State Registered Nurse-1

JOB DESCRIPTION 

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 

•  Adherence to nursing care vision, mission, goals, and objectives, aligns with the scope of nursing services, and performs shift duties as assigned by the Unit Manager to ensure high-quality care rendered.

• Notifies the unit manager of any changes in the situation that could impact the standards of care.

• Obtains and handovers a report of patient progress, ensuring all doctor's orders are followed before changing or overtaking shifts and notifying any incidents or problems encountered.

• Visit patients in the unit with team members to assess conditions, re-plan nursing care, and determine nursing priorities based on patient needs and staff availability. 

• Provides personalized, holistic patient care using the nursing process approach, maintaining accurate documentation in patient folders, and promptly reporting any abnormal findings to relevant doctors or consultants.

• Conducts nursing rounds on patients, providing emotional support and accompanying doctors while doing rounds, as well as assisting in procedures as needed.

• Executing the doctor's orders, coordinating with team members related to the patient’s treatment, and fostering effective communication with all disciplines, patients, and relatives to ensure patient satisfaction.

• Actively participates in the health education, dialogue sessions, and hospital activities.

• Provide clear, compassionate, and culturally sensitive communication with patients, ensuring their understanding of their condition, treatment options, and care plan comprehensively.

• Collaborate with the unit manager in administration, setting care standards, and fulfilling duties in the absence of the unit manager, while also carrying out assigned tasks and providing feedback.

• Charge accurately, incorporating charges for equipment and consumable items into the patient's charges and verifying their completeness.

• Inspect and document the supply of sterile packs to ensure the integrity of the packaging and maintain an adequate supply of unit stock from central sterile supply services.

• 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.  

• Monitor par level of floor stock randomly

• Carries out assignments scheduled by Unit Manager and provide feedback

HUMAN RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT 

1. Accountable for personal and professional growth keeps up to date with professional change by maintaining mandatory learning hours. 

2. Executes continuous professional development through annual competency evaluations and privileges every 3 years and is proficient in performing cannulations and medication calculations. 

3. Collaborates with the unit manager to evaluate staff performance, provide constructive feedback, and optimize staff, supply, and service utilization for efficient resource allocation and coordination with consultants for effective bed management.

4. Participate and contribute to the development and maintenance of the nursing process, ensuring effective patient care and documentation.