About this role
Job 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.
Job Requirement Registered with Nursing Board of Malaysia with a valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse.