Staff Nurse – Theatre

RecruitNet International Ltd specialises in healthcare recruitment for domestic and overseas candidates across hospitals, nursing homes, home care, and community care.

We are urgently seeking a Staff Nurse – Theatre for our hospital in Westmeath, Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care across all perioperative phases — anaesthetic, scrub, and recovery.
  




• Prepare and maintain the operating theatre, ensuring a safe, sterile, and efficient environment.
  




• Assist the anaesthetist during induction, maintenance, and emergence from anaesthesia, ensuring safe patient positioning and airway management.
  




• Act as scrub nurse during surgical procedures, maintaining aseptic technique, correct instrumentation, and accurate swab counts.
  




• Monitor patients in the Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU), assessing airway, vital signs, and pain, and provide appropriate interventions.
  




• Safely administer prescribed medications and treatments in line with hospital policies and professional standards.
  




• Advocate for patients’ safety, comfort, and dignity, and provide reassurance, education, and emotional support to patients and families.
  




• Collaborate with surgeons, anaesthetists, operating department practitioners, and the multidisciplinary team, contributing to briefings and debriefings.
  




• Participate in clinical audits, theatre efficiency projects, accreditation activities, and promote a culture of safety through incident reporting and risk management.
  




• Maintain accurate documentation and ensure proper care, handling, and maintenance of surgical instruments and equipment.
  

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Benefits