Staff Nurse - Theatre

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We are urgently seeking a Staff Nurse - Theatre for our hospital in Westmeath, Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care across all perioperative phases - anaesthetic, scrub, and recovery.
• Prepare and maintain the operating theatre, ensuring a safe, sterile, and efficient environment.
• Assist the anaesthetist during induction, maintenance, and emergence from anaesthesia, ensuring safe patient positioning and airway management.
• Act as scrub nurse during surgical procedures, maintaining aseptic technique, correct instrumentation, and accurate swab counts.
• Monitor patients in the Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU), assessing airway, vital signs, and pain, and provide appropriate interventions.
• Safely administer prescribed medications and treatments in line with hospital policies and professional standards.
• Advocate for patients' safety, comfort, and dignity, and provide reassurance, education, and emotional support to patients and families.
• Collaborate with surgeons, anaesthetists, operating department practitioners, and the multidisciplinary team, contributing to briefings and debriefings.
• Participate in clinical audits, theatre efficiency projects, accreditation activities, and promote a culture of safety through incident reporting and risk management.
• Maintain accurate documentation and ensure proper care, handling, and maintenance of surgical instruments and equipment.

Requirements

• Registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) or entitled to be so registered.
• Minimum of 3 years post-registration full-time nursing experience, with at least 1 year in perioperative nursing or a related specialty.
• Demonstrated clinical and administrative capacity to effectively discharge the functions of the role.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Relevant perioperative nursing experience in scrub, anaesthetic, or recovery roles, or a combination thereof.
• Experience in both elective and emergency surgical procedures.
• Familiarity with electronic documentation and theatre management systems.
• Evidence of participation in quality improvement or patient safety initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and sign-on bonus
• Continuous professional development and training opportunities
• Supportive, collaborative working environment