Staff Nurse - OT / NICU

Motherhood Hospital _ Indore (Rhea Healthcare); Indore District; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Motherhood Hospital Indore (Rhea Healthcare) is seeking an experienced OT nursing professional to uphold surgical safety and patient care standards. The role emphasizes adherence to clinical protocols, infection control, medication safety, documentation, and NABH/NE certification compliance across OT operations.

The candidate will coordinate with surgeons, anesthetists, OT technicians, biomed, and ward staff to ensure seamless pre-, intra-, and post-operative care while maintaining patient

Qualifications

• Adheres to NABH & Nursing excellence standards.
• Maintains documentation and data for Nursing Quality Indicators.
• Ensures medication safety and infection control practices.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to Nursing Clinical standards.
• Assists in surgical procedures and prepares OT per schedule.
• Checks patient preoperative details and transfer to OT.
• Monitors vital signs and ensures aseptic technique.
• Ensures proper handling of instruments, materials, and waste.
• Triage and coordinate with OT, wards, and lab.

Skills

Infection control

Medication safety

Documentation

Teamwork

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Adherence to Nursing Clinical standards:

• - Understands the OT routine, equipment and patients.
• - Aware of the O.T. protocols and the layout.
• - Checks the surgery schedule and prepares for the cases: medication, consumables, instruments and equipment are available for the surgery.
• - Checks all equipment are functional; conducts random checks of surgical and laparoscopic instruments ensuring they are functional.
• - Identifies instruments as per the surgery, checks cleanliness and proper functioning of instruments, pack and send for autoclaving / gas sterilization.
• - Strictly follows aseptic technique.
• - Is aware of and implements all protocols - hand washing, infection control, medication, narcotic policy, personal valuables, follows the dress code in and out of the restricted areas.
• - Assists in surgical procedures.
• - Receives the patient in the preoperative area, checks for: right patient, correct documents, right surgery and transfers to the Operation Theatre.
• - Checks the preparation of the patient for cleanliness, skin shaving for the particular surgery.
• - Follows pre-anesthetic medications if any.
• - To check and record vital signs legibly and promptly.
• - Ensures that all investigations are carried out as advised by the doctor, reports available on time for doctors perusal and further advice.
• - To ensure that all the materials needed for the surgeries as per Procurement Monitoring Report sheet and instrument sets, Linen, Gowns, etc., are available.
• - Procures all blood and blood products for transfusion. Any reactions must be reported to
• treating consultant, IC & NS immediately.
• - Strictly follows WHO surgical safety process in OT count of instruments, consumables - to check the instrument trolley carefully and record items likely to be left inside.
• - Checks for the right patient, I.D. No., site of surgery, type of surgery, and operating surgeon when the anesthetist calls, Time out inside the operation theatre.
• - Rechecks instrument trolley items as per record and gives clearance to the surgeon for closing.
• - Any errors in medication / nursing intervention to be brought immediately to the notice of OT In-Charge.
• - Monitors Histopathology sample dispatch as per standards.
• - Handles waste segregation and disposal as per the policy.
• - Wash, dry, lubricate joints, check the functioning of instruments, pack and dispatch for autoclaving.
• - Cleans the patient after applying the dressing and place in a comfortable position.
• - Strictly follows surgical safety measures involved in patient care and self-protection.
• - Ensures documentation for all completed surgeries is updated and accurate.
• - Ensures the patient is shifted properly to the recovery room as soon as the anesthetist gives the clearance.
• - Ensures that postoperative patients are handled carefully in the recovery room and transferred according to the protocol.
• - Scrub nurse to fill up intra operative nursing record.
• - Transfer the patient to postoperative ward.
• - Postoperative nurse to complete the postoperative flow sheet.
• - Posted in recovery & day care: To co-ordinate with IP coordinator / Billing assistants regarding admissions, discharges and billing activities of the patients.
• - To settle PMR and to hand over remaining materials to the OT store.
• - Ensures patient rights are protected and medication safety is practiced.
• - Maintains confidentiality of patient information: medical and personal; avoids any violation by ensuring no discussion of patient identifiable information in non-secure areas.
• - Builds and maintains cordial relationship with surgeons and anesthetists.
• - Co-ordinates with OT technician, biomedical team and housekeeping staff.
• - Aware of and practices narcotic management – storage & documentation of usage.
• - Aware of NABH & Nursing excellence standards and ensures implementation.
• - To conduct carbonizations & thorough environmental study of Operation Theatres as per schedule; To supervise and ensure it is done regularly and effectively.
• - To periodically monitor the use of disinfectants.
• - To raise requisitions on the computer for drugs.
• - Maintain personal, patients and environmental hygiene.

Fulfilling the Service Vision & Inter-department Coordination:

• - Is well-groomed as per standard; maintains discipline and decorum.
• - Responsible for the implementation of the Service Vision – ensures personalized care while delivering service.
• - Coordinates with support departments to ensure patient and attendants are comfortable and services are as per standard.
• - Maintains a cordial interpersonal relationship with all colleagues.
• - Coordinates and works closely with LDR, OT, Wards Pharmacy & Lab.

OT Management:

• - Ensures no misuse or wastage of material, contributes to cost control.
• - Assists with material management – documentation, Indenting, receiving stock, storage and usage.

Ensures no wastage and misuse.

• - Takes over and hands over accurately at change of shifts.
• - Maintains the medical and nursing records of patients as per the institutional requirements.
• - Collects data accurately as per protocol; collects data for Nursing Quality Indicators.
• - Coordinates and works closely with LDR, NICU & Ward.
• - Willingly accepts additional tasks, deployment based on operational requirement

Preferred candidate profile

Process adherence; audit compliance; medication safety; documentation; NABH & NE certification compliance; Standardized Nursing Operations.

Training attended – functional & behavioural. Scores above average where applicable.

Communication skills | Positive Attitude | Interpersonal skills | Problem Solving & Decision making | Ability to anticipate emergencies | patient and calm during emergencies |Teamwork | Empathy