR
