Senior Staff Nurse, Perioperative

Alexandra Hospital, Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexandra Hospital in Singapore seeks an experienced perioperative nurse to lead comprehensive nursing care across pre-, intra-, and post-operative phases, ensuring safe outcomes and high-quality patient care.

The role emphasizes scrub nurse expertise, aseptic technique, and collaboration with the surgical team to minimize operative time and maintain patient safety throughout the journey.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing is required.
• Registered with Singapore Nursing Board.
• At least 4 years of Operating Theatre (Scrub Nurse) experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implements protective measures to prevent injuries from chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, radiation, and thermal sources.
• Transport the patient according to individual needs and assess skin/tissue injury risk during transfer.
• Prepare and apply devices to enhance operative exposure and prevent neuromuscular injury, maintain skin/tissue integrity and body alignment.
• Use supplies and equipment within safe parameters.
• Perform counts to prevent retained sponges, instruments, and sharps.
• Evaluate signs of chemical, electrical, laser, physical, or radiation injuries.
• Contribute to minimizing operative time by coordinating team efforts to prioritize patient care.
• Maintain aseptic technique and sterile field to prevent contamination of wounds.
• Initiate infection prevention activities.
• Handle and disposition culture/specimens.
• Administer prescribed medications per hospital policy.

Skills

Nursing

Scrub nurse

Infection prevention

Patient safety

Education

Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Tools

Surgical instruments

Job description

Overview

The position has the opportunity to lead and deliver comprehensive perioperative nursing care, ensuring safe surgical outcomes, operational excellence, and high-quality patient care throughout the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative journey.

Overview

The position has the opportunity to lead and deliver comprehensive perioperative nursing care, ensuring safe surgical outcomes, operational excellence, and high-quality patient care throughout the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative journey.

Job Responsibilities

• Implements protective measures to prevent injury due to chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, radiation, and thermal sources
• Transport the patient according to individual needs and evaluates for signs and symptoms of skin and tissue injury related to transfer or transport
• Determines the need for, prepares, applies, and remove devices designed to enhance operative exposure, prevent neuromuscular injury, maintain skin and tissue integrity, and maintain body alignment and optimal physiological functioning
• Uses supplies and equipment within safe parameters
• Performs required counts ensuring that patient is free from injury related to retained sponges, instruments, and sharps
• Evaluates for signs and symptoms of chemical, electrical, laser, physical, and radiation injury and injury to skin and tissue
• Contributes to minimizing operative time by anticipation and advanced preparation, working with team members to coordinate efforts to prioritize the patient’s care, and efficiently accomplishing tasks necessary to achieve a common goal
• Implement aseptic technique (e.g. crating and maintain a sterile field, applying basic methodologies to prevent contamination of open wounds, and isolating the operative site from the surrounding non-sterile physical environment)
• Initiates infection prevention activities
• Manages collection, handling, and disposition of culture and specimen
• Administer prescribed medications and solutions according to hospital policy

Requirements

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• Registered with Singapore Nursing Board
• At least 4 years of experience in Operating Theatre Setting (Scrub Nurse) is preferred