Job
Description
Job Title: Staff Nurse-OT
Department: Nursing
Reporting to: In charge-OT
Location: Chennai
Job Summary: Responsible for providing exceptional care for the patient in the pre-operative environment and monitor overall operations of OT.
Focus
Indicator
Financial/ Business
- To participate in the safe use of medical devices, ensuring that all equipment is maintained in working order.
- Participates in ongoing consultation and collaboration with physicians and other care providers to maximize patient outcomes and unit specific goals People
- Provide training to new personnel on Operation Theatre procedures on a routine basis.
- Demonstrates willingness to assist co-workers whenever needed
- Interacting with peers, colleagues and participating in meetings to ensure that staff are advised of ongoing changes, requirements and preparation. Customer
- Responsible for coordinating with the biomedical department on issues related to equipments.
- Coordinate with cross functional departments and ensure timely receiving of the reports
- Coordinating of departments activities maintaining stocks and storing of drugs.
- Assures the availability of necessary equipment, supplies, and instrumentation is established and continually managed.
- Maintains good working relationships with other departments and with physicians, patients, families and outside agencies Operations
- Responsible for preparing the operation room prior to the operation and verify the necessary supplies and tools
- Responsible for maintaining the OT equipment’s & sterilization area of the OT.
- Timely identification and communication of any issues to ward manager.
- Ensure the decontamination of instruments and equipment and properly dispose of contaminated materials.
- Ensure proper documentation of OT patients and maintain their records.
- Responsible for preparing gate passes for sending equipment’s & coordinate with security.
- Assist the physician in treatments and surgical operations.
- Be informed to surgeon on the arrival of the patient.
- Responsible for instructing the patient in carrying out the physician's treatment
- Furnishing correct information to the physician about patient condition based on the observation and recording documenting accurately.
- Responsible for overseeing the consumable book entry pre-& post operation.
Any other portfolio that may be entrusted by the management from time to time.
Educational Qualifications:
General Nursing
Work Experience
- 3– 4 years of experience in OT.
- Good understanding of different procedure.
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
Expected Deliverables
- Equipment maintenance and ensuring zero breakdown
- Inventory management
- Hygiene and Quality Control Management
- Compliance to processes and systems
- Adherence to TAT
- Documentation and Audit Readiness
- Team Management