Staff Nurse

Job Purpose:

Demonstrates knowledge and skill in caring for the patient with the understanding of their needs for self-respect and dignity. Provides nursing careutilizing the nursing processfor all day care patients.

Job Responsibilities:

PATIENT CARE

• Admissiondischarge 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 admissiondischarge transfer of the patient.
• Keeping patient belonging in safe custodyaccordance 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 knowledgeupdating 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 organizationas well as communicate with tactdiplomacyand a high level of cultural sensitivity
• Strong attention to detail.