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Summary:
The RNFA is a perioperative RN who works in collaboration with the surgeon and health care team members to achieve optimal patient outcomes. The RNFA must have acquired the necessary knowledge, judgment, and skills specific to the expanded role of RNFA clinical practice. Intraoperatively, the RNFA practices at the direction of the surgeon and does not concurrently function as a scrub nurse.
Requirements:
- Successful completion of an RNFA program that meets the AORN standards for RN first assistant education programs and is accepted by the Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI)
- At least 2 years of OR experience required including both scrubbing and circulating
- Previous OR experience required for members of the CV team
- Current Louisiana RN license required
- BLS Certification required
- ACLS Certification required
- CNOR required, CRNFA or currently working on eligibility for certification
Work Type:
Full Time
About the Company:
CHRISTUS Health
In 1999, two historic Catholic charities became one, forming CHRISTUS Health and creating a unique purpose in the modern health care market - to take better care of people.
To extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, the mission that the Sisters of Charity Health Care system and Incarnate Word Health system shared for more than a century, is now also the mission of CHRISTUS Health.
Ranked among the top 10 Catholic health systems in the United States by size, the CHRISTUS Health system includes more than 40 hospitals and facilities in seven U.S. states, Chile and six states in Mexico, with assets of more than $4.6 billion.
Whether seeking care in Alexandria Louisiana, or Coahuila, Mexico, patients discover that the healing spirit is alive at CHRISTUS Health.
Company Size:
10,000 employees or more
Industry:
Healthcare Services
Founded:
1999
Website:
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CHRISTUS Health
