Operation Theatre Staff Nurse

Role & responsibilities

• Provide pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative nursing care to patients.
• Prepare the Operation Theatre, instruments, equipment, and supplies before each procedure.
• Assist the surgical team during procedures as a Scrub Nurse or Circulating Nurse, as assigned.
• Maintain strict aseptic and sterile techniques throughout surgical procedures.
• Perform surgical instrument, sponge, needle, and swab counts before, during, and after surgery.
• Ensure proper identification and verification of the patient, procedure, and surgical site.
• Assist in positioning and transferring patients safely.
• Monitor and maintain OT equipment, instruments, and emergency supplies.
• Ensure proper handling, segregation, and disposal of biomedical waste.
• Coordinate with surgeons, anaesthesia team, CSSD, laboratory, blood bank, and other concerned departments.
• Maintain accurate nursing records, OT registers, checklists, and documentation.
• Ensure proper specimen collection, identification, labeling, and dispatch.
• Follow infection-prevention, sterilization, and patient-safety protocols.
• Check emergency drugs, equipment, and resuscitation facilities and report deficiencies immediately.
• Assist in maintaining OT cleanliness and environmental safety standards.

Preferred candidate profile

• B.Sc. Nursing/GNM
• Valid Nursing Council Registration
• EXP: 1 TO 5 YEARS