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Carries out Nursing Assessment and Care

• Initiates treatment and responds accordingly)

• Promotes wholeness and well-being including safety and comfort of patients

• Sets priorities in nursing care based on patients' need

• Ensures continuity of care

• Utilizes the nursing process as framework for nursing

• Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with patients and other members of the health team

• Implements planned nursing care to achieve identified outcomes

• Evaluates progress toward expected outcomes

• Responds to the urgency of the patient's condition and reports any abnormalities to in-charge and physicians.

• Provide Health Education and Orientation to patients and/or caretakers

• Participates in weekly health education talks to caregivers and patients.

• Orients new patients on the operations of the wards

• Provides information to patients according to their discharge plan

• Responds to information needs of patients and caregivers

• Provide pre and post-surgical care to patients

• Prepare patients for Surgery.

• Process Doctors orders

• Attend ward rounds with Doctors

• Read and implement doctors instructions

• Follow-up on tests

• Give feedback to Doctors

• Cares for wounds using sterile technique

• Organize procedure room

• Disinfect and appropriately store all equipment used

• Dispose of all medical waste in the proper bins

• Ensure appropriate use of PPE during procedures

• Documentation

• Transcribe orders in the patient chart according to set guidelines

• Maintains accurate and updated documentation of patient care

• Conduct and record 24hour chart check of patients under your care

• Records outcome of patient care

• Maintains an effective recording and reporting system

• Conduct an appropriate Handover process

• Receives a report from the previous shift and confirms the entries made

• Assumes full responsibility during the shift and provides all appropriate information in patient care management to the next shift

• Makes inventory of all available supplies and equipment before receiving or handing over

• Writes handover and receiving reports clearly documenting what transpired during the shift. Especially regarding vitals, medicines given and status of the patient.

• Carries out Shift leader role

• Ensures that all OPD patients that have been admitted have got files.

• Ensures that all OPD patients sent to the pharmacy have been served timely by the dispending Nurse.

• Acts as a point of contact on the ward in the absence of the charge nurse.

• Ensures that all admitted patient on the ward have nurse attending to them.

• Ensures that the ward is tidy and clean before the ward round and at all times.

• Ensure that clean hospital linen is available for caretaker.

• Ensure that all admitted patients have been oriented by the ward clerk and attending nurses.

• Ensure that all patients investigations have been done and results filed in the patients file by the attending nurse.

• Spiritual Ministry

• Participates in the hospital’s Spiritual Ministry programs.

Occupational Health & Safety

• All staff are expected to work in such a way that does not cause injury to themselves, other staff members or customers.

• Following & complying with H&S policies, processes & applying them to their own work activities, including using/wearing Personal Protective Equipment as required.

• Participating in activities directed at preventing harm & promoting well-being in the workplace Identifying, reporting & self-managing hazards where appropriate.

• Early and accurate reporting of incidents at work and raising issues of concern when identified.

  
  

Other duties

• Other official related duties that may be assigned by Supervisor.