Overview
You will be responsible to provide personalized, specialized 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 patients 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
· Registered Nurse with the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB)
· At least 2 years working experience in Anaesthetic Unit/ Post Anaesthesia Care Unit is highly preferred
· Diploma or Degree in Nursing from recognized training institutions approved by SNB
· Good interpersonal and communication skills
· Compassionate, positive and caring nature
· Prepared to work on 3 rotating shifts
If the role sounds interesting to you, please contact ‘[email protected]’ to understand more on the role. Please indicate the position that you are interested in the subject heading.
