About this role
Job Purpose:
Demonstrates knowledge and skill in caring for the patient with the understanding of their needs for self-respect and dignity. Provides nursing care, utilizing the nursing process, for all day care patients.
Job Responsibilities:
PATIENT CARE
- Admission, discharge & transfer of patients.
- Data collection.
- Assessment of vital sigh.
- Physical examination & diagnostic evaluation.
- Continuous monitoring of patient.
- Following physical round & carrying out the order prescribed.
- Sending sample for diagnostic evaluations per requirement.
- Coordinating diagnostic & therapeutic procedure.
- Planning & implementation of patient care includes hygiene & nutrition.
- Administering medication.
- Providing comfort measures.
- Taking care of elimination.
- Giving health education.
- Maintaining records & reports.
- Attaining in-service education.
WARD ADMINISTRATION
- Writing nursing care plan for the allocated patient.
- Performing nursing activities for admission, discharge & transfer of the patient.
- Keeping patient belonging in safe custody, accordance with the laid down policy of the hospital.
- Helping the ward sister for supervising the work of the other staff allotted in the unit for maintaining cleanliness & sanitation.
- Helping the ward sister in indenting & checking of drugs & supplies & maintaining the inventory.
- Maintaining nursing procedure.
- Sterilization of articles.
- Making rounds with doctors & senior nursing personnel.
- Keeping all the patient record up to date.
- Observing the patient condition and taking prompt action.
- Recording & reporting patient condition as & when required.
- Providing direct supervision over patient care carried out by the student in her ward.
- Participating in clinical teaching programme.
- Helping the student nurses in giving health education to the patient.
- Attending in-service class regularly.
Candidate Requirements:
- Strives to develop good relations with other departments and ensures teamwork and co-operation amongst staff
- Actively promotes practices that save company resources and minimize wastage
- Willingness and initiative in acquiring knowledge, updating skills and technology or professional competency
- Able to work under pressure and stressful situations while handling multiple tasks.
- Excellent documentation skills.
- Professional oral and written communication skills; must be able to interact and communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization, as well as communicate with tact, diplomacy, and a high level of cultural sensitivity
- Strong attention to detail.