Job Description

Nurse

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The staff nurse reports to the OT In charge. Help to Prepare surgery schedule Do the all works as per NABH protocol Ensure the availability of emergency medicines in OT Prepare expiry list of all stock medicine inside the OT

OT Arrangement - Cataract, Lasik and Retina

Autoclave unloading Machine arranging IOL verification and check the availability Retinal injection - Verify the medicine and Maintain the stock of the same

Check oxygen, nitrous and all gases suction and all other supportive equipments to be ready

Maintain necessary medicines Check the availability of surgery instruments on day before Help to arrange instruments and dresses for Lasik procedure

Circulation

Preparation of surgical instruments, linen, aesthetic articles, drugs and necessary sutures. Maintain consumption register

Welcome the patient while entering to OT

Ensure fitness of patient before surgery Ensure lab test is done before surgery Assist the anesthesia doctor Confirm patient name, MR number and eye Check grade, dilatation and any other complications (cataract) Change the dress obey the OT protocol Give peripheral block if needed

Assist the surgery

Scrub the hands as per NABH rule Ensure all instruments and other equipments are ready( cataract , lasik retina and other surgeries ) Confirm the eye , type of surgery ( Cataract - SICS/ PHACO/MICS ) (Lasik OT - LASIK/ PRK) (Retina - AVASTIN / IVTA or other injection Drape the patient Assist the doctor (cataract, Lasik , retina , and other surgery ) Collection, preserving and labelling of specimen with appropriate preservatives and sending the same to lab


OT Cleaning

Necessary cleaning to be done get ready for next case using disinfectant Clean all machines and equipments fumigation to be done daily and whenever it is required by using proper drugs sending the swabs for culture and sensitive ones in week and whenever it is necessary ( water
culture and AC )

Switch on the UV light

Check the availability of surgery instruments on day before

Check surgery patient appointments (cataract, Lasik, Retina)


Central sterilisation department

Instruments washing, drying , packing Linen packing Cotton ,eye pad and gauze making and packing do autoclave Auto clave the OP instruments and ward instruments to Kannur branch Sent the items to Perinthalmanna for ETO sterilisation Receive the consumables from pharmacy and verify with request form, and store them appropriately Stock checking & maintenance of OT items Check and receive with all reports, records and all other pre-operative check list. Coordinate with Lasik in charge Prepare consumption form at the time of surgery Maintain necessary medicine stock in OT Ensure recovery criteria of every patient before shift from OT to ward * Any other responsibility assigned by the management is to be carried out