Theatre Scrub Nurse

Clinical Responsibilities Monitor and maintain the quality of nursing activities and achieve the prescribed standards of nursing care set for the department. Maintain individualised nursing care according to guidance provided by the Professional Development Department and senior nursing staff. Provide counselling for patients, their relatives and nursing staff as appropriate. Liaise with colleagues and community staff to ensure continuity of clinical practice. Providing assistance to the surgeon/anaesthetist/nursing/ODP colleagues as required. Acting as member of the surgical scrub team either as a scrub or circulating practitioner. (Theatre nurse) Co-operating with appropriate departmental staff to ensure correct positioning of patient for operative procedure. Co-operating with appropriate departmental staff to ensure prompt collection and dispatch of specimens. Checking, witnessing and administering controlled drugs