staff nurse manages patient care, safety, and workflow across three primary phases: pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative.

Pre-Operative Responsibilities

- Patient Verification: Confirm patient identity, informed consent, NPO (nil per os /fasting) status, site marking, and surgical checklists (such as the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist).
- OT Readiness: Ensure the operating room temperature, humidity, lighting, and air-conditioning are properly calibrated.
- Equipment & Sterility Check: Verify the functioning of surgical tables, lights, electrocautery (diathermy), suction machines, and ensure sterile packs and instruments are ready.
- Patient Preparation: Help position the patient, assist with skin disinfection at the surgical site, and provide emotional reassurance.

Intra-Operative Responsibilities

- Scrub Nurse Role:
- Perform surgical hand scrubs and wear sterile attire.
- Maintain and protect the sterile field throughout the procedure.
- Anticipate the surgeon's needs and pass instruments, sutures, and sponges accurately and promptly.
- Circulating Nurse Role:




- Work in the unsterile field to coordinate room activities, monitor traffic, and manage supplies.
- Assist the anesthesiologist with patient monitoring, lines, and positioning.
- Document intra-operative details and keep accurate counts of instruments, needles, and sponges with the scrub nurse.

Post-Operative Responsibilities

- Patient Transfer & Recovery: Assist in safely transferring the patient to the recovery room (PACU) or ICU while monitoring vital signs and airway status.
- Specimen & Waste Management: Handle, label, and dispatch surgical specimens to the laboratory and ensure proper biomedical waste disposal.
- Room Turnaround & Restocking: Clean, disinfect, and restock the OT, instruments, and equipment for the next scheduled or emergency case.
- Documentation & Infection Control: Complete nursing notes, maintain count sheets, and adhere to hospital quality and safety protocols (such as NABH or JCI guidelines).

Pay: From ₹18,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

📌 OT Staff Nurse (Velachery)
🏢 Phoenix Hospital
📍 Velachery