Senior Staff Nurse, Perioperative

Overview

The position has the opportunity to lead and deliver comprehensive perioperative nursing care, ensuring safe surgical outcomes, operational excellence, and high-quality patient care throughout the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative journey.

Job Responsibilities

• Implements protective measures to prevent injury due to chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, radiation, and thermal sources


• Transport the patient according to individual needs and evaluates for signs and symptoms of skin and tissue injury related to transfer or transport


• Determines the need for, prepares, applies, and remove devices designed to enhance operative exposure, prevent neuromuscular injury, maintain skin and tissue integrity, and maintain body alignment and optimal physiological functioning


• Uses supplies and equipment within safe parameters


• Performs required counts ensuring that patient is free from injury related to retained sponges, instruments, and sharps


• Evaluates for signs and symptoms of chemical, electrical, laser, physical, and radiation injury and injury to skin and tissue


• Contributes to minimizing operative time by anticipation and advanced preparation, working with team members to coordinate efforts to prioritize the patient’s care, and efficiently accomplishing tasks necessary to achieve a common goal


• Implement aseptic technique (e.g. crating and maintain a sterile field, applying basic methodologies to prevent contamination of open wounds, and isolating the operative site from the surrounding non-sterile physical environment)


• Initiates infection prevention activities


• Manages collection, handling, and disposition of culture and specimen


• Administer prescribed medications and solutions according to hospital policy

Requirements

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing


• Registered with Singapore Nursing Board


• At least 4 years of experience in Operating Theatre Setting (Scrub Nurse) is preferred