Who We Are & What We Do

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides advanced care to a 21-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with nearly 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community.

TMH is the region’s healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region’s only:

• Level II Trauma Center
• Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle
  
  
  

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, four residency programs and nearly 40 affiliated physician practices.

How You'll Make An Impact

Your Role:

• Dedicated to CT Surgery, i n collaboration with the surgical team (and others), participates in surgical patients’ perioperative assessments.
• Assists surgeons (under direction/supervision of the same) during surgical or invasive operative procedures.
• Participates in postoperative rounds and treatments; evaluates patients’ progress toward obtaining desired outcomes.
• Assess patients’ and/or family members’ knowledge level; provides appropriate education to same.
• Performs miscellaneous duties not expressly described herein.
  
  
  

Reports To:

• RN [Registered Nurse]/Nurse Manager (JC: 031001)
  
  
  

Supervises:

• None.
  
  
  

What You’ll Need To Apply

Required Education:

• Associate degree in nursing.
• Successful completion of a Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) program accredited by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).
  
  
  

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
  
  
  

Required Experience:

• Two (2) years of perioperative registered nursing experience.
  
  
  

Preferred Experience:

• Two (2) years of perioperative first assistance experience.
  
  
  

Required Certification/License/Registry:

• Licensed as a registered nurse (RN) in accordance with Florida Statutes (F.S.), Title XXXII (Regulation of Professions and Occupations), Chapter 464 (Nursing), Part I (Nurse Practice Act) [includes multistate compact licensure].
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) certified instructor.
  
  
  

Preferred Certification/License/Registry:

One or more of the following:

• Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) credential from AORN.
• Registered Nurse Assistant at Surgery (RNAS-C) credential from the National Assistant at Surgery Certification (NASC).
• Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA) credential from NASC.

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen, background check, reference verification, health assessment, and credential/license verification.