Job Description

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating
patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing
advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
• Assess and identify patients’ needs and implement and monitor the
patient’s medical plan and treatment. They will work with a team of
physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various
settings
• Perform systematic patient assessment and collect pertinent data about
the patient’s health or situation.
• Understand and analyze 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 medical team
• Record vital signs, recognize and address abnormalities
• Define the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients,
and families.
• Maintain and update the technical and clinical skills related to nursing
practice
• Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory exams
• Perform essential life support (BLS
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment
• 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
• Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed
• Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission and discharge.
• Provides comprehensive pre-operative and post-operative nursing care
to all patients undergoing the procedure of cardiac catheterization
• Predominant role in preparation, administration and documentation of
medication.
• Assists the Physician in the procedures with attention to accuracy,
patient safety and comfort, including those requiring strict aseptic
technique
• Strictly adheres to the procedure of ‘TIME OUT’
• Competent in monitoring of patients during and post sedation /
anesthesia
• Assists with transfer of patients within the health care facilities and
serves as transport nurse for patients during ambulance transpo

Qualifications

• Have an appropriate license to work as a nurse in the relevant regulatory
health authority (DoH, DHA) with all the qualification and experience this
mandates.
• Manage their own professional revalidation
• Have basic life support qualification (within past 24 months)
• Have an active interest in the clinical field in which they are employed
• Be willing to work across departments when necessary
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and
written)