Nurse at Viewpoint Hospital

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Welcome patients in a friendly and warm manner.
• Taking vitals for patients and forwarding results to the doctor.
• Providing instant care during medical emergencies like RTA burns.
• Give necessary supervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and postpartum period.
• Assist and conduct delivery.
• Immediate care of the newborn.
• Preoperative and Postoperative care of patients.
• Bed bathing patients who are bedridden, serving of urinals and bedpan, maintaining input and output chart and treatment of pressure areas.
• Appropriate record keeping of inflow and outflow of patients.
• Carrying out immunization.
• Assist in circulation during surgeries.
• Prepare patients for examination and assist the Doctor during procedures. (MVA, Suturing).
• Decontaminating equipments, instruments and autoclave where necessary.
• Proving necessary guidance on health, maintenance and disease prevention.
• Maintaining reports of patients and monitoring changes in their conditions.
• Maintaining continuity among the nursing team by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities and continuing needs.
• Maintaining a hygienic and safe working environment.
• Identification of patient care by establishing personal rapport with patients and relatives.
• Taking inventories and making orders for new supplies of materials needed for nursing intervention.