Registered Nurse (Operating Theatre) (Raffles Hospital)

• Ensure operating rooms are adequately prepared prior to the commencement of scheduled cases.
• Provide safe perioperative and intra-operative nursing care to each patient within the Operating Theatre.
• Demonstrate competency in clinical nursing skills and knowledge such as performing IV cannulation, assist in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, create and maintain sterile fields, correct technique for surgical scrubbing, gowning and gloving of self and others.
• Ensure the correct procedures in the handling of swabs, instruments, needle counts and in the care of specimens.
• Maintain a safe environment for each patient in the Operating Theatre.