Scrub Nurse (North East)

Summary

• Junior / Senior role available
• Competitive salary package and staff benefits
• 5 days work week (Mondays to Fridays, on-call and callback)
• Location: North East region

Responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the peri-operative patient care in order to achieve optimum patient outcomes for surgical patients.
• To participate in the implementation of clinical practices and standards including utilisation of new technologies, regular clinical nursing audits to ensure high quality standards of peri-operative care being rendered to the patients.
• To demonstrate good and competent clinical skills, knowledge and critical thinking in the delivery of quality operating room nursing skills.
• To be a team player as part of the MSS team to deliver a high and safe standard peri-operative patient care providing supervision and support where appropriate.
• To participate in the care and maintenance of specialised equipment, ensuring an agreed standard of decontamination or disinfection at all times including accurate record for traceability of all equipment.
• To actively be involved in committee/s at departmental or hospital level when nominated to represent on term or ad hoc basis.
• To participate in the orientation, training and education of junior and newly recruited nurses for continuous professional development and maintaining their level of competencies.

Requirements

• Diploma of Nursing or Degree in Nursing or equivalent.
• Singapore Nursing Board Practicing Certificate for Registered Nurses.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in Operating Room (OR).
• Advance Diploma or post-basic qualifications in Peri-operative Nursing or equivalent would be an advantage.