What We Offer:
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.