Background information about the job or company

Aga Khan University Hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan and Nairobi, Kenya are private, not-for-profit institutions providing high quality health care. The Main Hospitals serve as the principal sites for clinical training for the University's Medical Colleges and Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in Pakistan and East Africa. Our Vision of Aga Khan University Ho...

Responsibilities or duties

Ensure complete pre-op assessment including the surgical checklist, nursing documentation and physician’s assessment

Receive the patient prior to surgery, gets report from the accompanying nurse and performs pre-op checklist.

Circulate and assist as needed for minor surgeries under supervision

Ensure effective recovery of stable patients post any form of anaesthesia.

Assists with intubation and extubation of patient in the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and if required in the Operating Room (OR)

Communicate with anaesthetist and primary teams regarding patient issues and shifting plans.

Promptly report both clinical and non-clinical unusual findings to the nurse manager or designee

Identify patient and family learning needs and initiate appropriate teaching

Perform pain assessment and initiate analgesia as required

Ensure that nursing documentation is timely, comprehensive and complete

Ensure all specimens are properly labelled and delivered to the lab in a timely manner

Provide safe environment for patients through adherence to infection control practices and other safety policies

Be able to recognize a patient in a pre-arrest or arrest states and initiate Basic Life Support

Dispose of clinical and non-clinical waste safely in accordance with Aga Khan University Hospital guidelines on waste management

Administer medication safely, monitor patient responses to medication and promptly report adverse reactions

Care of equipment through cleaning, storage, per shift check of the inventory and timely reporting and follow up on non-functional equipment to the nurse manger designee.

Participate in unit based nursing education, quality improvement (QI) projects, audits, spot checks and skill checks

Qualifications or requirements

RN from a recognized school of nursing or university

Current licensure with the Nursing Council of Kenya

Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS)

Demonstrate evidence based knowledge of current practices in theater nursing.

• Ensure complete pre-op assessment including the surgical checklist, nursing documentation and physician’s assessment
• Receive the patient prior to surgery, gets report from the accompanying nurse and performs pre-op checklist.
• Circulate and assist as needed for minor surgeries under supervision
• Ensure effective recovery of stable patients post any form of anaesthesia.
• Assists with intubation and extubation of patient in the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and if required in the Operating Room (OR)
• Communicate with anaesthetist and primary teams regarding patient issues and shifting plans.
• Promptly report both clinical and non-clinical unusual findings to the nurse manager or designee
• Identify patient and family learning needs and initiate appropriate teaching
• Perform pain assessment and initiate analgesia as required
• Ensure that nursing documentation is timely, comprehensive and complete
• Ensure all specimens are properly labelled and delivered to the lab in a timely manner
• Provide safe environment for patients through adherence to infection control practices and other safety policies
• Be able to recognize a patient in a pre-arrest or arrest states and initiate Basic Life Support
• Dispose of clinical and non-clinical waste safely in accordance with Aga Khan University Hospital guidelines on waste management
• Administer medication safely, monitor patient responses to medication and promptly report adverse reactions
• Care of equipment through cleaning, storage, per shift check of the inventory and timely reporting and follow up on non-functional equipment to the nurse manger designee.
• Participate in unit based nursing education, quality improvement (QI) projects, audits, spot checks and skill checks

• Evidence based knowledge of current practices in theater nursing
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Nursing documentation
• Infection control practices
• Patient assessment
• Pain assessment
• Medication administration
• Waste management
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

• RN from a recognized school of nursing or university
• Current licensure with the Nursing Council of Kenya
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS)