Job Description
Provide direct quality peri-operative patient care in Major Surgery Suites (MSS), uphold professional standards through continuous education, supervision and development and maintain accurate records.
Key Responsibilities
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the peri-operative patient care in order to achieve optimum patient outcomes for surgical patients.
- To participate in the implementation of clinical practices and standards including utilisation of new technologies, regular clinical nursing audits to ensure high quality standards of peri-operative care being rendered to the patients.
- To demonstrate good and competent clinical skills, knowledge and critical thinking in the delivery of quality operating room nursing skills.
- To be a team player as part of the MSS team to deliver a high and safe standard peri-operative patient care providing supervision and support where appropriate.
- To participate in the care and maintenance of specialised equipment, ensuring an agreed standard of decontamination or disinfection at all times including accurate record for traceability of all equipment.
- To actively be involved in committee/s at departmental or hospital level when nominated to represent on term or ad hoc basis.
- To participate in the orientation, training and education of junior and newly recruited nurses for continuous professional development and maintaining their level of competencies.
Requirements
- Diploma of Nursing or Degree in Nursing or equivalent.
- Advance Diploma or post-basic qualifications in Peri-operative Nursing or equivalent.
- Singapore Nursing BoardPracticing Certificate for Registered Nurses.
- At least 6-8 years experience in hospital clinical settings of which 5 years in Operating Room (OR).
- Leadership role in Operating Room.
- Possess good clinical knowledge in Operating Room domain.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills (written & oral).
- Good clinical skills and knowledge.
