
What you will contribute
Document nursing care
Assist in setting up and performing in surgical procedures
Providing a surgically clean environment for patient care
Circulate, scrub, assist if needed for different specialties and surgical procedures
Maintain a safe environment for the patient
For This Role, You Will Need
Current, active license as a Registered Nurse (or International Equivalent) with the ability to both scrub and circulate is required
Recent Operating Room experience of at least two years full time (or three years part-time) within the past 5 years, and at the point of application can show working in an OR setting within the past 12 months
Requirements for Operating Room Nurses who do not have scrubbing experience:
– Acquire 6 months scrubbing experience with minimum 150 scrubbed cases
– Should gain this experience within any of the surgical specialties listed: general, reconstructive plastic, gynaecology, maxillofacial/ ENT or orthopaedics (if possible)
Current Basic Life Support certification is required; Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Paediatric Advanced Life Support are optional
Written and verbal fluency in English
Knowledge of Operating Room procedures, standards and equipment
Flexibility and sensitivity to language and cultural diversity

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