Head Nurse
Role summary:
To oversee the entire running of the dialysis centre.
Accountabilities:
To ensure that adequate standards of nursing care is provided to all patients in the Dialysis Centre.
To supervise Staff Nurses/Cleaner/Admin Assistant/Driver in the execution of their duties.
To ensure all staff are competence and skillful while attending to nursing procedures.
To maintain proper records in the centre including Patient Case Files and
Scheduling, Equipment Log Book, Water System Log Book and Stock Inventory.
To inform the Clinical department/Operation department of any interruption in the smooth running of the centre including breakdown of medical equipment, interruption of utility supply, low stock levels, major incidents and complaints.
To inform the doctor/Nephrologist of any deterioration in the patients’ clinical status including hospital admission and death.
To ensure that the Dialysis Centre is run in an efficient manner and cleanliness is maintained at all times.
To ensure that the emergency trolley and its equipment are in good working order and drugs are replaced when expired.
To conduct staff meeting at least once a month and ensure minutes of the meeting is recorded and sent to Operation Department
To supervise all suppliers / contractors who are in the centre attending to relevant jobs approved by the management
To perform other duties as directed by doctor or any senior personnel appointed by the management and willing to be deployed or relocated
To be responsible and to take cognizance of the use of all machines in the centre including repossesses, dialysis machines, RO etc.
Supervise the maintenance and servicing of technical equipment at the clinic
Act as Continuous Quality Improvement Link Nurse: to undertake continuous constructive actions in improving patient care and clinic activities. To assist the clinic in documenting that continuous quality improvement efforts are effective within the clinic, across the organization and aggregates data to demonstrate that they meet the requirement of external regulatory agencies, national and professional standards.
To make sure all processes and requirement are fulfilled towards achieving clinic performance target.
To ensure update into RQMT of any incident that occurs in the clinic.
To review Incident Reports & Patients Feedback within the timeline.
To ensure Hospitalization & Mortality Rates are updated in Euclid appropriately.
To assist the staff nurses to achieve the desired clinical KPI.
Requirements:
Diploma or Degree in Nursing with Post-Basic in Renal Nursing
More than 5 years experiences in dialysis nursing with good management, administration and planning skills
Good interpersonal & communication skill
Have a valid Annual Practicing Certificate (APC)
High level of integrity and confident0iality
Excellent organizational skills
Negotiation And Conflict Resolution
Enthusiastic, enduring, and willing to work extra hours
Career with a purpose
Inclusion and diversity
Stability
Learning and development
Local benefits
Work-life balance
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