Staff Nurse (OT)

· Provide nursing care for patient undergoing surgery and assist surgeons in major or minor operations.

· Maintain standards of nursing care in pre-operative and post-operative planning, implementation and patient care.

· Prepare the operating room for all emergency and scheduled procedures.

· Keep principles of aseptic techniques in performing surgical scrub, setting instruments, gowning, gloving as needed for the procedure.

· Give psychological support to the patient and family.

· Ensure the anaesthetist/surgeons informed about the admission and surgery details of the patient.

· Receive the patient 30mts prior to the surgery.

· Ensure all check list, patient concern, investigation duly accompany with the patient.

· Receive patients and take them into the operating theatre, undertake post-operative monitoring, in the recovery room and ensure proper transfer of patients to the surgery ward.

· Prepare the operating theatre for specific operations (equipment, table, etc.).

· Ensure the presence of the necessary staff to assist the surgeon, such as circulating nurse or scrub nurse.

· Proper care and maintenance of instrument.

· Assist as a circulatory or scrub nurse.

· To arrange the trolley with all the necessary instruments for surgery.

· To assist the surgeons.

· To check the counts of swabs, needles, instruments etc. before closing the surgery.

· Instrument washing and packing.

· The circulatory nurse to recheck whether the counts are correct or not.

· Ensure the specimen was sent properly.

· To help in shifting the patient to recovery room.