Registered Nurse - OPD; Urology

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for providing and coordinating 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, implement and monitor the patient’s medical plan and treatment.
• Work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health professionals 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 to 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 the patient’s bystanders.
• Record vital signs, recognize, address, and escalates 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 basic life support.
• 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 safe process of patient admission, transfer, and discharge.
• Be competent with all mandatory and unit‑specific competencies supported and assigned on the Elsevier platform to ensure adherence to evidence‑based practices.
• Demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols relevant to the department.
• Participate in ongoing programs and certification to support professional growth and maintain clinical competency.
• Comply with unit scope of service and demonstrate understanding of utilization of evidence‑based health care.
• Perform nursing care for patients who visit the outpatient department in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of health care errors.

• Must have excellent observation skills, able to think critically, and make quick and effective decisions.
• Have an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience mandated.
• Manage their own professional re‑licensure.
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.
• Be willing to work across departments and on call as necessary.