Job 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

\xc2\xb7 Perform physiological and physical assessment of the patients upon arrival to PACU

\xc2\xb7 Assess patient level of comfort and administer analgesic as ordered by the anaesthetist

\xc2\xb7 Perform Nurse Led Discharge for post-operative patient

\xc2\xb7 Arrange for bed for patients upon arrival to PACU

\xc2\xb7 Perform handover of patient\'s information to Courier Nurse upon discharge

\xc2\xb7 Promotes and maintains a safe, clean, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients, staff and visitors

\xc2\xb7 Collaborates and co-operates with other surgical team members and healthcare workers in the smooth delivery of patient care and services

\xc2\xb7 Performs a systematic and continuous assessment of patient in the immediate post-anaesthesia period

\xc2\xb7 Develops and implements nursing care based on analysis of individualized patient assessment

\xc2\xb7 Delivers safe and competent nursing care to surgical patients in the immediate post-anaesthesia period

\xc2\xb7 Communicates, documents and evaluates patient\'s plan of care

\xc2\xb7 Handles controlled drugs as per hospital policy (applicable to RN)

\xc2\xb7 Promotes and maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients, staff and visitors

\xc2\xb7 Perform nurse led monitoring for cataract cases

Requirements

\xc2\xb7 Enrolled Nurse with the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB)

\xc2\xb7 Recognised Enrolled Nurse Certificate or equivalent as approved by SNB

\xc2\xb7 At least 2 years working experience in Anaesthetic Unit/ Post Anaesthesia Care Unit is highly preferred

\xc2\xb7 Good interpersonal and communication skills

\xc2\xb7 Compassionate, positive and caring nature

\xc2\xb7 Prepared to work on 3 rotating shifts

If the role sounds interesting to you, please contact \'careers_alexandra@nuhs.edu.sg\' to understand more on the role. Please indicate the position that you are interested in the subject heading.

National University Health System