Operation Theatre Nurse at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Key responsibilities:

• Organize the patient’s transport and installation from the operating theatre to the recovery room and carry-out and/or supervise all the post-operative activities (used material collection, operating theatre’s cleaning and disinfection, resetting all equipment and material back), in order to prepare the operating theatre for next surgical intervention or any emergency;
• Ensure the preparation of the material and equipment (checking the quantity and quality), in the operating theatre and carry-out the reception, transport of the patient from the preparation room to the operating theatre and ensuring his/her installation for surgery;
• Assist the surgeon and anesthetist during the operation, anticipating their needs, in order to facilitate their job and helping throughout the whole process;
• Checks vital parameters of the patient with the nurse anesthetist;
• Implement and follow-up the hygiene, sterilization, asepsis and disinfection protocols and procedures at all times, in pre, during and post-operative activities, in order to ensure the patient and staff’s safety conditions. i.e. waste containers availability, sharps container, checking no material or needles remain in the surgical towels, placing instruments into soak container, take instruments/linen to sterilization unit, etc.);
• Supervise and train the nurse-aids and cleaners while in the operating theatre in following all appropriate protocols and procedures, in order to ensure the quality of the healthcare given to patients;
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used;
• Follow user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning of any device.
• Control all equipment and material stock to be used in the operating theatre, in order to ensure an efficient and rationale use of material resources while preventing damage and deterioration;
• Carry-out and supervise administrative procedures and documents (check identity of patient and his/her consent for the operation, fill in patients files, forms, statistics, quantitative surgical data collection, etc.), and report any problematic situations and cases arising, in order to have updated and correct information about the day-to-day activity and ensuring proper transfer of information;
• Intervene in support of other services whenever needed and work particularly in close collaboration with the accident, emergency department and with obstetrics;
• Work both in main and minor operating theatre, assist in surgery and wound debridement;
• Participate in the planning on daily operation schedule during intervention period;
• Work in collaboration with the psychosocial team in preparing patients for painful procedures such as wound dressings;
• Work in collaboration with IPC supervisor to follow up on IPC measurements and hygiene in the operating theatre;
• Control all equipment and material stock to be used in the operating theatre (carry out inventories, checking its quality and its functioning);
• Carry-out and supervise administrative procedures and document in order to have updated and correct information about the day-to-day activity and ensuring proper transfer of information;
• Will be required to work in inpatient department/SC as a nurse in between intervention when operating theatre is less busy or at any time when asked by supervisor;
• Participate inpatient education;
• Attend ward rounds and actively participate in the follow up of patients evolution;
• Carry-out on-the-job training for operating theatre staff on equipment, sterilization and other procedures;
• Attend medical and department meetings as scheduled;
• Keep a healthy working relationship with both project and MOH staff.

Position Requirements:

• Nursing diploma with specialization as a theatre nurse essential;
• Bachelor in Nursing Science (N.Sc) with post graduate theatre nursing specialization desirable;
• Theatre Nurse with at least 3 years’ working experience in a hospital setting;
• Language skill fluency in English and local -  Hausa and Kanuri dialects