About this role
General Nurse – Theatre
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification Diploma
- Experience
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Medical / Healthcare
Key responsibilities
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Prepare and maintain operating theatres, ensuring cleanliness, functionality and availability of surgical equipment, instruments and consumables.
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Undertake preoperative patient preparation, including patient identification, procedure verification, positioning and completion of surgical safety checklists.
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Perform scrub and circulating nursing duties, assist surgical and anaesthetic teams and maintain strict aseptic techniques throughout surgical procedures.
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Monitor patients during the perioperative period, conduct surgical instrument, needle and swab counts, and facilitate safe patient transfer and handover to recovery.
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Ensure appropriate handling, decontamination, sterilisation, storage and maintenance of surgical instruments and theatre equipment in collaboration with CSSD.
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Maintain accurate theatre documentation, surgical records and specimen handling processes while monitoring stock levels and availability of theatre supplies.
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Support theatre scheduling, turnaround time management and efficient utilisation of resources while upholding patient safety, infection prevention standards and participating in clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives.
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Application Closing Date: 2026-12-10