Nurse

Role summary:

The Nurse is an essential part of the multi-disciplined medical team and the patient’s recovery, responsible for administering intensive and high dependency care to seriously ill and injured patients.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Providing pre and post-operation care

• Responsible for total patient care including taking vital signs, treating and dressing wounds, setting and administering medication

• Assisting the physician with procedures and treatments

• Responsible for careful assessment and monitoring of patient vital signs watching for sudden or subtle changes in the medical condition that might require emergency intervention

• Ensuring that ventilators, monitors and other types of medical equipment function properly.

• Monitoring and administering medication and intravenous infusions

• Maintaining the patient’s clinical records;

• Responsible for the maintenance of the medical equipment in the Intensive Care Unit

• Managing the stock within the Intensive Care Unit including resupply request

Requirements

Qualifications

• Academic Nurse qualification with current registration/licence to practice

• At least 3 years working experience in critical care field

• Current ACLS/ALS certification

Key Skills:

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent IT skills including use of electronic medical records systems

• Fluency in English

Essential Capabilities:

• Ability to work calmly and effectively under high-stress work conditions

• Ability to work within a multi-disciplined team, with clinical and non-clinical personnel.

Qualifications • Academic Nurse qualification with current registration/licence to practice • At least 3 years working experience in critical care field • Current ACLS/ALS certification Key Skills: • Excellent communication skills • Excellent IT skills including use of electronic medical records systems • Fluency in English Essential Capabilities: • Ability to work calmly and effectively under high-stress work conditions • Ability to work within a multi-disciplined team, with clinical and non-clinical personnel.