Registered Nurse – OT

Job Description

•    Be responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.

•    Assess and identify patients’ needs and implement and monitor the patient’s medical plan and treatment. They will work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings
•    Perform systematic patient assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
•    Understand and analyze the assessment information and data
•    Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues
•    Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care
•    Create and evaluate patient care plans with the medical team
•    Record vital signs, recognize and address abnormalities
•    Define the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients, and families. 
•    Maintain and update the technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice 
•    Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
•    Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory exams
•    Perform essential life support (BLS
•    Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment 
•    Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions
•    Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions 
•    Provide wound care management 
•    Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed 
•    Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission and discharge 

•    Dons & adheres to operating room attire according to policy and procedure.

•    Responsible for assessment and reassessment of patients.

•    Works with the OT technician prepares room and assembles instruments & equipment based on patient’s surgical needs.

•    Demonstrates knowledge of aseptic technique.

•    Correctly identifies patient and surgical site for procedures as per hospital policies.

•    Thoroughly checks the pre – operative checklist of patient; including completion of required diagnostic & laboratory procedures.

•    Monitors and records patients’ vital signs in the pre-operative area and post-operative recovery room as per hospital policy.

•    Administers pre- operative prophylactic antibiotics according to Doctors orders and hospital policy.

•    Performs the Appropriateness review of medications before preparing and administering medications as required.

•    Positions patient with the use of positional aids, maintaining circulatory, respiratory, neuromuscular homeostasis while maintaining privacy and providing maximum exposure to the operative procedure.

•    Demonstrates skill in performing the duties of scrub nurse and circulating nurse.

•    Provides safety to patient, to self & the entire surgical team by completing the General surgical safety checklist e.g. Sign in, Time Out, Sign out.

•    Implements correct practices for the prevention of infection by practicing strict aseptic technique & maintaining the sterile field.

•    Maintains confidentiality of patient’s records. Updates all relevant documentation / medical records as per hospital policy and procedure.

•    Demonstrates competence in Cardio – Pulmonary Resuscitation technique.

•    Adheres strictly to the waste segregation and disposal of waste as per hospital policy.

•    Adheres strictly to disposal of human tissue policy.

•    Identifies patient correctly in Post Anesthetic Care Unit.

•    Attend to patients’ immediate needs and interventions; assess and manage pain as per hospital policy.

•    Demonstrate competency in checking and maintain patients’ airway.

•    Uses correct technique in suctioning patient as appropriately needed.

•    Can recognize airway obstruction and used head tilt chin lift and apply mask appropriately.

•    Verbalize basic knowledge for post anesthetic complications based on operation performed and anesthetic given.

•    Does test to determine level of regional blocks and position the patient in a way that does not compromise breathing and circulation.

•    Patients’ normothermia is maintained at all times.

•    Ensures that patients’ hemodynamic status is monitored as per policy.

•    Understand the falls risk management and intervene as per policy for all patients at risk of falls.

•    Collaborates with both surgeon and anesthetist to optimize safety of patients in her care.

•    Follows the hospital policy on discharge of patients from Post Anesthetic Care Unit.

Qualifications

•    Have an appropriate license to work as a nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority (DoH, DHA) with all the qualification and experience this mandates.
•    Manage their own professional revalidation
•    Have basic life support qualification.