Senior / Enrolled Nurse (Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) / Anaesthesia Nurse) (JR 992)- Alexandra Hospital - Singapore - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM PTE. LTD.

Description

Overview

You will be responsible to assist the nursing team in providing personalized, specialised 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 patient 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

· Enrolled Nurse with the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB)

· Recognised Enrolled Nurse Certificate or equivalent as approved by SNB

· At least 2 years working experience in Anaesthetic Unit/ Post Anaesthesia Care Unit is highly preferred

· Good interpersonal and communication skills

· Compassionate, positive and caring nature

· Prepared to work on 3 rotating shifts

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