OT Staff Nurse

• Reports to work on time as per shift timings
• Follows strict handing over and taking over policy
• Ensures that the unit is ready for the shift functioning at the beginning of every surgery
• Ensures that the equipment and supplies including medications are ready for the following surgery
• Ensures that all biomedical equipment's like OT Light and tables are checked in the morning and that the respective checklist is signed.
• Maintains accurate, detailed reports and records about the intraoperative nursing care provided and patient responses to care and treatment
• Administer inotropes medication, calculate doses and maintain current knowledge of medication.
• Assist the surgeon during surgery
• Maintain count of the operative instrument /Swabs/Sutures etc during surgery and count book updating.
• Ensure that the OT nurses collect the OT medicines (PMR) from the pharmacy.
• Ensure that all the items are available for the case in the OT.
• Supervise the distribution of OT instruments set in each OT.
• Ensure the disposable items and Bio medical wastes are disposed as per hospital policy.
• Ensure that all the specimens have been sent to the pathology department immediately following the surgery.
• Indent for the OT supplies should be raised.
• Assessment, implementation and evaluation of individual patient care, including physical, psychological and psychosocial needs
• Monitoring pressures through transducer lines.
• Proper economical use of equipment and supplies, inform proper authority of discrepancies.
• Keeps abreast of changing techniques in operation theater nursing and maintains a high level of expertise in OT.
• Participates in or initiates CPR and Codes when necessary and able to perform the techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation accurately and effectively.
• Consults and coordinates with the medical team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
• Ensures that all investigation reports are collected and reported on time to the concerned physician for treatment decision
• Acts as a liaison between the patient, family and hospital personnel as and when required

Contact Person : Suriyan

Contact Number : 7845839464