Staff Nurse
Role Purpose:
- To provide nursing care to patients on dialysis treatment.
- To assist the Head Nurse / Staff Nurse In-Charge in the running of the dialysis centre.
Responsibilities:
- Prime dialyzer and bloodlines
- Record patient’s medical information and vital signs
- Make ready of dialysis equipment
- Oversees dialysis treatment from start to finish
- Cannulate accesses & catheter dressing upon completion of Privileging (LP 007,012 & 014)
- Demonstrate the abilities to administer medications including thrombolytic
- Identifies irregular dialysis reaction and notify to appropriate team members
- To ensure blood investigations are carried out on schedule or as instructed by the doctor. All blood results to be charted and filed. Any abnormalities of the results should be notified to doctor immediately.
- To ensure patients’ medical files are updated at all times. All prescriptions and doctor’s notes are filed accordingly.
- To inform the Head Nurse of any defective medical equipment, incidents and complaints. To hand over daily occurrence and status to the staff nurse of the next shift via the incident book.
- To inform patients of their next treatment dates and to notify Head Nurse of any changes in schedule.
- To perform counseling and education of patients, including diet and rehabilitation.
- To ensure that the dignity, safety and wellbeing of the patient are respected at all times.
- To observe codes of confidentiality in the nursing care of the individual patient.
- To develop good communication with patients' relatives and visitors. To greet patient and be courteous to them.
- To maintain professional behavior, appearance and attitudes at all times.
- To perform duties as assigned by superior and willing to be deployed or relocated
- To perform clinical practices according to compony guideline.
- To monitor patient absenteeism rate & required action to be taken accordingly.
- To perform clinical practices according to company guidelines.
- To make sure the patient meets the desired clinical KPI
- To ensure update into RQMT of any incident that occurs in the clinic.
- To ensure Hospitalization & Mortality Rates are updated in Euclid appropriately.
Requirements:
- Qualification: Diploma or Degree in Nursing
- Skills & Experience: Preferably 2 years experience in nursing services / newly qualified as a registered nurse.
- Good interpersonal & communication skill
- Has a valid Annual Practicing Certificate (APC)
- Preferable with BLS within 6 months of employment.
- High level of integrity and confidentiality
- Able to use computer
- Must be able to perform other related duties as assigned by superior
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Create a future worth living
Discover the benefits of working in dialysis at Fresenius Medical Care. From gaining professional value to the training and work-life balance benefits we offer, renal nursing is a rewarding career path.
We care about sharing information and experiences as this helps us learn from our mistakes and each other. We tackle challenges together by reaching out to colleagues both near and far. We communicate openly.
We challenge the status quo and show interest in what happens around us. We ask questions to clearly understand what needs to be done and take ownership of the results.
We live up to our own expectations, show respect and lead by example. We act with integrity and in line with our standards every day.
We make things better today than they were yesterday. We pitch ideas on how to improve and innovate.
What we stand for
Empowering people. Advancing care. Inspiring with our purpose and values.
Everything we do here is about making people’s lives better, simpler and longer. Our teams work cross-functionally to reproduce the complex function of kidneys with treatments that meet high quality standards, improve clinical outcomes, and are sustainable and compliant. Internally, we promote diversity and inclusion as key elements of a positive, supportive work environment. Our values support our mission to develop high quality products and services, to have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of patients, and to lead Fresenius Medical Care towards a successful, sustainable future.
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