Operation Theatre Nurse

Theatre nurses provide high standards of skilled care and support during the ‘perioperative’ journey. Perioperative care can be divided into interconnected phases:

• preoperative (pre\-assessment)
• anaesthetics
• surgical phase
• recovery phase.

• *Preoperative phase**

Preoperative assessment is fundamental to the patient’s surgery. It ensures that the patient is fully informed about the risks and benefits, and that they are in optimal health for the surgery.

A preoperative assessment visit creates trust and confidence by providing information about the operation and gives patients the opportunity to ask questions. It reduces the risk of late cancellation by ensuring that all essential resources are available.

• *Anaesthetic phase**

During this phase, the theatre nurse will

• assist the patient prior to surgery and provide holistic care
• need to communicate and work effectively within a team
• use many clinical skills such as the preparation of a wide range of specialist equipment and drugs. This includes anaesthetic machines, intravenous equipment and devices to safely secure the patients airway during anaesthesia
• act as an assistant to the anaesthetist

• *Surgical phase**

Theatre nurses will participate, as part of the operating team, in a number of roles including the ‘scrubbed’ role, application of aseptic technique (work carried out under sterile conditions), wound management and infection control.

• *During this phase theatre nurses will:**

• wear a sterile gown, mask and gloves, and prepare all the necessary instruments and equipment for the procedure. This may involve complex machinery including microscopes, lasers and endoscopes
• work alongside the surgeon, providing instruments, needles, swabs and other materials as required, and be able to anticipate their requirements have a role in the promotion of health and safety and be responsible for ensuring that surgical instruments, equipment and swabs are all accounted for throughout the surgical procedure
• sometimes undertake the ‘circulating practitioner’ role, using communication and management skills, preparing the environment and equipment needed for the particular operating theatre list, assisting the scrub nurse and acting as the link between the surgical team and other parts of the theatre and hospital

• *Recovery phase**

During this phase, theatre nurses will

• receive, assess and deliver care on the patient’s arrival into the post anaesthetic care unit
• monitor the patient’s health and support them, providing appropriate care and treatment until the patient has recovered from the effects of the anaesthesia and/or surgery and is stable
• assess the patient in order to ensure they can be discharged back to a surgical ward area
• evaluate the care given during the perioperative phases (anaesthetics, surgery, recovery

Generally speaking theatre nurses can specialise in a specific area such as anaesthetics, scrub and post\-anaesthetic care or rotate through the areas. Rotation is common practice in a day surgery environment.

• *Other roles and opportunities**

In addition to the work done during these phases, theatre nurses may be involved in:

• liaising with wards where patients are awaiting their operation/procedure
• inputting information about each surgical procedure/operation on to a computer system
• taking phone messages
• completing paperwork
• ordering supplies of equipment
• liaising with the hospital’s Sterile Services Department to ensure that equipment has been returned once re\-sterilised and re\-packaged

More senior operating theatre nurses may work as team leaders. This might involve:

• organising the workload between the various team members
• clinical risk assessment and patient safety initiatives
• planning duty and on call rotas
• Undertaking staff appraisals.
• responsibility for budgets
• contributing to the development of the theatre/suite of theatres

• *Best Regards,**

Ms. Kaisar Shikalgar

Assistant Manager \- HR

Mobile: 7400151259

E\-mail: hr@ghchospitals.com

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GHC Hospitals Thane Shil Road,

Kausa, Mumbra, Thane, Maharashtra 400612

Job Types: Full\-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹45,000\.00 \- ₹55,000\.00 per month

Benefits

• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person