Industry: Health and Medical
Location: Singapore
Roles & Responsibilities
Overview
You will be responsible to provide personalized, specialized and cost-effective care to the patients in accordance to established hospital policies and procedures, standards of nursing care, and practices.
Job Responsibilities
· Perform physiological and physical assessment of the patients upon arrival to PACU
· Assess patient level of comfort and administer analgesic as ordered by the anaesthetist
· Perform Nurse Led Discharge for post-operative patient
· Arrange for bed for patients upon arrival to PACU
· Perform handover of patient’s information to Courier Nurse upon discharge
· Promotes and maintains a safe, clean, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients, staff, and visitors
· Collaborates and co-operates with other surgical team members and healthcare workers in the smooth delivery of patient care and services
· Performs a systematic and continuous assessment of patients in the immediate post-anaesthesia period
· Develops and implements nursing care based on analysis of individualized patient assessment
· Delivers safe and competent nursing care to surgical patients in the immediate post-anaesthesia period
· Communicates, documents and evaluates patient’s plan of care
· Handles controlled drugs as per hospital policy (applicable to RN)
· Promotes and maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients, staff and visitors
· Perform nurse led monitoring for cataract cases
Requirements
· Registered Nurse with the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB)
· At least 2 years working experience in Anaesthetic Unit/ Post Anaesthesia Care Unit is highly preferred
· Diploma or Degree in Nursing from recognized training institutions approved by SNB
· Good interpersonal and communication skills
· Compassionate, positive and caring nature
· Prepared to work on 3 rotating shifts