Theatre Nurse

Location Limerick
Discipline: Healthcare
Job type: Permanent
Salary: 51000
Contact name: Paul McCarthy

Contact email: paul.mccarthy@elitetalenthub.ie
Job ref: 32363
Published: 9 months ago

Elite Talent Hub LTD is a specialist in permanent staffing solutions for clients nationwide.

Our Client is looking to recruit Theatre Nurses to work in a new state of the art Private Healthcare facility in Limerick. Very attractive salary, pension and working conditions on offer to the successful candidates.

 

Nursing Role Job Specification

Qualifications:

  • General Nurse registered with NMBI
  • Peri Operative Qualification and/or Experience

 

Experience:

  • Up to date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at a level relevant to number of years qualified.
  • Demonstrate a good understanding of surgical procedures.
  • Understanding of equality and diversity.
  • Understanding of the NMBI Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics (2021) as amended or updated and requirements of it for own practice and behaviour.
  • Peri Operative nursing experience.

 

Patient Care Skills:

  • Demonstrates effective, safe nursing practice in all basic registered nurse procedures in the theatre setting.
  • Demonstrates the ability to work in the role of scrub, circulating and anaesthetic nurse.
  • Be familiar with equipment and instrumentation relevant to speciality.
  • Demonstrates an empathetic and caring approach to patients and ensure that patientsdignity and respect is always maintained.
  • Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate.
  • Able to work under own initiative within the boundaries of role.
  • Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team.
  • Demonstrates awareness of research-based practice.
  • Demonstrates ability to maintain confidentiality.
  • Uses correct manual handling techniques to maintain patient comfort and assist rehabilitation.
  • Demonstrates safe infection control practices.

 

Managerial Skills:

  • Demonstrates competence in all hospital policies and procedures.
  • Effective management of complaints.
  • Monitoring of risk management processes.
  • Efficient utilisation of resources.
  • Deputise for the CNM as appropriate.
  • Audit & Quality & Accreditation
  • Demonstrates awareness of audit and quality issues and able to apply this.
  • Contribute to the accreditation cycle.

 

Communication Skills:

  • Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Documents observations, results, decisions and actions and other relevant information effectively in patient notes and communicate to appropriate members of the multi-professional team.
  • Attend staff meetings.
  • Able to supervise HCAs and students effectively.
  • Willing to work in other clinical areas as the organisation requires.

 

Professional Development Skills:

  • Demonstrates evidence of commitment of professional development.
  • Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others.