RN - First Assistant - CTOR / Baptist Hospital / FT Days

RN - First Assistant - CTOR / Baptist Hospital / FT Days

Saint Thomas Hospital provides adult specialty healthcare to the more than two million residents of Middle Tennessee, Southwestern Kentucky and Northern Alabama. Saint Thomas Health's regional health system consists of five hospitals - Baptist and Saint Thomas Hospitals and The Hospital for Spinal Surgery in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville – and a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures in diagnostics, cardiac services and ambulatory surgery as well as medical practices, clinics and rehabilitation facilities. Saint Thomas Health is a member of Ascension Health, a Catholic organization that is the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States 

Summary:

The RN - First Assistant - CTOR provides direct assistance to surgeons during surgical procedures.

 

Responsibilities:

• Positions patient to give best exposure for surgical procedure, using stabilizing equipment when necessary, while maximizing patient comfort and safety.
• Provides visualization of the operative site using appropriate method, including manipulation of tissue and materials, retraction, sponging, suctioning and irrigation.
• Utilizes appropriate technique to achieve temporary and permanent hemostasis.
• Assists with body plane closure, application of wound dressings and securing of drainage systems.

Education & Experience:

Licenses & Certifications:

• Registered Nurse First Assistant is required. 
• Current Tennessee or Kentucky licensure or Compact State license as an RN required.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Saint Thomas Health is an equal opportunity employer.