وصف الوظيفة
Role Overview
Registered Nurse position 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 comprehensive patient care across departments, educating patients and the public about health conditions while delivering advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
Key Responsibilities
Patient Assessment & Planning
- Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment 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 Monitoring & Vital Signs
- Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities.
- Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment.
Medications & Treatments
- 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.
- Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
- Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.
Specialized Care Interventions
- Provide wound care management.
- Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed.
- 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.
Health Promotion & Safety
- Employ strategies to promote patients' health and a safe environment.
- Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
Patient Transitions & Team Collaboration
- Facilitate the process of safe patient admission, transfer and discharge.
- Work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings.
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
- Manage own professional re-licensure.
- Be willing to work across departments when necessary.