Surgical Technician

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Healthcare | Nursing | Healthcare Assistant / Basic Care Assistant / Nursing Aide
378 ALEXANDRA ROAD SINGAPORE 159964
Job Type:
permanent or full time
Job Suitable For:
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Benefits:

training opportunities

personal development benefits

No. of Vacancies:

2

Job Description
Overview
The job-holder supports surgeons/proceduralists, anesthetists, registered nurses and other members of the operating/endoscopy room team. The primary and secondary responsibilities and duties as stated below. They work under the supervision of registered nurses to provide safe patient and cost effective care activities, according to establish hospital policies, procedures and standards of nursing care and practices.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)
• Prepare patients and set up the room and equipment, supplies according to the procedure requirement
• Maintain safe environment through proper use of equipment and adherence to infection control practices
• Check consent for correct patient, correct type of procedure and site
• Fetch pre-operative patient to operating/ procedure room
• Assist in safe transfer and positioning of patient
• Assist in documentation of patient care record
• Establish and maintain sterile field set up
• Participate in surgical timeout procedure
• Anticipate the needs of the surgeons/ proceduralists by passing instrument and supplies to surgeon/ proceduralists
• Assist in collection, labeling and handling of specimens
• Maintain and protect integrity of sterile instruments and scope for patient use
• Assist to apply dressing and secure drain
• Perform cleaning of surgical instrument and disinfect trolley after surgery
• Assist in safe transfer of patient to recovery area and perform patient handover
• Clean and re-stock operating room

Secondary Responsibilities and Duties (20%)
• Attend in-service education program regularly to continually to keep abreast of knowledge and skills.
• Participate in continuing development activities to maintain competency in areas of practice
• Contributes to the review & development of clinical standards & guidelines
• Precepts, mentors and orientates students/newly joined technician
• Assume additional responsibilities assigned by the RN or Nurse Managers/Clinicians.

Requirements
• Minimum GCE N / O levels or ITE certificate with Engineering discipline. Open to fresh graduate, training will be provided.
• WSQ Higher Certificate in Healthcare Support (Specialization OT Support) will be advantageous
• Desirable to be fluent in spoken and written English
• Computer literate in Microsoft Word/Excel
• Possess good interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess initiative and keenness to learn
• Able to perform rotating shifts, including weekends and PHs
• Working irregular call hours if required
Job Criteria/Requirements
Qualifications:

O' Levels

Work Experience Level:

junior level

Must-have skills:

MINIMUM GCE N / O LEVELS OR ITE CERTIFICATE WITH ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE

Nice to Have Skills:

WSQ HIGHER CERTIFICATE IN HEALTHCARE SUPPORT (SPECIALIZATION OT SUPPORT) WILL BE ADVANTAGEOUS

Employer Profile
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Alexandra Hospital

Alexandra Hospital (AH) is a member of the National University Health System (NUHS), a leading academic health system and one of three public healthcare clusters in Singapore. AH is the first integrated general hospital in Singapore to offer holistic care from acute, sub-acute to rehabilitative settings, and reduces the need for a patient to transfer to another healthcare institution. Under its team-led and programme-based clinical model, every patient is placed in at least one of five core clinical programmes by the hospital and cared by a single doctor and the same care team within one of the programmes. As part of an integrated academic health system, AH is a dedicated site for staging innovative health and care as well as person-centric solutions to scope, share and scale best practices. Together with community partners and patients, AH aims to bring about seamless integrated care beyond the hospital and empower patients and caregivers to enable the continuity of care in the safety and comfort of the home and community. For more information, please visit www.ah.com.sg | www.nuhs.edu.sg Delivering ‘Incredible care and health, together!’ Members of the NUHS: • National University Hospital • Ng Teng Fong General Hospital • Alexandra Hospital • Jurong Community Hospital • National University Polyclinics • National University Cancer Centre, Singapore • National University Heart Centre, Singapore • National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore • NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine • NUS Faculty of Dentistry • NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health