Department:

NURSING – OPERATION THEATER

Positions Reports to:

  NURSING SUPERINTENDENT

Main Objective of the Role

Under general direction provides patient care to patients. Assumes primary responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care in Operation Theater. Manager and co-ordinates the overall clinical activities in Operation Theater and assigning nursing and anesthesia technician on a specific shift. 

Key Responsibilities

Receiving indents.

To prepare duty roster for the staff.

To check the booking register a day before surgery, for the special requirement and to co-ordinate with the surgeon & anesthetist.

To ensure that aseptic technique is maintained strictly in OT.

To check whether the consumables instruments and equipment’s are available for the surgery.

To ensure that all the equipment’s are functioning properly.

To check if all surgeries on completion is documented properly.

To maintain the emergency stock in Operation Theatre.

To co-ordinate with Operation Theatre technician, biochemical and housekeeping staff.

To ensure that the postoperative patients are handled carefully in the recovery room and transferred properly according to the protocol. 

To serve as a positive role model

Major Job Qualifications / Specific Skills

Required Education: GNM/B.Sc (Nursing)

Experience: 17 – 20 Years

Knowledge and Specific Skills:

Communications Skills

  Negotiating Skills ,Supervising and coordination Skills 

  • Professional knowledge 

  • Personal Effectiveness

  • Quality and result oriented

Required Critical Behavioral Competencies