Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, November 15 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
As a Theatre Nurse you will work in our Hospital theatre, anaesthetic/recovery areas, and you will also be involved with some surgical procedures on wards.

Responsibilities
• Delivering high quality and compassionate patient care.
• Ensuring adherence to standard operating policies and procedures relating to theatre nursing, infection prevention and control.
• Ensuring patients are fully informed about risks and benefits of the operation during the preoperative assessment.
• Providing timely and skilled assistance to the theatre team rotating through roles such as scrub and recovery nurse as required.
• Ensuring preparation of all necessary complex instruments and equipment before surgery commences.
• Being responsible for the provision of surgical instruments and equipment during surgery, and ensuring they are well cleaned and secured after surgery.
• Acting as a link between the surgical team and other parts of the theatre and hospital by maintaining effective communication with the patients, caregivers and the theatre team.
• Offering care and support to patients upon arrival on the post anaesthetic care unit until they recover from the effects of the anaesthesia and/or surgery.
• Assessing the patients to ensure they can be discharged back to the ward.

Qualifications
• Full Grade Twelve Certificate.
• Diploma or Bachelor of Science in Theatre Nursing, fully registered and licensed to practice.
• Must be a qualified Theatre Nurse from a recognized institution.
• A current license to practice nursing in Zambia from the General Nursing Council of Zambia.
• Must have at least 3 – 5 years’ experience

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure
• Interested candidates should send their application letters together with copies of their educational & professional certificates, and Curriculum Vitae with at least three traceable referees to the undersigned, on or before 17th November, 2023.
• The Registrar
University of Lusaka
Plot 37413, Off Alick Nkhata Road, Mass Media
P O Box 36711, Lusaka Zambia
• Email: jobs@unilus.ac.zm 

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