Theatre Nurse

Our client is seeking to recruit theatre nurses to work in a state-of-the-art private healthcare facility in Dublin, one of the most technologically advanced private hospitals in all of Europe. The position offers a very attractive salary, fully funded private health insurance, a generous welcome bonus, pension, educational grants, discounted healthcare for employees and their immediate families, and more.

Nursing Role 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 patients’ dignity 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.
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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 HCA’s 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.