Operating Theatre Nurse - Pretoria, South Africa - Iqarus

Description

Company Description

Iqarus has a proud history, extending over 40 years, of delivering fully-integrated healthcare solutions in complex and demanding operating environments.

We operate across the medical spectrum from primary care and occupational health, to advanced pre-hospital trauma care, through to full scale laboratory, radiological, diagnostic and surgical capabilities.

Our approach projects the highest standards of clinical care into the environments in which we operate, through a combination of local knowledge, multinational medical staff, integrated global clinical governance, training and medical supply.

Our highly-skilled operational teams deliver frontline and preventative services to mitigate health risk and help organisations keep their workforces safe, healthy, resilient and productive.

By increasing the quality, simplicity and efficiency of health delivery we enhance our clients' return on investment in health and in many instances, help elevate social and/or humanitarian objectives too.

Our clients include multinationals and SMEs, governments, non-governmental organisations, supra-nationals, and non-governmental organisations.


Job Description:

We are looking for Operating Theatre Nurses to join our projects worldwide.

If you have energy and passion and are looking for an exciting career overseas working as part of a multi-disciplined team, this could be the job for you.

Iqarus delivers intelligent and integrated healthcare solutions in complex and demanding operating environments.

We deliver across the medical spectrum from primary care and occupational health to advanced pre-hospital trauma care, through to full-scale laboratory, radiological, diagnostic, and surgical capabilities.

The Operating Theatre Nurse ensures the delivery of nursing care to surgical patients before, during and after operations, within the multi-disciplined team.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Ensure the operation room is prepared for the surgery, with all operating room equipment maintained in good condition and functioning properly.
• Assist the surgeons during surgery, and coordinate with surgical technicians.
• Responsible for sterility of the operating room and ensuring no contamination.
• Observing the patient during a surgical procedure to detect possible complications and/or breaks in sterile technique.
• Implementing aseptic techniques at all the time
• Providing emergency equipment and supplies throughout.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team in IPC program implementation.
• Cleaning or directing the cleaning and sterilization of contaminated instruments, equipment and supplies and resterilizing unused supplies.
• Responsible for CSSD
• Cleaning of the operating room and clinical waste management after each Operation
• Care of medical equipment (apparatus and instruments) in the Operating Room
• Provide general scrub or running nurse duties in support of the surgical team as directed.
• Participate fully in training and exercises. Support the delivery and
• Participate fully in Departmental and Facility Quality and Assurance activities. Support the delivery and administration of such Q & A activities.

Qualifications:

• Academic Nurse qualification with current registration/licence to practice
• At least 5 years formal work experience as a theatre nurse / surgical team member
• Current ACLS/ALS certification

Additional Information

Rotations are typically 6 weeks on duty and 6 weeks off duty, but dependent on the project. Flights, food and accommodation are provided whilst on duty at the project site.

• Fully updated CV
• Degree/Diploma certification etc
• Registration and currently license with no restriction to practice in country of origin.
• Colour and clear Passport scan
• Please also advise about your notice period or availability to join.
• Additional valid and current medical course certificates such as ACLS/ALS/BLS/ITLS/PHTLS