Senior Staff Nurse, Major Surgery

Job Description

Provide direct quality peri-operative patient care in Major Surgery Suites (MSS), uphold professional standards through continuous education, supervision and development and maintain accurate records.

Key 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.
• Advance Diploma or post-basic qualifications in Peri-operative Nursing or equivalent.
• Singapore Nursing BoardPracticing Certificate for Registered Nurses.
• At least 6-8 years experience in hospital clinical settings of which 5 years in Operating Room (OR).
• Leadership role in Operating Room.
• Possess good clinical knowledge in Operating Room domain.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills (written & oral).
• Good clinical skills and knowledge.