State Registered Nurse, Paediatric Ward (Violet)

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

Responsible for rendering professional nursing care to patients within an assigned unit of the hospital. Such nursing care is an integral part of the individualized holistic patient care plan as directed by the Medical staff according to the Policies and Procedures of the hospital and in keeping with the generally

accepted principles, policies and procedures of the Nursing Services.

MAIN DUTIES RESPONSIBILITIES

1. 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.

2. Works shift duties or as assigned by Unit Manager according to Unit's Operational Hours.

3. Informs Unit Manager when change occurs in circumstances which affect standards of care.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Provides individualized holistic care to patients using the Nursing Process approach with proper nursing documentation in patients files and that it is contemporaneous.

7. Reports all abnormal findings and progress of patients to the relevant doctors / consultants.

8. Conducts regular nursing rounds on all patients in the ward to ascertain for other additional needs; talk to patienUfamily members as an integral part of providing emotional support.

9. Follows doctors / consultants ward round and assists them in doing procedures when required.

10. Carries out orders of doctors / consultants pertaining to care of patients and delegates to other team members according to their assignments.

11. Liaises and discusses with the relevant doctors I consultants with regards to care of patients in the unit/ ward.

12. Establishes and develops effective communication with all disciplines, patients and relatives, to achieve optimal patient' satisfaction.

13. Attends and participates in unit meetings, dialogue sessions and hospital's activities.

14. Participates in the health education of patients and their families in the ward.

15. Assists the Unit Manager in the administration of the unit / wards when assigned as shift nurse in charge.

16 Acts on behalf of the Unit Manager in setting standards and expectations in the quality of care.

17. Carries out duties and responsibilities of the Unit Manager in her absence as directed.

18. Ensure charges of equipment/consumable items into patient's charges accordingly and checked for completeness.

19. Responsible for checking and documenting supply of sterile packs from CSSS and weekly checking for integrity of packaging.

20. Maintains and documents adequate supply of unit stock.

21. Carries    out    assignments    scheduled    by    Unit Manager and provide feedback.

22. Contributes suggestions in periodic revision and upgrading of Nursing Policies and Procedures and relevant work instructions.

23. Checks ODA drugs with the off-going Nurse In­ charge of the previous shift when in-charge of the present shift.

24. Participates in the care, custody and administration of medications in accordance with Hospital Policies and Procedures.

25. Checks daily and audits resuscitation trolley periodically as scheduled.

26. Ensure all staff complies with Prevention and Control of Infection including implementation of surveillance activity in the unit and evidence of involvement. 27. Maintain confidentiality of patient's personal and medical history.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Trained and certified BLS/ ACLS, Neonatal Resuscitation, Pediatrics Advanced life support.

2. Privileges to work in Paediatric ward, core competency yearly and repeat privileging every 3 years.

3. Demonstrates high standard of Paediatric care such as:

• Care of infants and little children
• Ability to deal with difficult children.

4. Assists unit manager to coordinate with pediatricians consultants for effective bed management.

5. Active participation and involvement in accordance to Baby Friendly Hospital initiative certification such as exclusive breast feeding.

6. Able to communicate with children as well as educate the family on the condition and care involved

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor/Diploma/Certificate in Nursing.
• Post Basic qualification in related field.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Registered with Nursing Board of Malaysia with a valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
• Able to write and communicate in Bahasa Malaysia and English Language
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Caring, honest and responsible worker.
• Willingness to work on scheduled hours, shift, and weekends, public holidays, on-call and anytime when called during emergency. Microsoft office literacy