Responsibilities:
- Ensures complete pre-op assessment
including the surgical checklist, nursing documentation and Physician’s
assessment
- Receives the patient prior to surgery,
gets report from the accompanying nurse and performs pre-op checklist.
- Serves as the communication liaison to
family and members of the operating team
- Familiar with procedures in operating
room and PACU routines and area specific assignments.
- Circulate and assist as needed for
surgical procedures
- Scrub for surgical procedures in the
operating room independently.
- Prepare operating room for
patient/procedure
- Ensure effective recovery of patients
post any form of anesthesia.
- Assists with intubation and extubation of
patient in the recovery room (RR) and in the operating room (OR).
- Communicates with anesthetists and
primary teams regarding patient issues and shifting plans.
- Facilitates safe transfer of patient to
alternate level of care as appropriate.
- Promptly reports both clinical and
non-clinical unusual findings/incidences to the nurse manager or designee
- Identify patient and family learning
needs and initiate appropriate teaching.
- Ensures safety checks are performed to
ensure correct patient and correct procedure is performed
- Perform pain assessment and initiate
analgesia as required
- Records all care information concisely,
accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format
and on the appropriate forms
- Coordinates theater list with concerned
OR coordinator.
- Ensure all specimens are properly labeled
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.
- Be accountable for judicious and
efficient use of resources i.e. accurate and timely billing of equipment
and consumables .
- Care for equipment through cleaning,
storage, per shift check of the inventory and timely reporting_and follow
up of nonfunctional equipment to the nurse m nager or designee
- Assist in orientation of new nurses and
mentoring of junior nursing staff and students
- Occasionally shift leads under
supervision of senior RN
- Participates in unit based continuing
education, quality improvement (QI) projects, Clinical Care Program
Certification (CCPC), audits, spot checks and skill checks.
- Can be assigned to assist in medical
surgical unit
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
