Responsibilities
- Ensure
complete pre-op assessment including the surgical checklist, nursing
documentation and physician’s assessment
- Receive
the patient prior to surgery, gets report from the accompanying nurse and
performs pre-op checklist.
- Circulate
and assist as needed for minor surgeries under supervision
- Ensure
effective recovery of stable patients post any form of anaesthesia.
- Assists
with intubation and extubation of patient in the Post Anaesthesia Care
Unit (PACU) and if required in the Operating Room (OR)
- Communicate
with anaesthetist and primary teams regarding patient issues and shifting
plans.
- Promptly
report both clinical and non-clinical unusual findings to the nurse
manager or designee
- Identify
patient and family learning needs and initiate appropriate teaching
- Perform
pain assessment and initiate analgesia as required
- Ensure
that nursing documentation is timely, comprehensive and complete
- Ensure
all specimens are properly labelled and delivered to the lab in a timely
manner
- Provide
safe environment for patients through adherence to infection control
practices and other safety policies
- Be
able to recognize a patient in a pre-arrest or arrest states and initiate
Basic Life Support
- Dispose
of clinical and non-clinical waste safely in accordance with Aga Khan
University Hospital guidelines on waste management
- Administer
medication safely, monitor patient responses to medication and promptly
report adverse reactions
- Care
of equipment through cleaning, storage, per shift check of the inventory
and timely reporting and follow up on non-functional equipment to the
nurse manger designee.
- Participate
in unit based nursing education, quality improvement (QI) projects,
audits, spot checks and skill checks
Requirements
- RN
from a recognized school of nursing or university
- Current
licensure with the Nursing Council of Kenya
- Certification
in Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Demonstrate
evidence based knowledge of current practices in theater nursing.
How to
Apply
