Scrub Nurse| Clinic

Job Summary

• Provide perioperative nursing care
  
• Assist surgeon during operation
  
• Monitor and assess patient during surgical procedures
  
• Coordinate and collaborate with multi-disciplinary caregivers in providing safe efficient patient care
  

Roles and Responsibilities

Patient Care Management

• Perform check and prepare operating room readily for procedure.
  
• Respect and protect patients’ right and confidentiality.
  
• Assess patient pre operatively and complete patient safety check prior to procedure.
  
• Check and ensure full preparation of set, suture, supplementary possible use of supplies prior to surgery.
  
• Assist in IR procedure room
  
• Assist surgeon and coordinate with surgeon or anesthetist to ensure smooth running of surgery list.
  
• Assist in anesthesia, recovery, circulating duties and any other duties within the team.
  
• Collect and prepare specimens for laboratory analysis where necessary.
  
• Provide guidance for new or junior staff to ensure quality-nursing care is rendered.
  
• Implement and maintain the principles of sterility and asepsis for all procedures and techniques.
  
• Comply with established guidelines of infection control practices.
  
• Recognize and intervene in emergency situation involving patient care or other team members.
  
• Document accurately and legibly in relevant patient care records and in billing of consumables and implants
  
• Assist and maintain safe custody of Controlled Drugs
  
• Collaborate with Nursing Manager /Team(s) to:
  
  
• Assess staff clinical competency
  
• Enforce peri-operative clinical nursing standards
  
• Enforce infection control practices
  

Patient Education

• Maintain effective communication and interpersonal relations with the patients and caregivers
  

Professional Development

• Participate in continuing nursing education to maintain clinical knowledge and competence
  
• Develop junior staff through mentoring and preceptoring activities
  
• Provide constructive feedback to the Supervisor regarding staff clinical performances
  
• Implement and conduct in-service education and unit-based orientation for the OT nurses
  
• Serve as liaison, and resource person for the perioperative nurses
  
• Assume additional responsibilities as assigned by Supervisors
  

Resource Management

• Demonstrate proper use, care and maintenance of endoscopes, instruments, equipment and supplies
  
• Demonstrate proper and economical usage of sterile supplies and consumables
  
• Assist in inventories and equipment maintenance
  
• Ensure adequate daily supplies of consumables
  
• Assist with optimal OT room utilization
  

Risk and Quality Management

• Report unusual and unsafe practices or events
  
• Monitor and ensure compliance of infection control practices
  
• Prescribe and implement fall prevention measures
  

Job Requirements:

• Min 1 year of relevant experience as a staff nurse in clinical setting
  
• Minimum Advanced Diploma in Nursing
  
• Registered with the Singapore Nursing Board
  
• BCLS &
  AED Certified
  
• Mon to Sat, 5.5 Days
  
• 8.30am to 5.30pm &
  8.30am to 1pm
  

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