Patient Care Officer (Nurse) at Medicaid Radiology Limited

Job Description
• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. title:nurse, registered.
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Assisting the Radiologist in carrying out medical procedures/emergencies.
• Assisting during echocardiography and electrocardiography.
• Preparing and arranging of trolleys and trays for special procedures.
• First contact with patients and taking vital signs of patients.
• Administration of various kind of IV/Oral contrast agents, fluid and medications (Sedatives and Analgesia).
• Dispensing and sterilizing medical instruments as well as disposal of used instruments such as needles and any sharp objects.
• Checking and maintaining of oxygen cylinders and emergency kits.
• Keeping records of consumables (supply and usage).
• In charge of keeping consulting rooms neat and tidy as well as supervising the cleaners.
• Maintaining records of consumables used at the centre.

Requirements
• Bachelor degree in Nursing or other professional qualification with atleast 3years experience.
• Great personality and excellent Customer service skill.
• Clinical and Infection Control skill .
• Administering Medication.
• Medical Teamwork and Multi-tasking.
• Listening and Verbal Communication.
• Health Promotion and Maintenance.