Nurse Anaesthetist (St. Ann, Jamaica) - St. Ann's Bay Regional Hospital (NERHA)

The North-East Regional Health Authority, a statutory body under the Ministry of Health & Wellness, with responsibility for the management and delivery of Public Health Services within the parishes of St.Ann, St. Mary, and Portland invites applications from suitably qualified individuals to fill the position of Nurse Anaesthetist for the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital.

Reporting to the Supervisory Nurse Anaesthetist, the incumbent will provide more accessible and effective Anaesthesia and related care to the patients and to facilitate diagnostic, therapeutic or surgical
procedures.

The ideal candidate will meet the following educational criteria:

• BSc. in Nursing / Midwifery
• Certificate or Diploma in Anaesthesia

Key responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Interview patients and other family members to obtain an appropriate health history including biophysical and psychosocial data
• Observe and analyze physical examination
• Recommend and/or request and evaluate pertinent diagnostic studies
• Make nursing select medical or differential diagnosis and institute corrective measures
• Formulate patients specific anaesthetic plan of care based on a comprehensive patient assessment, problem analysis and the anticipated surgical or therapeutic procedures
• Select, order and/or administer pre-anaesthetic medication
• Record complete, accurate and timely pertinent information
• Induce and maintain anaesthesia at required level
• Perform tracheal intubation and extubation and provide mechanical ventilation when required
• Manage patient’s fluid, blood, electrolyte and acid base balance
• Provide post -anaesthetic care
• Provide peri-anaesthesia support

REMUNERATION PACKAGE PER ANNUM:

• Salary Scale: $5,423,316 – 6,446,618 per annum along with any other allowance(s) attached to the post.

Applications along with detailed resume should be sent no later than Wednesday, 2023 May 03 to:

The Director,
Human Resource Management & Development,
North-East Regional Health Authority,
34-38 Ocean Village Shopping Centre, Ocho Rios,
St. Ann.

E-mail: jobs@nerha.gov.jm or Fax: (876) 795–2747

WE THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR RESPONDING, HOWEVER, ONLY SHORT LISTED
APPLICANTS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

APPLICANTS PREVIOUSLY SHORTLISTED NEED NOT RE-APPLY.