Registered Nurse

Job Description Operation Theatre (OT) Nurse

Qualification: GNM / B.Sc. Nursing

Experience: 1+ Year

Department: Operation Theatre / Surgical Services

Email: prity.satbhaya@manipalhospitals.com

Role Summary

The OT Nurse is responsible for providing safe, sterile, and efficient nursing care in the Operation Theatre, assisting surgeons and anesthetists, and ensuring adherence to clinical protocols, patient safety standards, and infection control practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare the Operation Theatre before surgeries, ensuring availability and sterility of instruments, equipment, and consumables.
• Assist surgeons, anesthetists, and OT technicians during surgical procedures as per assigned roles (scrub/circulating nurse).
• Maintain strict adherence to aseptic techniques, infection control, and OT protocols.
• Monitor patient vitals and assist in patient positioning, safety checks, and surgical time-outs.
• Ensure proper handling, counting, and documentation of surgical instruments, swabs, and consumables.
• Coordinate with CSSD for sterilization and timely availability of surgical instruments.
• Support post-operative patient transfer and handover to recovery room staff.
• Maintain accurate OT records, checklists, and compliance documentation.
• Adhere to NABH and hospital quality standards at all times.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of OT procedures and sterile practices.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced surgical environment.
• Good communication, teamwork, and attention to detail.
• Commitment to patient safety and clinical excellence.