KPJ Healthcare Hiring! Full Time STATE REGISTERED NURSE, ENDOSCOPY in - Ricebowl

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 

• Adherence to nursing care vision, mission, goals, and objectives, aligns with the scope of nursing services, and performs shift duties as assigned by the Unit Manager to ensure high-quality care rendered. 

• Notifies the unit manager of any changes in the situation that could impact the standards of care. 

• Collaborate with the Unit Manager in ensuring the smooth operation of the endoscopy room daily. 

• Provide the endoscopy room for use by ensuring damp dusting is completed, oxygen supply is verified, and equipment and disposable items, trolleys, and standby items are prepared. 

• Collaborate with ward staff to ensure patients arrive at the endoscopy room on time, thereby optimizing the utilization of the endoscopy. 

• Receiving patients and adherence to patient safety goals involves accurately identifying patients, preparing them for procedures, checking patients with staff, and noting abnormalities. 

• Accompany patients into the endoscopy rooms safely, collaborate with the doctor during the procedure, and record all cases in the Endoscopy Record Book. 

• Oversee and document vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse, and respiration during the procedure and at the recovery area. 

• Monitor patient safety during positioning by protecting their limbs, skin, eyes, airway, cannula, and catheter; share vital information with the recovery unit; and maintain a clean and organized environment for subsequent sessions. 

• Execute post-procedure instructions, inform ward staff about patient discharge readiness for them to fetch, and communicate relevant information to registered nurses. 

• Check and label specimens properly after each case, confirming with the doctor, if necessary, before sending them to the laboratory or pathology services. 

• Provides personalized, holistic patient care using the nursing process approach, maintaining accurate documentation in patient folders, and promptly reporting any abnormal findings to relevant doctors or consultants. 

• Assess patients, providing emotional support and accompanying doctors while doing rounds, as well as assisting in procedures as needed. 

• Executing the doctor's orders, coordinating with team members related to the patient’s treatment, and fostering effective communication with all disciplines, patients, and relatives to ensure patient satisfaction. 

• Actively participates in the health education of patients and their families, unit meetings, dialogue sessions, and hospital activities. 

• Provide clear, compassionate, and culturally sensitive communication with patients, ensuring their understanding of their condition, treatment options, and care plan comprehensively. 

• Collaborate with the unit manager in administration, setting care standards, and fulfilling duties in the absence of the unit manager, while also carrying out assigned tasks and providing feedback. 

• Charge accurately, incorporating charges for equipment and consumable items into the patient's charges and verifying their completeness. 

• Inspect and document the supply of sterile packs to ensure the integrity of the packaging and maintain an adequate supply of unit stock from Central Sterile Supply Services.