Registered Nurse

Role Overview

Registered Nurse at NMC Royal Hospital. The post holder will always work within the scope of practice, putting the health, wellbeing and safety of their patient first as they assess, plan, implement and evaluate their needs.

Role Purpose

Provide and coordinate patient care across departments, educate patients and the public about health conditions, and deliver advice and emotional support to patients and their family members while working collaboratively with physicians and allied health specialists.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment & Planning

• Perform systematic patient assessment, reassessment and collect pertinent data about the patient's health or situation.
• Understand and analyse the assessment information and data.
• Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient's planned care.
• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient's bystanders.

Clinical Care & Monitoring

• Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities.
• Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions.
• Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions.
• Provide wound care management.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.
• Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed.

Life Support & Emergency Response

• Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support, Paediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation.

Patient Safety & Environment

• Employ strategies to promote patients' health and a safe environment.
• Facilitate the process of safe patient admission, transfer and discharge.

Professional Development

• Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
• Manage own professional re-licensure.

Qualifications & Experience

• Hold an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates.
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.

Additional Information

• Be willing to work across departments when necessary.