- Location
- KPJ SRI MANJUNG SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, Malaysia
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Healthcare
- Source
- Workday
Description
- Understands and carries out the nursing care in line with Vision and Mission Statements, Goals and Objectives that suit the scope of the Nursing Services.
- Works shift duties or as assigned by Unit Manager according to Unit’s Operational Hours.
- Informs Unit Manager when change occurs in circumstances which affect standards of care.
- Receives and handover report of patient, knows the case in detail:
- Progress of the patient.
- Ensures all doctors’ orders are carried out before shift change and on taking over case.
- Any incident or problems encountered.
- Visits every patient in the unit together with the team members on taking over of duties to:
- Assess condition of patient, compare with report.
- Re-plan nursing care according to assessment or evaluation
- Determines nursing priorities and plans patient care according to patient’s needs and staff availability
- Provides individualized holistic care to patients using the Nursing Process approach with proper nursing documentation in patients’ files and that it is contemporaneous.
- Reports all abnormal findings and progress of patients to the relevant doctors / consultants.
- Conducts regular nursing rounds on all patients in the ward to ascertain for other additional needs; talk to patient/family members as an integral part of providing emotional support.
- Follows doctors / consultants ward round and assists them in doing procedures when required.
- Carries out orders of doctors / consultants pertaining to care of patients and delegates to other team members according to their assignments.
- Liaises and discusses with the relevant doctors / consultants with regards to care of patients in the unit / ward.
- Establishes and develops effective communication with all disciplines, patients and relatives, to achieve optimal patient’ satisfaction.
- Attends and participates in unit meetings, dialogue sessions and hospital’s activities.
- Participates in the health education of patients and their families in the ward.
- Assists the Unit Manager in the administration of the unit / wards when assigned as shift nurse in charge.
- Acts on behalf of the Unit Manager in setting standards and expectations in the quality of care.
- Carries out duties and responsibilities of the Unit Manager in her absence as directed.
- Ensure charges of equipment/consumable items into patient’s charges accordingly and checked for completeness.
- Responsible for checking and documenting supply of sterile packs from CSSS and weekly checking for integrity of packaging.
- Maintains and documents adequate supply of unit stock
- Carries out assignments scheduled by Unit Manager and provide feedback.
Skills
Patient Care
