Theatre Nurse

This position ensures that operating room standards are upheld by implementing and enforcing policies and procedures which contribute to patient safety, good physiological and behavioral response .

Patient safety to include good physiological and behavioral response

• Plan nursing care activities, implementation and supervision within the operating theatre
• Document all activities carried out in the operating room
• Ensuring proper functioning instruments, equipment and machines for use within the operating theatre
• Periodical review of instrument trays for appropriateness
• Proper use of materials and items.
• Maintenance of sterility.

Infection prevention and control

• Ensure IPC guidelines and SOPs are provided to the units
• Provide sterile equipment and consumables in operating theatres
• Provide facilities for hand hygiene
• Ensure proper waste management
• Ensure aseptic techniques are practiced in operating theatres.

Training and capacity Building

• Conduct CMES to the health staff on IPC and basic perioperative SOPS
• Train Auxiliary Nurses on basic perioperative management and general Nursing while in Theatre
• Participate in the weekly program CMEs and Clinical audits.

Coordination of theatre activities and collaborative working with other health departments

• Ensuring theatre schedules and lists of patients are completed by availing all items required
• Timely ordering of supplies-both pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceuticals
• Routine fumigation of operating room by the community/Public health program
• Ensure routine servicing of machines and equipment by the medical engineering department.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Compile weekly and Monthly reports submitting to the M&E department.

Human Resources

• Together with the departmental in charge plan coverage of the support staff
• Participate in performance management of the support staff in theatre
• Participate in recruitment, onboarding and training of departmental staff including support staff.

Client Feeback and Responsiveness

Information sharing: Regularly share and discuss timely, accurate and relevant information with communities about; access and eligibility to services, expected staff behavior, and community feedback, safeguarding mechanisms and how to use them

Feedback Collection and reporting: Promote formal feedback mechanisms to capture, monitor, respond to, and act on feedback and complaints from communities by documenting feedback received from the community through informal interactions, observations, and focus group discussions. Reporting community needs, preferences, and feedback to managers and client responsiveness focal persons.