RN First Assist

JOB LOCATION – Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

JOB SHIFT – Day Shift

Job Purpose

A clinically competent, registered nurse who demonstrates expertise in the perioperative field. Effectively delivers peri-operative care to the surgical patient through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation.

Position Qualifications

Education:

Experience/Specialized Skills/Aptitudes:

• Past peri-operative experience is preferred.  
• Nurses who do not meet this requirement must complete a surgical competency-based orientation program successfully.

Licenses/Certificates:

• Current Pennsylvania Registered Nurse license.
• Current BLS or completed prior to end of orientation period
• Current ACLS/ALS or completed within 6 months of hire 
• For nurses hired specifically for PACU, current PALS or completed within 6 months of hire