St. David's Healthcare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) First Assist for a nursing job in Austin, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: First Assist
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Ongoing
• Shift: days
• Employment Type: Staff

Shift: Days (No Weekends)

Description

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Surgery First Assistant Registered Nurse you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join St. David's Medical Center which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

St. David's Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at St. David's Medical Center!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As defined by the American College of Surgeons, the first assistant provides aid in exposure homeostasis, and other technical functions that will help the surgeon carry out a safe operation with optimal results for the patient. This role will vary with the surgical operation, the specialty area, and they type of facility. The First Assistant must demonstrate application of knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and other education with additional training in the use of surgical instruments on tissues versus the handling instruments

• Assumes responsibility of assisting surgeons as first assist.
• Functions under direction and supervision of surgeon and in accordance with hospital policy and appropriate laws and regulations.
• Responsible for reviewing the back table and/or preference card to ensure preparedness.
• Assists in patient positioning.
• Preps surgical site and drapes patient within surgeon’s guidelines.
• Responsible for placement of pneumatic tourniquet and urinary catheter.
• Assists in maintaining hemostasis by direct pressure, use and application of appropriate surgical instruments for the task, placement of ties and suture ligatures, application of chemical hemostatic agents, or other measures as directed by the surgeon.
• Assist in retracting tissues per surgeon’s directive.
• Clamp, ligation and cutting of tissue, per surgeon’s directive.
• Assist in placement and suturing of surgical drains.
• Closure of all wound layers (fascia, subcutaneous and skin) as per surgeon’s directive.
• Prepare grafts as directed by surgeon.

Education and Experience:

• Graduation from an accredited high school or GED certification. Completion of accredited Nursing Program (Required)
• Associates Degree in Nursing (Required)
• Bachelors Degree in Nursing (Preferred)

Licenses and Certificates: 

• Current Texas RN License or a Compact RN License from a NCLA Compact State (Required)
• Current BCLS certifications issued by the American Heart Association (Required)
• Current RNFA certificate (Required)
• Current CNOR certificate (Preferred)

St. David's Medical Center stands as a leading 435-bed facility, offering specialized care in neurology, neurosurgery, cardiac services, bariatric surgery, orthopedics, maternity and newborn services, and rehabilitation. It proudly holds the distinction of being both a Primary Stroke Center and a Certified Chest Pain Center. St. David's Medical Center operates with St. David's Georgetown Hospital.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Surgery First Assistant Registered Nurse opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

St. David's Healthcare Job ID #1-INFOR-2847715. Posted job title: Surgery First Assistant Registered Nurse