Walk-in | Staff Nurse - Operation Theatre Department

Medanta; Dadri; On-site; INR 279,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

Medanta in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, seeks a dedicated OT nurse to support preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care. You will ensure asepsis, assist surgeons, manage instrument setups, and coordinate handovers with the team to uphold patient safety and care quality.

The role requires valid nursing registration and OT experience; willingness to work shifts and handle emergencies is essential for smooth hospital operations.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree (GNM/BSc Nursing or Post Basic BSc Nursing) with valid registration.
• Experience in an Operation Theatre (OT) department preferred.
• Willingness to work rotational shifts, nights, weekends, and emergency duties.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the sterile instrument trolley and arrange instruments, sutures, needles, swabs, and supplies.
• Assist with sterile draping and maintain the sterile field; pass instruments to the surgeon during procedure.
• Prepare the operating room and verify functioning of OT equipment and supplies.
• Coordinate supplies and assist the sterile team while maintaining asepsis.
• Document events, procedure times, counts, and nursing care; coordinate specimen labeling and transport.
• Assist during emergencies and participate in safety checks and handovers.
• Oversee equipment management, decontamination, and sterility processes with CSSD.

Skills

Compassion

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Pressure handling

Education

GNM

B.Sc. Nursing

Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing

Job description

Role & responsibilities

1. Preoperative patient preparation

• Receive the patient from the ward or preoperative holding area using the prescribed handover checklist.
• Verify patient identity, planned procedure, operative site, consent documentation, and surgical-site marking as applicable.
• Check allergies, fasting status, relevant investigations, and preoperative assessment records.
• Ensure prescribed preoperative medications and preparation are completed.
• Provide reassurance, privacy, dignity, and safe transfer to the operating table.

2. Maintenance of asepsis and infection control

• Perform surgical hand antisepsis and follow correct gowning and gloving procedures.
• Maintain the sterile field and identify potential contamination immediately.
• Ensure instruments, drapes, and supplies are appropriately sterilized and handled.
• Follow OT cleaning, disinfection, biomedical waste segregation, and PPE protocols.
• Minimize unnecessary OT traffic and follow infection-prevention policies.

3. Scrub nurse responsibilities

• Prepare the sterile instrument trolley and arrange instruments, sutures, needles, swabs, and other supplies.
• Check instrument integrity and availability before the procedure.
• Assist with sterile draping and maintain the sterile field.
• Pass the correct instruments and supplies to the surgeon during surgery.
• Perform and reconcile surgical counts with the circulating nurse according to protocol.
• Handle specimens safely and coordinate their transfer in accordance with the team's instructions.

4. Circulating nurse responsibilities

• Prepare the operating room for the scheduled procedure.
• Check the availability and functioning of the operating table, surgical lights, suction, electrosurgical equipment, and other required devices.
• Coordinate supplies and assist the sterile team without compromising asepsis.
• Participate in patient verification, surgical safety checks, and the team time-out.
• Document important events, procedure times, counts, and nursing care.
• Coordinate specimen labeling, safe transport, waste disposal, and room turnover.

Postoperative and recovery-room responsibilities

5. Post-anaesthesia care

• Receive the patient from the operating room team with a structured handover.
• Assess airway patency, breathing, circulation, consciousness, pain, and vital signs.
• Monitor oxygen saturation and administer oxygen as prescribed.
• Observe for bleeding, nausea, vomiting, hypothermia, and other postoperative complications.
• Monitor IV fluids, drains, dressings, and prescribed infusions.
• Escalate deterioration promptly and document the patient's response to treatment.

6. Patient transfer and handover

• Ensure the patient is stable for transfer according to the responsible clinician's assessment and recovery criteria.
• Communicate the procedure performed, anaesthesia, allergies, medications, blood loss, drains, and pending investigations.
• Ensure appropriate monitoring and personnel accompany the patient during transfer.
• Complete recovery records and communicate postoperative instructions to the receiving nurse.

7. Equipment and material management

8. OT equipment and instrument management

• Check instruments, equipment, and emergency trolleys before scheduled procedures.
• Ensure equipment is functional and report faults to the appropriate department.
• Handle instruments safely and coordinate decontamination and sterilization with the Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD).
• Maintain adequate stocks of sutures, dressings, sterile supplies, implants, and consumables.
• Check expiry dates, packaging integrity, and sterility indicators according to policy.

9. Emergency preparedness

• Assist during cardiac arrest, haemorrhage, anaphylaxis, and other surgical emergencies.
• Ensure resuscitation equipment and emergency drugs are available as assigned.
• Activate the hospital emergency response and support the surgical and anaesthesia teams.
• Participate in emergency drills and competency-based training.

Preferred candidate profile

• GNM, B.Sc. Nursing, or Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing from a recognized institution.
• Valid registration
• Relevant experience in an Operation Theatre (OT) department is preferred
• Compassionate, disciplined, attentive to detail, adaptable, and capable of working under pressure.
• Willingness to work rotational shifts, nights, weekends, and emergency duties as required.