Applications are invited from qualified persons for the above mentioned position.
Job Purpose:
The Registered General Nurse is responsible for direct and indirect nursing care and treatment of patients/clients in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary care facilities.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical
- Develops, implements, evaluates a nursing care plan for the individual patient/client using all relevant data.
- Observes and records vital signs and symptoms, adjust and modify care plan according to observation made of the patient’s physical and mental state.
- Interpret and administer prescriptions, treatments and monitors the patient’s action to ensure the best possible outcome.
- Anticipate potential predictable problems and institute early intervention to prevent or reduce occurrence eg. Disorientation, pain, physiological altercations, disturbance in acuity, rest and sleep patterns, elimination, and nutrition.
- Acts promptly and effectively in emergency situations.
- Performs nursing procedures that are appropriate to the need, age and acuity level of the patient.
- Provide personal care, comfort, supportive and protective measures which enhance patients coping mechanism in adjusting to illness and rehabilitation, mobility and independence.
- Employs nursing measures to facilitate patient/client physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual well-being.
- Monitor the nutritional care of patients with special attention to therapeutic diets.
- Document information promptly, clearly and completely and relates as necessary to relevant persons
- Ensure proper collection, identification, storage and safe transportation of specimens to the laboratory with appropriate requisition form.
- Perform simple diagnostic tests and interprets findings eg. Urinalysis
- Understand the proper functioning and utilization of equipment pertinent to duties being performed.
- Introduce and maintain rehabilitative, occupational, and recreated measures to facilitate progress.
- Participates in implementing disaster preparedness programmes at unit level.
- Participates in quality assurance programmes of unit.
- Ensures environmental safety of patient care unit and sees that appropriate health and safety measures are in place.
- Implements discharge/care plan including referral to appropriate agency.
- Performs and maintains a therapeutic nurse patient/client relationship.
- Supervises auxiliary and support staff where necessary. Assist in the cost effective usage of supplies and equipment.
- Assumes in charge responsibility when delegate especially afternoon and night duty.
- Assist in identification and requisition of equipment supplies, pharmaceutical agents including dangerous drugs.
- Participate in the preparation of ward reports.
- Assist immediate supervisor with general management of ward/facility and its immediate environs.
- Participates in performance evaluation of auxiliary and support staff; resolves personnel issues and or refers them to immediate supervisor.
Education
- Educates patients and families regarding his/her current health problems, self-care, and continuity of care through compliance with therapeutic regime, habitation and rehabilitation measures including occupational and recreational therapy.
- Teaches patients/clients and family health promotion, disease prevention and health maintenance.
- Participates in the clinical teaching and evaluate of nursing students and auxiliaries.
- Participate in In-service education.
- Attend professional education programmes.
- Prepares and prevents case studies.
- Participates in evaluation and action research eg. Nursing audits.
- Contributes appropriate data through documentation.
- Participates in other research studies
- Responsible for own professional development through continuing education.
- Set goals for professional growth and upward mobility.
- Responsible and accountable for own practice.
- Recognizes professional responsibility as extending beyond the care facility into community and participates in community activities.
- Certificate/ Diploma/ Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing
- Registration with the Nursing Council of Jamaica
- Valid Nursing License
- New graduate with beginning professional skills to a maximum of five (5) years moving from novice to expert staff nurse.
Human Resource Manager,
Human Resource Department,
Bellevue Hospital,
16 ½ Windward Road,
Kingston 2,
Or
Email: bvh.resumes@gmail.com
While we appreciate all submissions, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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