OT Assistant

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

•             The staff nurse reports to the OT In charge.

•             Help to Prepare surgery schedule

•             Do the all works as per NABH protocol

•             Ensure the availability of emergency medicines in OT

•             Prepare expiry list of all stock medicine inside the OT

OT Arrangement - Cataract, Lasik and Retina

•             Autoclave unloading

•             Machine arranging

•             IOL verification and check the availability

•             Retinal injection – Verify the medicine and Maintain the stock of the same

               Check oxygen, nitrous and all gases suction and all other supportive equipments to be ready

•             Maintain necessary medicines

•             Check the availability of surgery instruments on day before

•             Help to arrange instruments and dresses for Lasik procedure

Circulation

•             Preparation of surgical instruments, linen, aesthetic articles, drugs and necessary     sutures.

•             Maintain consumption  register

Welcome the patient while entering to OT

•             Ensure fitness of patient before surgery

•             Ensure lab test is done before surgery

•             Assist the anesthesia doctor

•             Confirm patient name, MR number and eye

•             Check grade, dilatation and any other complications (cataract)

•             Change the dress obey the OT protocol 

•             Give peripheral block if needed

Assist the surgery

•             Scrub the hands as per NABH rule                           

•             Ensure all instruments and other equipments are ready(  cataract , lasik retina and other surgeries )

•             Confirm the eye , type of surgery  ( Cataract – SICS/ PHACO/MICS )  (Lasik OT – LASIK/ PRK) (Retina – AVASTIN / IVTA or other injection

•             Drape the patient

•             Assist the doctor (cataract, Lasik , retina , and other surgery )

•             Collection, preserving and labelling of specimen with appropriate preservatives and sending the same to lab

 OT   Cleaning

•             Necessary cleaning to be done get ready for next case using disinfectant

•             Clean all machines and equipments

•             fumigation to be done daily and whenever it is required by using proper drugs      

•             sending the swabs for culture and sensitive ones in week and whenever it is necessary ( water  

                 culture and AC )

·         Switch on the UV light

Check the availability of surgery instruments on day before

•             Check surgery patient appointments (cataract, Lasik, Retina)

 Central sterilisation department

•             Instruments washing, drying , packing

•             Linen packing

•             Cotton ,eye pad and gauze making and packing

•             do autoclave

•             Auto clave the OP instruments and ward instruments to Kannur branch

•             Sent the items to Perinthalmanna for ETO sterilisation

•             Receive the consumables from pharmacy and verify with request form, and store them     appropriately  

•             Stock checking & maintenance of OT items

•             Check and receive with all reports, records and all other pre-operative check list. 

•             Coordinate with Lasik in charge

•             Prepare consumption form at the time of surgery

•             Maintain necessary medicine stock in OT

•             Ensure recovery criteria of every patient before shift from OT to ward

•             Any other responsibility assigned by the management is to be carried out

·         Language Skills (English-Malayalam)

·         Quick Learning

·         Highly positive attitude and Self motivated

·         Problem Solving Skills

·         Working Under pressure and deadline oriented

·         Time Management

·         Mentoring Skills

·         Self-Starter and target driven

·         Good behavioral skills  

·         Requires scientific knowledge of eyes.

·         Requires sufficient computer knowledge

·         Should be a confidant.

·          Needs to be active with a pleasing smile.

·          Requires to converse according to the patients.

·         Should be able to help the patients on their positions.