Registered Nurse - HDU

Responsibilities

• Assist Drs in insertion of invasive lines following sterile technique as per infection control guidelines.
• Assess and document vital signs at specified frequencies according to patient condition and hospital policy.
• Set up ventilator and provide care for patients on ventilator/respiratory support.
• Assist in transferring a patient on respiratory support.
• Coordinate with doctors and allied workers to provide comprehensive care to the patient.
• Be competent in code blue and respond when needed.
• Perform nursing procedures with attention to accuracy, patient safety and comfort, including those requiring strict aseptic technique.
• Provide patient education to patient and family members and document.
• Provide for the physical, psychological, and social needs of the patient and families.
• Assist and encourage patient with breastfeeding when applicable.
• Assist with transfer of critical patients to other facilities and serve as transport nurse during ambulance transport.
• Collect specimens, blood for diagnostic testing and monitor critical values.
• Order blood products and monitor patients when receiving blood products.
• Have in‑depth knowledge of obstetric emergencies, nursing management and care as per protocols.
• Provide surgical care (pre‑ and post‑operative), postnatal care, breastfeeding advice and support to women and their babies.
• Perform initial and reassessment of patients in the department including neonates, pediatric and adult patients.
• Demonstrate knowledge of electronic fetal monitoring using CTG and central monitoring system.
• Provide high standard of care to all specialties within the hospital scope of practice.
• Initiate intravenous therapy as per doctor orders.
• Demonstrate skills in routine care for newborns, rooming in with mothers.
• Participate in emergency code drills and perform when necessary.
• Act as team leader in the absence of the charge nurse and delegate tasks as per skills and scope of practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge in caring for patients admitted for induction of labor.
• Monitor early progress of laboring mothers before transferring to labor ward, interpret fetal heart rate and notify physician when appropriate.
• Perform post‑partum care of mother, perform fundal massage, monitor vital signs, blood loss and promote newborn/parent bonding.
• Perform thorough medication review before preparing and administering medications.
• Coordinate with obstetrician, neonatologist/pediatrician and other allied workers to provide comprehensive care to patients.
• Prepare mothers for cesarean sections and provide pre‑ and post‑operative care to patients requiring surgical procedures.
• Promote and assist mothers with breastfeeding, basic newborn care and patient education.
• Provide appropriate health education to patients and their families.

• Hold an appropriate license to work as a nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all required qualifications and experience.
• Manage own professional revalidation.