- Central
- Healthcare
- 5.5 Days (Shift rotation)
- Basic up to $4500
Responsibilities:
-Patient Care Management
- Conduct checks and prepare operating rooms promptly for procedures.
- Respect and safeguard patients’ rights and confidentiality.
- Assess patients pre-operatively and conduct safety checks before procedures.
- Ensure availability of supplies and anaesthetic drugs.
- Aid anaesthetists in anaesthetic procedures.
- Collaborate with surgeons or anaesthetists to maintain smooth surgery schedules.
- Administer anesthesia nursing care under surgeon supervision in the absence of anaesthetists.
- Assist in other nursing tasks like circulating and monitoring post-operative patients.
- Mentor junior staff to ensure high-quality nursing care.
- Uphold principles of sterility and asepsis in all procedures.
- Adhere to established infection control guidelines.
- Identify and respond to emergency situations involving patient care or team members.
- Maintain accurate and clear documentation in patient care records and billing of consumables and implants.
- Safely store Controlled Drugs.
- Replenish anaesthetist supplies and drugs daily.
- Collaborate with Nursing Manager/Teams to:
- Assess staff clinical competency
- Enforce peri-operative clinical nursing standards
- Uphold infection control practices
- Patient Education
- Foster effective communication and interpersonal relationships with patients and caregivers.
- Professional Development
- Engage in ongoing nursing education to uphold clinical knowledge and competence.
- Guide junior staff through mentoring and preceptorship.
- Provide constructive feedback on staff clinical performance to Supervisors.
- Organize and conduct in-service education and unit-based orientation for OT nurses.
- Act as liaison and resource for perioperative nurses.
- Undertake additional duties as assigned by Supervisors.
- Resource Management
- Demonstrate proper use, care, and maintenance of endoscopes, instruments, equipment, and supplies.
- Exhibit appropriate and efficient use of sterile supplies and consumables.
- Assist in inventory management and equipment upkeep.
- Ensure adequate daily supply of consumables.
- Support optimal OT room utilization.
- Risk and Quality Management
- Deliver professional care based on evidence-based practices.
- Report unusual or unsafe practices or incidents.
- Monitor and ensure adherence to infection control protocols.
- Implement fall prevention measures.
- Serve as a role model.
- Identify opportunities for process/clinical improvement.
Requirements:
- Preferably possess Advanced Diploma/Degree in Nursing or equivalent.
- Registered Nurse with Singapore Nursing Board.
- Certified in BCLS & AED.
- Minimum 1 or 2 years experience as a Staff Nurse in a clinical setting.
