Registered Nurse - Pediatric

About This Role

This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members
• Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment
• Work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings
• Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation
• Understand and analyse the assessment information and data
• Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues
• Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care
• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient's bystanders
• Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities
• Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice
• Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations
• Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation etc.
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment
• Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions
• Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions
• Provide wound care management
• Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed
• Facilitate the process of safe patient's admission, transfer and discharge

Requirements

• Hold an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates
• Manage own professional re-licensure
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card
• Be willing to work across departments when necessary
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written)

Nice to have:

• Evidenced ability to work as part of an inter-professional team
• Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation