Surgical First Assist RN

Where You’ll Work

St. Josephs Medical Center is a member of Dignity Health. The word dignity perfectly defines what our organization stands for showing respect for all people by providing excellent care. St. Josephs Medical Center was founded in 1899 under the direction of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael is a not for profit fully accredited regional hospital with 395 beds a physician staff of over 400 and more than 2400 employees. Specializing in cardiovascular care comprehensive cancer services and women and childrens services including neonatal intensive care. St. Josephs is the largest hospital as well as the largest private employer in Stockton California. Nationally recognized as a quality lead St. Josephs is consistently chosen as the most preferred hospital by local consumers.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Surgical First Assist RN, you will help surgical patients across all age populations receive safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the OR and other areas of perioperative services so they can achieve optimal surgical outcomes and a smooth recovery throughout the perioperative continuum.

Every day you will function as an RN First Assistant during operative and invasive procedures, including assessing patients, assisting with tissue dissection and closure, and providing postoperative follow-up. You will be expected to collaborate closely with the surgical team, maintain precise documentation, and ensure patient safety through careful management of instruments and prevention of surgical site infections.

To be successful in this role you must be a graduate of an RN School of Nursing with an RNFA or CRNFA certification, hold a current Registered Nurse (CA) license, and possess a minimum of three years of operating room experience as an RN or one year of current surgical first assistant experience, with successful completion of at least 50 core procedures in the past 24 months. You must also hold current Basic Life Support (BLS-CPR), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications.

• Working knowledge of performance improvement, licensure and accreditation requirements
• Knoweldge of Microsoft Office, Outlook and Internet
• Demonstrate good capacity for teaching, organizing, planning and development
• Possess strong interpersonal communication and customer relation skills
• Possess knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet applications

Job Requirements

Required

• Current California RN License
• BLS through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• ACLS through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• PALS through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Graduate of an RN School of Nursing
• RNFA or CRNFA certification
• Three (3) years operating room experience as an RN or one (1) year current surgical first assistant experience required
• Minimum fifty (50) core procedures completed within the past 24 months

Preferred 

• Three (3) years operating room experience 
• Prior Ortho and/or Cardio Thoracic experience 
• Bachelor degree in health related field 
• CNOR