LifeLink Hospital Theatre Nurse Job Description

DUTY STATION       : Lifelink Hospital

DEPARTMENT         : Theater

POSITION                 : Theater Nurse

REPORTS TO            : Head of Theatre

INTERFACES WITH : Clinical Coordinator and Team Leaders from other departments

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Diploma in Comprehensive Nursing with progressive perioperative services experience or perioperative nursing management experience with increasing level of administrative responsibility and authority.
• Experience: 3 years and more
• Licensure and/or Certification Required- Certificate from the nurses and midwives’ council.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Excellent Verbal and Written Skills,
• Good leadership skills and problem-solving skills
• Extensive medical knowledge and be able to use specialized medical equipment and computer software.
• Adhere to dress code, appearance is neat and clean. Wear identification while on duty.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• Report to work on time and as scheduled.
• Maintain regulatory requirements, including all Ministry of health, and local regulations.
• Participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Attend regular staff meetings and organize departmental meetings.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to determine appropriate course of action in more complex situations
• Ability to work independently, exercise creativity, be attentive to detail, and maintain a positive attitude.
• Ability to manage multiple and simultaneous responsibilities and to prioritize work schedules

Physical Requirements and Environmental Conditions

• Physically demanding, high-stress environment
• Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions
• Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients.
• Standing and walking for extensive periods of time
• Corrected vision and hearing to within normal range
• Working irregular hours including after hours

SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
•  Oversees management of perioperative services operationally and fiscally.
• Creates and conveys the mission and vision of peri-operative services with the assistance of the management team.
• Verifies that peri-operative staff provide safe and effective patient-centered care in perioperative services.
• Assists peri-operative staff in evaluating practice and creating strategies for further improvement.
•  Verifies that educational resources are available for perioperative services personnel and holds personnel accountable for compliance with established standards.
• Coordinates, facilitates, and manages change within perioperative services and the health care institution.
• Demonstrates effective communication, consultation, negotiation, and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders.
• Maintain effective communication with patient families and carers, all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure smooth progression of each theatre list to ensure safe and effective patient outcomes.
• Collects and analyzes data related to quality or performance improvement projects that apply to perioperative services.
• Uses effective conflict resolution techniques.
• Evaluates perioperative personnel performance.
• Interviews for perioperative personnel selection.
• Assists perioperative personnel in verifying that appropriate personnel, equipment, and supplies are available.
• Verifies departmental compliance with organizational policies and procedures and regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Provides guidance, support, and constructive feedback to perioperative personnel team members and other team members as appropriate.
• Assesses and responds appropriately to life link hospital organizational culture.
• Pursues professional growth by sharing knowledge, attending, and being involved in professional organizations.
• Acts as a patient advocate and maintains privacy and confidentiality of all appropriate information.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control principles and adhere to departmental and area policies in regard to infection control.
• Ensure that the environment is clean and tidy to include walls, floor, coaches and linen before and after any procedure and ensure staff Maintain aseptic technique in all procedures.
• Ensure sterility of instruments and packs are autoclaved.
• Demonstrate awareness and compliance with legal and ethical aspects of a theater nurse.
• Complete all documentation in accordance with Ministry of Health and local policies.
• Maintain accountability for actions in the delivery of nursing care in the client’s operative environment.
• Ensure theater staff maintain and build trust, protect and preserve confidential information.
• Actively participate in ongoing personal and professional development to ensure continuing competency to implement evidence-based practice of current clinical procedures.
• Assist and directly supervise the rest of the theater nurses in providing nursing care.
• Ensure proper use of materials and solutions sparingly without compromising the care from the teams.
• Develops, implements, and maintains theater nursing procedures and practices (Standard Operating Procedures).
• Works closely with hospital staff, surgeons, anesthetist/anesthesiologists and other theater staff to ensure the highest standards of quality and service are maintained.
• Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the theater and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the theater department together with the hospital anesthesiologist.
• Assist during surgeries scheduled on the days while on duty and when called upon.
• Identify gaps and training needs of all theater staff and train them as per needs identified.
• To draft the duty roster for theater nurse.
• Participate in designing theater service policies/Standard Operating Procedures for Life link Hospital.
• Responsible for maintaining the integrity of Hospital operations within the theater function, quality assurance, safe environment and infection control standards
• Manage patients with confidentiality and adherence to professional code of conduct, hospital policies and procedures and best practices in health care.
• Performs administrative duties as required such as registration of birth notifications, deaths and other required reports, case management, records maintenance to maintain quality assurance.
• Contributes to Life link Hospital institutional knowledge by staying current on issues in the health care field and sharing knowledge as required with other staff.
• Confirm that there is adequate refill of supplies.
• Ensure handover of the theater supplies, drugs and equipment is done by all staff.
• Submit Monthly reports and any other special reports as requested by the supervisor.
• Perform any other duties assigned to you.