Registered Nurse - HDU

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - HDU at NMC Healthcare. This role provides high-acuity nursing care across obstetric, neonatal, pediatric and adult patient populations in a High Dependency Unit setting.

Role Purpose

Deliver comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to patients requiring high-dependency support, including monitoring of vital signs, assistance with clinical procedures, medication management, patient education, and coordination with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective outcomes across obstetric, neonatal, pediatric and adult specialties.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment & Monitoring

• Perform initial and reassessment of patients in the department including neonates, pediatric and adult patients
• Assess and document vital signs at specified frequency according to patient's condition and hospital policy
• Monitor early progress of laboring mothers before transferring to labor ward
• Interpret fetal heart rate and notify Physician when appropriate for progress or problems
• Demonstrate knowledge of electronic fetal monitoring using CTG and central monitoring system
• Collect specimens and bloods for diagnostic testing and identify critical values

Clinical Procedures & Technical Skills

• Assist Doctors in insertion of invasive lines following sterile technique as per infection control guidelines
• Initiate Intravenous Therapy as per Doctor's orders
• Setup the ventilator and care for patients on ventilator or respiratory support
• Assist in transferring patients on respiratory support
• Perform nursing procedures with attention to accuracy, patient safety and comfort, including those requiring strict aseptic technique
• Order blood products and monitor patients when receiving blood products

Obstetric & Maternal Care

• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of Obstetric emergencies, nursing management and care as per protocols
• Demonstrate knowledge in caring for patients admitted for induction of labor
• Prepare mothers for cesarean sections and provide pre-operative and post-operative care to all patients requiring surgical procedures
• Perform post-partum care of mother, perform fundal massage and monitor vital signs and blood loss as needed
• Promote newborn and parent bonding
• Actively promote and assist mothers with breastfeeding and basic newborn care
• Provide surgical care (pre and post-operative), postnatal care, breastfeeding advice and support to women and their babies

Neonatal & Newborn Care

• Demonstrate skills in routine care for newborns and rooming in with mothers
• Assist and encourage patient with breastfeeding when applicable

Medication Management

• Perform Appropriateness review of medications before preparing and administering medications as required

Patient & Family Education

• Provide patient education to patients and family members and document
• Provide appropriate health education to patients and their families
• Provide for the physical, psychological and social needs of patients and families

Emergency & Critical Care

• Demonstrate competency in code blue and respond when needed
• Participate in emergency code drills and perform when necessary
• Assist with transfer of critical patients to other facilities and serve as transport nurse during ambulance transport

Coordination & Leadership

• Coordinate with Doctors and other allied workers to provide comprehensive care to patients
• Coordinate with the Obstetrician, Neonatologist and Pediatrician and other allied workers to provide comprehensive care to patients
• Act as Team Leader in the absence of the Charge Nurse and delegate tasks as per skills and scope of practice

General Patient Care

• Provide a high standard of care to all Specialties that fall within the hospital's scope of practice

Qualifications & Experience

• Hold an appropriate license to work as a nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority (DoH, DHA) with all qualification and experience this mandates
• Manage own professional revalidation