Registered Nurse - OT

The post holder will always put the health, wellbeing and safety of their patient first
as they assess, plan, implement and evaluate their needs.
To support and demonstrate our NMC Nursing Mission, Vision and Values:
Our Nursing Vision: At NMC Healthcare, we are committed to providing clinical
excellence through safe, compassionate and individualized care to every patient,
every time.
Our Nursing Mission: To exemplify clinical excellence, every NMC nurse will seek
to:

• Do the right thing
• Be the patient's advocate
• Be open and transparent
• Deliver safe, compassionate care
• Recognize the uniqueness of each patient
• Contribute to an outstanding patient's experience
• Engage with and contribute to, a learning culture
• Lead and influence changes in healthcare

Our Nursing Values: We will achieve this through our core values:

• Safety
• Excellence
• Ethics
• Trust
• Collaboration

The post holder will work collaboratively with other team members, will uphold and
live the NMC Nursing Strategy in order to provide safe and outstanding care to their
patient, relatives, friends and significant others all the time, every time.

• Be responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating

patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing
advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.

• Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the

patient's medical plan and treatment. They will work with a team of
physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various
settings

• Perform systematic patient assessment and collect pertinent data about

the patient's health or situation.

• Understand and analyze the assessment information and data
• Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues
• Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient's planned

care

• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the medical team
• Record vital signs, recognize and address abnormalities
• Define the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients,

and families.

• Maintain and update the technical and clinical skills related to nursing

practice

• Employ strategies to promote patients' health and a safe environment.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory exams
• Perform essential life support (BLS
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment
• Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and

reactions

• Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor

patients for any reactions

• Provide wound care management
• Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed
• Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission and discharge
• Dons & adheres to operating room attire according to policy and

procedure.

• Prepares room and assembles instruments & equipment based on

patient's surgical needs.

• Demonstrate knowledge of aseptic technique.
• Correctly identifies patient and surgical site.
• Checks thoroughly the pre-operative checklist of patient; including

completion of required diagnostic & laboratory procedures

• Monitors patients' vital signs in the pre-operative area and post-operative

recovery room

• Positions patient with the use of positional aids, maintaining circulatory,

respiratory, neuromuscular homeostasis while maintaining privacy and
providing maximum exposure to the operative procedure

• Demonstrates skill in performing the duties of scrub nurse and circulating

nurse

• Provides safety to patient, to self & the whole surgical team by adopting

safety protocols like 'Time Out'.

• Counts Surgical items audibly, and views items concurrently with another

individual when counting, and recognizes that one of the individuals
performing the count should be the RN circulator.

• Recognizes that, when possible, surgical counts during a procedure

should be performed by the same two individuals.

• Verifies correct recording of the surgical counts of soft goods, sharps,

miscellaneous items, and items placed in the wound in a location that is
visible to the surgical team (e. g. , the white count board).

• Implements correct practices for the prevention of infection, practicing

strict aseptic technique & maintenance of sterile field.

• Assist the surgeon and anesthetist during the operation and ensure

appropriate handling of the specimen obtained during surgery.

• Organize patient transportation from the OT to the recovery room and

carry-out and/or supervise all the postoperative activities to prepare the
OT for the next scheduled operation or emergency.

• Implement the hygiene, sterilization, asepsis and disinfection protocols

and procedures at all times, before, during and after operations, to
ensure the safety conditions of patients and staff. 3. 17Participate in care
and maintenance of endoscopes, electrosurgical unit, microscopes, drill
systems, phacco machine, endoscopes and other specialized
equipment, ensuring an agreed standard of decontamination at all times
including accurate records of traceability of all equipment. 3. 18
Accurately maintain count of all surgical instruments, swabs and needles
used during the surgery and ensure that the surgical instruments are
send to CSSD for cleaning and disinfection as per the policy of the
hospital.

• Demonstrate skill in surgical hand wash and appropriate knowledge of

the infection control practices pertaining to operating theatre.

• Competent in monitoring of patients post anesthesia.
• Ensure that patients recovering from anesthesia receive optimum care

and is able to demonstrate complete knowledge in the usage of Aldrete
scoring.

• Maintains confidentiality of patient's records and updates all relevant

patient documentation / medical records as per hospital policy and
procedure.

• Demonstrates competence in Cardio - Pulmonary Resuscitation

technique

• Strictly adheres to the waste segregation and disposal as per hospital

policy.

OSHAD:

• Comply with all OSH and infection control policies, standards and

procedures and cooperate with hospital management to comply with
those requirements

• Work accordance with the documented OSH procedures and

instructions, specific responsibilities

• Be familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures.
• Notifying OSH Hazards, incidents, Near misses and issues and

assistance with the preparation of risk assessments, incident reports.

• Comply with Waste management procedures and policies.
• Attend applicable OSH/Infection control training pr.