Job Description
Position Overview:
- We seek a compassionate and detail-oriented Nurse, who will be tasked with assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care plans in collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Key Responsibilities:
Patient Assessment and Care
- Effective use of the admission and discharge protocol on the EMR
- Monitor patients’ conditions and assess their needs, provide optimal care and advice.
- Observe and interpret symptoms as well as communicating them to physician.
- Creating individual care plan for patients in collaboration with other team members e.g. medical officers, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, speech therapist, dietitian, etc.
- Accompany In-patient’s on follow up appointment.
Clinical Procedures
- Perform routine baseline vital signs check e.g. Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood pressure, SPO2, Fasting blood sugar (FBS) on resumption and also at the close of shift.
Wound care.
- Medication administration as prescribed by physician including; oral, intravenous, intramuscular, suppository, etc.
- Meal; Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) and assisted feed for patient with dysphagia.
Tracheostomy care.
- Resuscitation; suctioning, administering oxygen and nebulization as prescribed by physician.
- Cannulation: Phlebotomy, monitoring intravenous fluid. Supporting medical officers to collect blood, and other specimen from patient.
Monitoring Intake and Output chart.
- Routine Nurses ward round, Medical Officer, and or the Clinical Director as applicable.
- Handover and taking over of patients at bed side.
Report writing
Safety and Hygiene
- Maintain excellent hygiene and safety (decontaminating equipment, sanitizing surfaces, autoclave dressing packs and drums for sterile/aseptic procedures.
- Case Incidence; patient’s falls, medication errors, and or any other adverse events.
- “And other duties as assigned by my supervisor, doctor, and or medical consultants”.
Professional Development
- Attend educational workshops, trainings (internal and external) and conferences to expand knowledge and capabilities.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors of Nursing in Nursing services or a related field
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in Nursing services.
- Self-motivated, goal-oriented and able to work independently