Ot Staff Nurse

Assist surgeons and Anaesthesiologist before, during and after surgery. Prepare operating rooms with sterile surgical instruments equipment linens that will be needed during an operation.
- To ensure change rooms are clean with enough supply of scrub suits / caps / masks for the day.
- Take inventory of the OT where you are posted for the day
- Check equipment’s for their functional status and ensure all the items required for the surgery to follow whether it is ready including items for required for the surgery to follow whether it is ready including items for anaesthesia, perfusion and for surgery - instruments dressing materials, suture materials (kept ready by the night staff) and arrange it on trolleys as required.
- To inspect the OT equipment & lights, scrub room, dressing trolleys, scrub stand solution etc.
- Circulating nurse will help the scrub nurse to get the instruments trolley ready for the case, give promptly all the required items. After each case accompany the patient to the recovery room or to the ICU and endorse the patient to the assigned staff.
- The surgical kit pre/post op should be checked.
- The billing sheet to be completed to avoid confusion for overcharging / not charging.
- The valuable instruments should be washed cleaned of all dried blood and then dispatched to the CSSD.
- Dispose all the sharps in separate hard container and bend it for incineration.
- All linens / materials to be disposed off in appropriate color-coded liners as decided by the hospital infection control policy.
- Prepare CSSD requisition for the following day and send by 2 PM
- Keep OT always neat and tidy and ready for next use at any given time.
- Taking care of the entire fine, costly instruments
- Maintain records in the system and log books
- Any unusual incident happens pertaining to patient / OT personnel must report to Senior Staff on duty supervision and fill the form for necessary action to be taken.

**PRE-OP HOLD**
- Check the pre-op holds area for the following
- Trolleys, suction, central gases, vacuum and record papers.
- Call for the patients as per the OT list schedule, at least half hour prior to the scheduled time.
- Special enquiry about the arrangement of blood and the availability
- Complete all your records. Report at once if any discrepancies noticed.
- Perform team time out

During the surgical procedure, OR Nurses can take the role of:
**Circulating Nurse, with the following additional duties**:

- Assists in positioning, responding to comfort/safety of patient
- Provides for accurate care and handling of specimens
- Observes and enforces strict standards of asepsis
- Observes, checks and monitors all equipment used during surgery to confirm they are running smoothly
- Handles patient documentation
- Inventories all items both pre
- and post-surgery

**Scrub Nurse, with the following duties**:

- Selects and handles instruments and supplies used for operation, passing them to surgeon
- Inventories all items pre & post-surgery

**Nurses First Assist, with the following duties**:

- Delivers direct surgical care by assisting physicians
- Helps control bleeding
- Provides wound exposure
- Sutures patients after the surgery
- To participate in the appraisal scheme in accordance with Hospital policy

**Salary**: Up to ₹20,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Rotational shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Mumbai, Maharashtra: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (required)

**Education**:

- Diploma (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Nursing: 2 years (preferred)
- total work: 2 years (preferred)

License/Certification:

- Nursing License (required)

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