Associate - Nursing

5 days ago

Mysuru, India Manipal Hospitals Full time

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Manipal Hospitals: Empowering Health, Enriching Lives

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As a pioneer in healthcare, Manipal Hospitals is among the top healthcare providers in India serving over 5 million patients annually. Today we stand as an integrated network with a pan-India footprint of 33 hospitals across 17 cities with 9,500 beds, and a talented pool of over 5,000 doctors and an employee strength of over 20,000.

Manipal Hospitals is NABH, AAHRPP accredited and most of the hospitals in its network are NABL, ER, Blood Bank accredited and recognized for Nursing Excellence.

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Job Details

No. of Openings: 1

Experience: Years of relevant experience

Job Summary

Demonstrates understanding of and applies the roles and responsibilities of the instrument and circulating nurse in accordance to Manipal Policies, Operating Room and other Procedural Areas - Handling of Accountable Items Standard Procedures. Demonstrates competence to perform the role of instrument and circulating nurse. This includes knowledge of Manipal standards, principles of aseptic technique, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, knowledge of procedures performed and instrumentation required for each procedure, infection control principles, care, cleaning and maintenance of surgical instruments, medico-legal requirements, resource and waste management. Be familiar with daily theatre list and utilize time management skills to ensure requirements of equipment and instrumentation is available in advance to reduce or eliminate delays in the flow of the list. Demonstrate a systematic and planned approach to all activities to meet the needs of the patient to ensure a positive outcome.

This includes:

a) Confirming patient identification and consent in accordance with Manipal Process.

b) Being able to identify potential risks and take appropriate action to minimize risk.

c) Perform in critical events in accordance with policies for emergency situations.

d) Checking all equipment, instruments and sterile supplies are functioning and available.

e) Monitor patient transfer and positioning for surgical procedures.

f) Undertake the sterile set up immediately prior to the commencement of each procedure.

g) Perform the surgical count with the circulating nurse in accordance with Manipal standards and anticipate the needs of the surgical team.

h) Report any and all breaks in aseptic technique and initiate corrective action.

i) Demonstrate compliance with and adherence to Manipal Cleaning and Disinfecting and Sterilizing Reusable Medical and Surgical Instruments.

Job Responsibilities