What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN First Assist (Days) position at Prime Healthcare Services?
Overview
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Riverview Regional Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.
Located in Gadsden, Alabama, Riverview Regional Medical Center is a 281-bed acute-care hospital serving more than 350,000 residents in Etowah and the contiguous counties. A full range of services and programs are offered, including the only accredited Cath Lab in Northeast Alabama, Sleep Lab, Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center, and Women’s Diagnostic Imaging Center. Riverview Regional Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) and is rated among the top 5% of hospitals in the nation for patient safety. Riverview is also the areas highest rated hospital, receiving Four-Stars from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). Originally named Holy Name of Jesus Hospital, Riverview Regional Medical Center was founded in 1917 by the Sisters of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity. Riverview was purchased by Prime Healthcare in 2016. Together they continue a mission of providing quality healthcare in the community it so proudly serves. To learn more about Riverview Regional Medical Center and the services it provides, visit www.riverviewregional.com
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Responsibilities
Registered nurses are committed to improving the health of the individuals and communities we serve, especially those who are poor or vulnerable, supporting our mission in all aspects of their professional practice. This practice includes direct care activities as well as acts of delegation, coordination, and collaboration and encompasses all aspects of the nursing process (assessment, Planning, implementation, and evaluation). The registered nurse is accountable for the quality of nursing care that their patients receive and for the conformity of that care to nationally, regionally and locally accepted standards of care and best practice.
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
1. Current and valid state RN License. BSN Preferred.
2. Current BCLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
3. ACLS Preferred. 4. PALS Preferred.
5. Five years’ experience in an acute care operating room in the scrub and circulator roles. Preferred experience in all specialties.
6. Completion of a recognized training program in an RN First Assistant Program recognized by NIFA.
7. Certification as an RN First Assistant within one year following meeting the required hours for certification.
8. CNOR certification upon hire and must be maintain
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