Perioperative Theatre Nurse - Flexible Hours & Benefits

UPMC Ireland; Waterford; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid maternity and paternity LEA

Pension Plan

Death in Service Benefit x 3

Critical Illness cover

Job summary

UPMC Whitfield Hospital seeks an experienced Staff Nurse to join the Theatre Peri-Operative team. The role involves care in the operating theatre and endoscopy suite, delivering evidence-based nursing to patients undergoing surgery, with scope to mentor junior staff and support the CNM in ward management.

You will practice under the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland, uphold infection control standards and participate in anaesthetics, scrub and circulating duties, ensuring patient dignity,

Qualifications

• Be a Registered Nurse in the general division of the Register of Nurses maintained by NMBI.
• Basic Life Support training.
• Hold a Theatre Qualification (desirable).
• Demonstrate evidence of Theatre Nursing experience.
• Knowledge of Infection Control, Quality and Risk Management, Health & Safety.
• Ensure patient needs are identified and nursing actions are planned, implemented, evaluated then documented accurately.

Responsibilities

• Provide and maintain a caring, efficient and highly professional nursing service to all patients in care.
• Actively participate in anaesthetics, scrub, and circulating, PACU or endoscopy duties as required.
• Prepare equipment and instruments for procedures and update consultant preference cards.
• Assist in the Endoscopy Unit to ensure smooth operations and patient care.
• Maintain aseptic technique and safe handling of equipment and medications.
• Mentor/buddy junior staff and support orientation and development.
• Coordinate ward management in the absence of CNM I/CNM II.

Skills

Theatre nursing

Patient care

Endoscopy assistance

Infection control

Mentoring staff

Education

Registered Nurse (NMBI)

Basic Life Support

Theatre Qualification (desirable)

Job description

UPMC Whitfield Hospital seeks an experienced Staff Nurse to join the Theatre Peri-Operative team. The role involves care in the operating theatre and endoscopy suite, delivering evidence-based nursing to patients undergoing surgery, with scope to mentor junior staff and support the CNM in ward management.

You will practice under the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland, uphold infection control standards and participate in anaesthetics, scrub and circulating duties, ensuring patient dignity,