About This Position
Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!
At Desert Regional Medical Center, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
Generous paid time off
Career development and continuing education opportunities
Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status
Up to $25,000 Sign-On bonus for experienced Registered Nurse / RN
Shift: Days
Job type: Full Time
Hours:
The Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) is a perioperative nurse who may function as an assistant to the surgeon in the operating room during surgical procedures. The RNFA performs first assistant behaviors according to standardized hospital policies. In addition to first assisting, responsibilities may include circulating, scrubbing and other duties as assigned.
Maintains clinical competence by assisting on surgical procedures
Participates in the call rotation
Participate in preoperative assessment and planning for selected surgical patients
Recognize safety hazards and initiate appropriate preventative and corrective actions
Provide exposure through appropriate use of instruments, retractors, suctioning, and sponging
Handle and dissect tissues in collaboration with the surgeon
Clamp blood vessels, coagulate bleeding points, ligate vessels, and perform other procedures in collaboration with the surgeon
Suture muscle, fascia, subcutaneous, and skin tissue in collaboration with the surgeon
Place drains as surgically indicated
Required:
OR/ RNFA experience strongly required
Graduate of an approved school of Nursing, and posses a current California RN license
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school
Certified as a perioperative nurse (CNOR) required or Certified Advance Practice Registered Nurse APRN and/or NP.
Completion of an approved/accredited RNFA course, including the completion of the required internship hours
Proficient in perioperative nursing practice as both scrub and circulating nurse with diversified operating room experience.
Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (maintain current at all times)
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Desert Care Network serves the healthcare needs of the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin regions in Southern California with three hospitals Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The hospital network provides advanced care with services such as comprehensive stroke care, a cancer center, a Level 1 Trauma Center and the only Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Coachella Valley. Desert Care Network is committed to healthcare equality. Join our team!
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Required:
OR/ RNFA experience strongly required
Graduate of an approved school of Nursing, and posses a current California RN license
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school
Certified as a perioperative nurse (CNOR) required or Certified Advance Practice Registered Nurse APRN and/or NP.
Completion of an approved/accredited RNFA course, including the completion of the required internship hours
Proficient in perioperative nursing practice as both scrub and circulating nurse with diversified operating room experience.
Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (maintain current at all times)
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Experience
Nursing, RN License, BLS Certification, OR experience, Bachelor's degree, Perioperative care, Bachelor's degree in nursing, Nursing
Benefits
Health savings account, Health insurance, Dental insurance, 401(k), Flexible spending account, Paid time off, Employee assistance program, Vision insurance, 401(k) matching, Employee discount, Life insurance, Pet insurance
