Critical Care Assistant

Job Purpose

To provide care for patients before, during and after surgery. Handle and prepare operating instruments and equipment within the sterile field.

Job Responsibilities

General Responsibility

• Adhere and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies.
• Adhere and comply with policies and procedure related to patient care, infection control, patient safety and accreditation standard.
• Works evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays according to the schedule compiled by the head of department.
• Strictly adheres to organization’s regulations and policies especially those related to infection control, patient safety and JCI.
• Supports the staff nurses on Continuous Quality Improvement and participates and contributes to all the quality assurance activities of the service.
• Exercises effective interpersonal skills in dealings with department staff, associates, and Management.
• Maintains confidentiality as per the agreement signed.
• Demonstrates the ability to listen to others in promoting effective communication.
• Develops thorough understanding of policies and procedures of the hospital and Demonstrates respect for them.

Care Delivery

• Document and handover all patients records as per policies and standards.
• Educate patient and family as required
• Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patient's care.
• Demonstrates correct use and assembly of required equipments, instruments and appropriate cleaning of the same.      

Quality Management

• Understanding of clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality Improvement.
• Follow international patient safety goals.
• Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents.
• Identify and escalate any life threatening issues, associated procedures, protocols and policy guidelines.
• Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records.
• Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care

Training and Development

• Participate and contribute in scheduled in service training programs like ACLS, BLS,PALS,NALS(If applicable), CNEs, conferences etc.,

Functional Area Responsibility

• Maintain the sterile zones.
• Ability to do the gowning procedure and scrubbing.
• Understand and demonstrate infection control guidelines, practices and bio medical waste management.
• Demonstrate knowledge on consent protocol.
• Ability to position patients appropriately.
• Knowledge about the different types of sterilisation and aseptic techniques followed in NH .
• Take the appropriate barcode for biopsy.
• Knowledge on methods of cleaning of OT and equipments.
• Awareness of radiation safety.
• Knowledge of the system of receiving the implant from the store.
• Familiarity in operating surgical equipments.
• To help the nursing staff to carry out procedures that is required according to the protocols in OT.

Candidate Requirements