Staff Nurse / Senior Staff Nurse - Endoscopy Centre

About the role

NHG is hiring a Registered Nurse (Staff Nurse or Senior Staff Nurse) for its Endoscopy Centre. The nurse provides safe, patient-centred, evidence-based care to patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, working with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals from pre-procedure assessment through recovery and discharge.

Key responsibilities

• Provide pre-, intra- and post-procedure nursing care for patients undergoing endoscopic procedures
• Assist endoscopists during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Monitor patients' clinical status, sedation recovery and procedural outcomes
• Prepare, maintain and troubleshoot endoscopy equipment and accessories
• Ensure compliance with infection prevention, scope reprocessing and patient safety standards
• Perform patient education and discharge counselling

Required profile

• State Registered Nurse with a Diploma in Nursing or Degree in Nursing
• Strong interest in procedural and acute care settings
• Experience preferably in operating theatre, endoscopy, ICU, medical ambulatory centre, intensive cardiac lab or diagnostic radiology departments
• Able to work shifts and on-call duties, and to work weekends as per roster
• Comfortable with prolonged standing during procedures and wearing a lead apron for radiation protection
• Handles disinfectants and reprocessing chemicals as part of endoscope cleaning workflows

Required skills

• Meticulous attention to detail and patient safety
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Team player in a multidisciplinary environment
• Adaptable, able to learn new technologies and procedures
• Calm and professional in a busy procedural environment, able to make sound clinical decisions under pressure