Registered Nurse - Howick - Rivers Labour Consultants

    Rivers Labour Consultants
    Rivers Labour Consultants Howick

    2 days ago

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    Job Purpose:

    The promotion of the physical, social and psychological wellbeing of patients and providing a safe, supportive environment for patients and relatives that will promote healing or comfort the dying.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Promotion of the physical, psychological and social health of patients within the scope of practice.
    • Administration, care and maintenance of equipment, stock control, and liaison with multi-disciplinary team, relatives and community resources.

    Promotion of Physical, Psychological and Social Health of Patients:

    • Nursing interventions: monitoring, recording and interpretation of vital signs, physical and psychological assessment of the patient on admission and on a daily basis.
    • Supervise and administer basic nursing care: basic hygiene; pressure part care; catheter care; wound care etc.
    • Nutritional requirements: liaise with chef re special dietary requirements; refer patient to dietitian if necessary; educate patients re diet; feed patients where necessary orally or via peg.
    • Administration of medication as per doctors' orders: intravenously, orally, subcutaneously, nebulisers, per rectum.
    • Carry out special procedures as ordered by the doctor e.g. catheterization; bladder washout; ECG's; Blood tests.
    • Monitor intake and output of patients to ensure adequate hydration and urinary output and ensure it is recorded.
    • Meet specific needs of patients e.g. care of stomas; tracheostomies; wound and other specific diagnoses i.e. palliative care; diabetes; unconscious patients; strokes; post-surgery; severe neutropenia.
    • Wound care and infection control.
    • Promotion of safety and prevention of accident e.g. falls, medico legal hazards.
    • Ensure that the dying patient is nursed in a culturally sensitive manner that ensures the patient dies peacefully and with dignity.
    • Liaise with families and keep them updated on the patient's progress and arrange for care post discharge.

    Administrative Duties:

    • Completion of all documentation relating to patients' admission and stay.
    • Keep personal attendance register up to date.
    • Ensure admission packs and other sheets of stationery are kept 'topped up'.
    • Administration and recording of medication and keep medication charts up to date.
    • Report writing.
    • Assisting with doctors rounds and write up and implement them.
    • Attend monthly staff meetings.
    • Complete daily checklists.

    Care and Maintenance of Equipment:

    • Report faulty equipment immediately so that it can be repaired.
    • Ensure that you are updated as to correct use and operational techniques of equipment.
    • Ensure correct and safe storage of equipment to prevent damage.

    Stock Control:

    • Hash for all stock used on a patient.
    • Daily counting of schedule drugs.
    • Prevent wastage and use stock with care and consideration.

    Liaison with Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Relatives and Community Resources:

    • Accompany doctors on rounds and ensure orders are correctly written up and implemented.
    • Interact with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, wound care specialists, dietitians etc. to ensure that they are updated on patients' condition and that the nursing staff are aware of recommended treatment.
    • Keep relatives updated on patients' condition and expected outcome of treatment and counsel them when necessary.
    • Inform other facilities – frail care, retirement home, acute facility – of the patient's progress. Write a detailed transfer letter if patient transferred to acute facility or discharged to a home.
    • Promotion of 'teamwork' amongst colleagues and the MDT by being considerate, courteous, communicative, friendly and adopting a good work ethic.
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