Professional Nurse Scrub Sister Theatre

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Main purpose of the job:

• Ensuring that the THEATRE conforms to all medico-legal aspects relative to health care industry.
• To provide the highest quality of services to all participating Doctors, patients and staff.
• Ensuring stocks are correctly recorded, received and appropriately stored.
• To ensure the smooth running of nurses station.
• Communication on Professional level with Doctors, patients, visitors and general hospital staff.

Education, experience and competencies:

• Grade 12 certificate
• Theatre experience required 
• Post Basic Diploma Operating Theatre Technique would be an added advantage
• Private hospital experience would be added advantage
• Proof of registration with the S.A.N.C and proof of personal indemnity is required.
• Ability to maintain excellent standards and service levels
• Customer service focus
• Required to work flexible hours
• Required to do after hours calls
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to speak read and write English and other languages would be an added advantage.
• Mature personality with abilities to assist with patients in courteous and polite manner.
• To be punctual and reliable
• To be all times neat and tidy in dress code.
• To be able to work as part of a team and to assist where necessary

Accountability and Responsibility

• Ensuring that accurate stock counts are performed when required.
• Ensuring that stock is accounted for and equipment is maintained.
• Ensuring that all patient billing is performed accurately
• Ensuring that all theatre duties are performed.
• Ensuring that responsibility is taken for all theatre instruments used and repacked via CSSD.

Maintaining Standards

• Constantly Monitoring the smooth running of the Theatre 
• Continual Doctor liaison and inter-departmental relationships
• Application of policies for the operation within the Hospital Industry.
• Ensure that all documentation required is correctly completed and appropriately filed and distributed.
• Ensuring adherence to all relevant statutes, statutory bodies, rules and regulations, disciplinary code, and staff employee manuals.

 

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