Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)

Assists the Registered Nurse (RN) in the following:

• Admission, transfer and discharge of patients
• Patient care activities, e.g. observing, monitoring and reporting of patients’ conditions and progress. Escalate and notify RN of all unusual and / or untoward observations or happenings.
• Preparation of trolleys and equipment for ward-based procedures, e.g. blood culture, CVP / PICC, intra-pleural drain, lumbar puncture etc.
• Perioperative care, e.g. preoperative preparation, sending and receiving patients from operating theatres / endoscopy
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; perform rescue ventilation with bag-valve-mask device and external cardiac massage
• Attends to patients’ care needs in their activities of living, such as bathing, feeding and toileting, skin care, lifting, mobilising and transportation.
• Maintains safe environment through the use of quality assurance and risk management strategies.
• Respects the values, customs, spiritual beliefs and practices of individuals and groups.
• Practises within own level of competence to promote safety of self and patients.
• Demonstrates proper use and care of equipment

Secondary Responsibilities and Duties (20%)

• Performs basic computer updates according to patient’s care
• Orders sterile (CSSD) goods, receives and sends used CSSD items
• Participates in continuing professional development activities to maintain competency in areas of practice
• Participates in continuous quality improvement activities and research process
• Performs any other additional duties as assigned by Nurse Manager