Registered Nurse First Assist

You’re looking for a consistent schedule, a supportive team, and meaningful work focused on surgical patients.

Join Novant Health’s Women’s Operating Room where you’ll work alongside a close-knit team dedicated to caring for patients during some of life’s most important moments.

Location Details

• Location: Scotts Hill Medical Center- Wilmington, NC
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, mixed shifts, 7am-7pm and 7am-5pm
• Call: Some weekend and call required (details discussed during interview)

• Education: Must be an AD, BSN, MSN, NP, CNS, CNA, CNM registered nurse who has graduated from an accredited school of nursing. Completion of a RNFA course.
• Experience: Two years, required.  Perioperative RN experience.
• Licensure/Certification: 
  • Current RN licensure in appropriate state, preferred
  • CNOR through the Certification Board of Perioperative Nursing, required.
  • Completion of Novant Health's credentialing process, required.
  • Advanced Cardiac life Support (ACLS) certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, preferred.

• Function as an RN first assistant during operative and other invasive procedures by providing exposure through correct use of instruments, retractors, suction, and sponging techniques
• handling and dissecting tissues in collaboration with the surgeon.
• clamping blood vessels, coagulating bleeding points, and ligating vessels in collaboration with the surgeon.
• placing drains as directed by the surgeon; and
• suturing muscle, fascia, subcutaneous, and skin in collaboration with the surgeon.
• Follow selected surgical patients postoperatively specific to RNFA activities (eg, postoperative rounding, dressing changes) in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.