Perioperative / Theatre Nurse at Summit Orthopaedics

Job Description

• We are looking for a competent Perioperative/Theatre Nurse to assist surgeons during operations and keep the operating room sterile at all times.
• They need to possess phenomenal efficiency and attention to detail with a strong knowledge of operation procedures and patient safety. Being compassionate and sensitive is a prerequisite for the profession. The ideal candidate goes one step further by being a critical thinker, fast to act in emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients prior to surgery e.g. NPO status and alleviate their concerns
• Gather all supplies needed for the operation.
• Assume responsibility of keeping the operating room sterilized.
• Position and prepare patient on operating table.
• Pass medical instruments or other objects to the surgeon during operation.
• Monitor patient’s vital signs to detect anomalies.
• Evaluate patient in postoperative phases
• Adhere to safety standards and precautions.
• Assume duties within or out of the sterile field as assigned.
• Assessing patients prior to surgery and alleviating their concerns
• Gathering all supplies needed for the operation.
• Assuming responsibility of keeping the operating room sterilized.
• Communicate with physicians, LPNs, radiologists and other medical professionals.
• Track and maintain medical supply inventory along with other staff members

Qualification

• Must be a qualified nurse registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and MUST possess in addition a post basic qualification certificate in the specified specialty.
• Must have the current license
• Experience in Perioperative nursing is desirable.
• Applicants should be resident in Lagos.
• Preferably Egbeda and its environs.