Theatre Nurse - Full Time

About Us

At Saint James Hospital Group, we bring over 25 years of healthcare expertise, known for our excellence, innovation, and advanced technology. Join our dynamic team that values collaboration, continuous learning, and personal growth.

What You’ll Do

In this nursing role, you will prepare the operating room for the patient, setting up the tools and making sure the field is sterile. It is the duty of the Theatre Nurse to assist the surgical team by donning sterile masks, gloves and gowns as well as aid the physician by passing instruments during surgery. It is essential to maintain a high standard of nursing care.

Additionally, when assuming the role of Anaesthesia nurse, it is your duty to assist the anaesthesiologist to prepare and achieve their tasks. It is essential to maintain a high standard of nursing care. The role will also include Recovery Room Nurse duties. The recovery nurse is the primary patient advocate following surgery. This nurse monitors and cares for patients when they are still under the effects of anaesthesia. The role should be carried out in professional manner and in accordance with St James Hospital protocols and consultant’s preferences.

Responsibilities

• Theatre Nurse

1. Ensuring all necessary equipment is available for surgical procedures prior to surgery and to ensure the theatre and its areas are maintained to the required standard before, during and after surgery. It is imperative that a sterile environment is always maintained.
2. Other responsibilities include ensuring adequate levels of stock are maintained within theatre and to complete all swab checks and instrument checks in accordance with the company policy.
3. Assisting the surgeon by taking on the surgical procedures of draping instrumentation and any requirements that are expected within the role and taking part and enforcing World Health Organisation’s ‘Safe Surgical Checklist’ will be expected.
4. Providing a clear and concise pre/post operation handover from Ward/Recovery Nurse is expected to ensure a smooth transition for the patient and ensuring medical staff orders are correctly interpreted and carried out.

• Anaesthesia Nurse

1. The tasks of the Theatre Anaesthetic Nurse involve making sure all necessary equipment is available for surgical procedures prior to surgery and to ensure the theatre and its areas are maintained to the required standard before, during and after surgery. It is imperative that a sterile environment is maintained at all times.
2. Other responsibilities include ensuring adequate levels of stock are maintained within theatre and to complete all swab checks and instrument checks in accordance with the company policy.
3. Enforcing World Health Organisation’s ‘Safe Surgical Checklist’ will be expected.
4. Providing a clear and concise pre/post operation handover from Ward/Recovery Nurse to ensure a smooth transition for the patient and also ensuring medical staff orders are correctly interpreted and carried out. Providing constant care to patients immediately following surgery. This may be a time frame anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours, until the patient is stable enough either to be transported to his hospital room or discharged from the facility.
5. Connecting the patient to devices such as cardiac monitoring equipment, and to intravenous therapy for fluids and pain medication.
6. Monitoring patients’ vital signs, such as Blood pressure, pulse, RR, temperature; administration of oxygen suctioning.
7. Monitoring patients for bleeding, pain management to assess patients’ comfort level.
8. Administration of intravenous, IM, subcutaneous, PCA and epidural therapy.
9. Transferring verbal and written information about the patient to the ward nurse responsible for the patient.
10. Maintaining and providing necessary documentation, as appropriate.
11. Rapidly reacting to signs of negative physical changes, calling for assistance and beginning cardiopulmonary resuscitation, if necessary. Acting in a clear headed and knowledgeable way during an emergency.

Other Roles & Responsibilities

• It is essential that the Theatre Nurse remains up to date on nursing trends and techniques whilst abiding by the company policies and protocols. It will be necessary to work in either Sliema or Zejtun as and when required whilst consistently adhering to the company’s health and safety policy.
• In addition, it will be expected that the Theatre Scrub Nurse will carry out other departmental duties as required and when requested by his/her immediate supervisor, including any other duties that may be required by the company from time to time.

Qualifications

• Recognised degree in nursing
• Current licensure as a registered nurse with the Nurse and Midwifery Council of Malta
• Extensive knowledge of nursing care methods and procedures
• Knowledge of emergency care
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families and all medical and hospital staff
• A team player with effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Be responsible and compassionate
• Possess excellent communication skills
• Good time management
• Computer literate
• Excellent organisation skills
• Professional and friendly attitude.

What’s in it for you

• Internal training programs and skill development initiatives
• Support with training and professional development
• Employee referral bonus incentive
• Complimentary daily Lunch
• Staff and family discounts on hospital services and fees
• Staff Discounts on products and services from our subsidiaries
• State-of-the-art equipment and technology

Join us for exceptional benefits and a positive work culture.