Background

Ugands Martyri Hospital (UMH) Diocese of Jinja, is a newly established state-of-the-art Private Not for Profit (PNFP) hospital in Jinja oty. It is founded by Trustee of Catholic Diocese of Jinga, under the Ecclesiastical Province of Tororo Arch Diocese in Eastern Uganda. Uganda Martyri hospital micions a clinical excellence with Christ-centered, compassion, aiming to heal the body, mind and spreit while seming both affluent and vulnerable communities without decrimination, envisaged to be a teaching and research hospital, offering quality and allotatile Goudly touch services to the general population. Ta achieve our mission, we are ungernilly recruiting self-motivated, patient centered and pasionate qualled medical, adminidrative, and support cadres to Manous positions. The applicants must have valid professional operation license and reginered with the wantus council bodies.

Responsibilities

• Operating Room Preparation: Prepare the operating room, ensuring all equipment and supplies are ready for surgery.
• Patient Support: Assist in positioning and preparing patients for surgery.
• Equipment Maintenance: Maintain cleanliness and sterilization of surgical instruments.
• Assistance: Assist surgeons and nurses during surgical procedures.
• Waste Management: Ensure proper disposal of surgical waste.
• Safety Compliance: Adhere to infection control and safety protocols in the operating theater.
• Safely positioned and monitored patients during pre-operative and post-operative phases.
• Accurate inventory records and stock management of medical sundries and supplies.
• Safe disposal of biomedical and surgical waste.
• Preparation: Clean, disinfect, and sterilize surgical tools using autoclaves and chemical protocols. Set up surgical trays, equipment, and operating tables.
• Intra-Operative Support: Assist surgeons and anesthetists to scrub. gown. and glove. Pass instruments, cut sutures, apply dressings, and handle laboratory specimens.
• Patient Care: Verify patient identity and surgical site checklists. Transport and position patients safely on and off the operating table. Provide basic care in the recovery room.
• Infection Control & Safety: Adhere strictly to national infection prevention and control (IPC) standards. Safely dispose of hazardous waste.
• Inventory Management: Monitor stock levels of medicines, consumables. and linens, reporting shortages or drafting requisitions for replenishment.

Qualifications

• Certificate or Diploma in Theatre Technology or related field, and experience in a surgical setting.
• Education: Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE/O-Level) equivalent.
• Professional Training: A recognized Certificate in Theatre Techniques or Medical Theatre Assistant course (such as those from certified health training institutions or regional referral hospital programs).
• Registration: Registration with the Allied Health Practitioners Council (where applicable) and a valid practicing license.
• Experience: 1 to 2 years of relevant working experience in a busy hospital surgical environment is typically preferred.

• Prepare the operating room, ensuring all equipment and supplies are ready for surgery.
• Assist in positioning and preparing patients for surgery.
• Maintain cleanliness and sterilization of surgical instruments.
• Assist surgeons and nurses during surgical procedures.
• Ensure proper disposal of surgical waste.
• Adhere to infection control and safety protocols in the operating theater.
• Safely positioned and monitored patients during pre-operative and post-operative phases.
• Accurate inventory records and stock management of medical sundries and supplies.
• Safe disposal of biomedical and surgical waste.
• Clean, disinfect, and sterilize surgical tools using autoclaves and chemical protocols. Set up surgical trays, equipment, and operating tables.
• Assist surgeons and anesthetists to scrub. gown. and glove. Pass instruments, cut sutures, apply dressings, and handle laboratory specimens.
• Verify patient identity and surgical site checklists. Transport and position patients safely on and off the operating table. Provide basic care in the recovery room.
• Adhere strictly to national infection prevention and control (IPC) standards. Safely dispose of hazardous waste.
• Monitor stock levels of medicines, consumables. and linens, reporting shortages or drafting requisitions for replenishment.

• Operating Room Preparation
• Patient Support
• Equipment Maintenance
• Surgical Assistance
• Waste Management
• Safety Compliance
• Infection Control
• Inventory Management
• Sterilization Techniques
• Patient Positioning
• Surgical Instrument Handling
• Biomedical Waste Disposal

• Certificate or Diploma in Theatre Technology or related field
• Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE/O-Level) equivalent
• A recognized Certificate in Theatre Techniques or Medical Theatre Assistant course
• Registration with the Allied Health Practitioners Council (where applicable)
• Valid practicing license