Overview
The position has the opportunity to lead and deliver comprehensive perioperative nursing care, ensuring safe surgical outcomes, operational excellence, and high-quality patient care throughout the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative journey.
Job Responsibilities
- Implements protective measures to prevent injury due to chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, radiation, and thermal sources
- Transport the patient according to individual needs and evaluates for signs and symptoms of skin and tissue injury related to transfer or transport
- Determines the need for, prepares, applies, and remove devices designed to enhance operative exposure, prevent neuromuscular injury, maintain skin and tissue integrity, and maintain body alignment and optimal physiological functioning
- Uses supplies and equipment within safe parameters
- Performs required counts ensuring that patient is free from injury related to retained sponges, instruments, and sharps
- Evaluates for signs and symptoms of chemical, electrical, laser, physical, and radiation injury and injury to skin and tissue
- Contributes to minimizing operative time by anticipation and advanced preparation, working with team members to coordinate efforts to prioritize the patient’s care, and efficiently accomplishing tasks necessary to achieve a common goal
- Implement aseptic technique (e.g. crating and maintain a sterile field, applying basic methodologies to prevent contamination of open wounds, and isolating the operative site from the surrounding non-sterile physical environment)
- Initiates infection prevention activities
- Manages collection, handling, and disposition of culture and specimen
- Administer prescribed medications and solutions according to hospital policy
Requirements
- Degree or Diploma in Nursing
- Registered with Singapore Nursing Board
- At least 4 years of experience in Operating Theatre Setting (Scrub Nurse) is preferred