The operating theatre nurse is responsible for organizing and managing healthcare, staff and material in the operating theatre, the recovery room and the sterilisation room.
Activities
coordinates, organises and plans activities in the operating theatre, the recovery room and the sterilisation room,
guarantees the quality of healthcare within the service (care protocols, patient and staff security, medical prescriptions followed, etc.),
undertakes the scrub nurse role and any other role needed in the operating theatre, participate in the surgical team duty roster (24/7),
supervises, manages and trains staff in the operating theatre, the recovery room and the sterilisation room,
implements and ensures adherence to hygiene procedures in the operating theatre and the sterilising room (clean/dirty circuits, cleaning and disinfecting the premises),
takes responsibility for theatre supply in terms of medicines, medical materials, equipment and consumable items (orders, inventories, stock management, maintenance),
organises, collects and analyses data on surgical activity and contributes to drafting the mission's medical reports.