Job Description

Role summary:

The Nurse is an essential part of the multi-disciplined medical team and the patient's recovery, responsible for administering intensive and high dependency care to seriously ill and injured patients.

Duties and responsibilities:

. Providing pre and post-operation care

. Responsible for total patient care including taking vital signs, treating and dressing wounds, setting and administering medication

. Assisting the physician with procedures and treatments

. Responsible for careful assessment and monitoring of patient vital signs watching for sudden or subtle changes in the medical condition that might require emergency intervention

. Ensuring that ventilators, monitors and other types of medical equipment function properly.

. Monitoring and administering medication and intravenous infusions

. Maintaining the patient's clinical records;

. Responsible for the maintenance of the medical equipment in the Intensive Care Unit

. Managing the stock within the

Requirements

Qualifications

. Academic Nurse qualification with current registration/licence to practice

. At least 3 years working experience in critical care field

. Current ACLS/ALS certification

Key Skills:

. Excellent communication skills

. Excellent IT skills including use of electronic medical records systems

. Fluency in English

Essential Capabilities:

. Ability to work calmly and effectively under high-stress work conditions

. Ability to work within a multi-disciplined team, with clinical and non-clinical personnel.