Nurse Clinician, Operating Theatre

1. General Clinical Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides total, direct nursing care to patients requiring advanced, skilled or complex care.
• Completes specific competencies as identified by the supervisor.
• Responds to age specific life-saving situations within OT based upon nursing standards and protocols and initiates BLS.
• Ensures correct patient, correct site and correct procedure is being performed.
• Acts as scrub or circulating nurse as allocated by the OT Nurse Manager.
• Sets up the operating room according to the type of operation and as per recommendations.
• Assists the surgeon during operative procedures.
• Ensures all pre, intra and post op documentation is completed in the relevant format and in a timely manner.
• Performs procedures requiring advanced competency skills or training in the expanded nursing roles.
• Competently and safely operate highly specialized OT equipment.
• Receives supervision and direction from OT Nurse Manager.
• Adopts a caring approach to patients and relatives and communicates effectively.
• Assists clinicians with more complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Practice strong patient advocacy role and diligence in the preoperative review of documents and verification of surgical procedure, site and other critical safety checks prior to surgery.
• Enforces strict aseptic and sterile techniques to all aspects of patient care.
• Ensure competency in handling specialized equipment used in OT and to handle equipment malfunction during surgery.
• Competently circulate in emergent and urgent surgical cases and collaborate with physicians and other members of the surgical team during surgical time outs and debriefing procedures.

2. Clinical Leadership Duties and Responsibilities

3. Administrative Duties and Responsibilities

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