Registered Nurse – HDU

Job Description

· Develop and maintain a learning culture amongst nurses, particularly in the specialist field in which they work.

· Be an expert registered nurses with advanced education, training or certification in their specialized area of

practice. Specialty practice may be defined by population, clinical setting a disease/medical subspecialty and type of care or type of problem.

· Be a role model and always seek to improve the safety and quality of care delivered to patients in the specialist field.

· Be a member of the interprofessional team as a subject matter expert in his/ her field of specialization.

· Support and lead audit and data collection in their area of specialisation for KPIs and benchmarking.

· Support the nurse educator with training programs, training needs analysis within the specialised field.

· Support 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.

· 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.

· Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.

· Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.

· Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.

· Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life

.Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation etc.

· Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed.

· Support the process of safe patient`s admission, transfer and discharge.

Qualifications

· Have 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.

 · Hold a post-graduate specialist qualification, diploma, degree, or masters in the specialty. 

· Manage their own professional re-licensure. · Be willing to work across departments when necessary.

 · Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written) 

· Have previous experience within the specialist field. 

· Have completed the relevant competencies within the specialist field.

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