Staff Nurse - RN - Surgical First Assistant jobs in Ann Arbor, MI

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: 

• Associate degree in Nursing
• Certification as a CRNFA is required from the Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI) and is required for employment within one year of hiring within the Henry Ford Health System Operating Rooms.
• The RNFA is a perioperative RN with (3) years of experience as a registered nurse who has successfully completed an RNFA program from an Accredited School of Nursing, or, has received CSFA training and credentialing from a CAAHEP program and is concurrently serving as a CSFA/RN within the Operating Room.
• BCLS certification required and must be maintained per hospital policy.
• Intraoperatively, the RNFA practices at the direction of the surgeon and does not concurrently function as a scrub nurse.
• The RNFA reports to OR Leadership for appropriate assignments.
• The RNFA is sponsored in the operating room by the medical director of surgical services at the site during completion of the clinical case volume and/or clinical case hours required to obtain certification.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor degree in nursing preferred.
• CNOR preferred.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED: 

• Current Michigan RN license mandatory.
• Certification in Operating Room Nursing (CNOR) by the competency and credentialing institute (CCI).
  OR 
  Certification as an RNFA by the competency and credentialing institute within one year of employment.
  OR
  Certification as a CSFA by NBSTFA, NSAA, or ABSA within one year of completion of training program for those providers who obtained RN licensure after completion of First Assistant training program. 
• Current BLS certification.

• Organization: Henry Ford Allegiance Hospital
• Department: Surgical Services-Or
• Shift: Day Job
• Union Code: Not Applicable