Responsibilities:
- Ensure complete pre-op assessment
including the surgical checklist, nursing documentation and physician’s
assessment
- Receive the patient prior to
surgery, gets report from the accompanying nurse and performs pre-op
checklist.
- Circulate and assist as needed
for minor surgeries under supervision
- Ensure effective recovery of
stable patients post any form of anesthesia.
- Assists with intubation and
extubating of patient in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and if
required in the Operating Room (OR)
- Communicate with anesthetist and
primary teams regarding patient issues and shifting plans.
- Promptly report both
clinical and non-clinical unusual findings to the nurse manager or
designee
- Identify patient and family
learning needs and initiate appropriate teaching
- Perform pain assessment and
initiate analgesia as required
- Ensure that nursing documentation
is timely, comprehensive and complete
- Ensure all specimens are properly
labelled and delivered to the lab in a timely manner
- Provide safe environment for
patients through adherence to infection control practices and other safety
policies
- Be able to recognize a patient in
a pre-arrest or arrest states and initiate Basic Life Support
- Dispose of clinical and
non-clinical waste safely in accordance with Aga Khan University Hospital
guidelines on waste management
- Administer medication safely,
monitor patient responses to medication and promptly report adverse
reactions
- Care of equipment through
cleaning, storage, per shift check of the inventory and timely reporting
and follow up on non-functional equipment to the nurse manger designee.
- Participate in unit based nursing
education, quality improvement (QI) projects, audits, spot checks and
skill checks
- Provide patients with
perioperative care in procedure, operating, and recovery rooms
- Scrub Circulate and assist as
needed for all surgical cases
- Ensure that the operating room
runs smoothly and all necessary surgical supplies and equipment are
available prior to patient entering the OR.
- Assist in the maintenance and
storage of surgical equipment and report immediately
- Evaluate surgical patients prior
to surgery and in postoperative phases
- Communicate with patients and
other healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of postoperative care
- Apply aseptic and sterile
techniques to medical instruments and equipment before, during, and after
surgery
- Alleviate patients’ concerns by
answering questions and providing postoperative care instructions
- Prepare patients for surgery by
disinfecting their skin at the operation site and positioning them on the
operating table
- Adhere to all relevant health and
safety standards
Skills and qualifications
- In-depth knowledge of surgical
operation procedures
- Highly skilled at assessing
patients prior to surgery and providing them with perioperative care
- Extensive knowledge of aseptic
and sterile techniques
- Ability to collaborate with
surgeons and other healthcare professionals
- Solid understanding of patient
health and safety standards
- Excellent organizational skills
Requirements:
- RN from a recognized school of
nursing or university
- Current licensure with the
Nursing Council of Kenya
- Certification in Basic Life
Support (BLS)
- Higher Diploma in Peri-operative
Theatre Nursing is an added advantage
- Demonstrate evidence based
knowledge of current practices in theater nursing.
How To Apply