Assistant Nurse - OPD

Job Description

• Provide nursing care as delegated and supervised by the registered nurse licensed for independent practice, yet remain responsible and accountable for their action.
• Work as valuable multidisciplinary healthcare team members and contribute to the overall planning and delivery of nursing tasks. ANs are not expected to have a role in preparation, administration, or documentation of medications, as this element of performance lies outside their scope of clinical practice competency. 
• Assist patients with their daily living activities such as ambulation, transferring, physical activities and range of motion, dressing, grooming, bathing, and personal hygiene. 
• Support the provision of nonpharmacological comfort and pain relief interventions such as establishing and maintaining an environment conducive to comfort.
• Observe and report changes in the patient’s status and reactions to different aspects of care.
• Perform procedures like Measuring fluid intake and output ,measure height and weight, transport patients and specimens
• Contribute to patient education on health risk factor and understanding of major health determinants.
• Contribute to patient and family education on the development of behavioral strategies related to healthy living.
• Participate in the implementation of health promotion strategies for early detection and screening for infectious diseases.
• Assists specialists / consultants in the specific procedures done in the OPD.
• Performs the initial assessment of the patients
• Demonstrates priority setting or triage skills and timeliness in responding to patient’s needs
• Maintains and updates all relevant patient documentations/medical records as per hospital policy and procedures. 
• Responsible for maintaining cleanliness of the department as per infection control and waste management policy of the hospital
• Demonstrates vigilance in identifying patients with communicable diseases and following the appropriate isolation technique for such patients
• Maintains confidentiality of patient’s records.
• Assess the patient and family education needs and provide health education.
• Follows the reporting mechanisms /chain of command in the Nursing Department. Ensuring patient care issues are correctly and quickly reported.
• Takes responsibility for professional clinical practice and is actively involved in updating and continuing education.
• Competent with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation technique 
• Participates as a member of the Emergency Code team as per hospital policy
• Demonstrates an economical approach to the utilization of equipment’s and supplies while assisting the Charge Nurse to maintain an appropriate ward stock.
• Responsible for daily checking of crash carts and emergency equipment’s’ as per hospital policy
• Responsible for appropriate storage and maintaining inventory as per hospital policy
• Responsible for appropriate storage and maintaining inventory of Hazmat items including the MSDS as per hospital policy
• Demonstrates sound knowledge and participates in fire safety, patient safety, infection control and the other necessary precautions as per hospital policy.
• Demonstrates strict adherence to all hospital policies and procedures
• Carries out other duties as instructed by the Nursing Shift Supervisor / Nursing Director.
• Responsible for implementing health and safety measures related to the Pandemic for themselves and others by their actions or omissions, and continue the provision of health-care during a pandemic
• Responsible to comply with the managements instructions and policies, i.e. follow safe work practices, use equipment, wear protective equipment, participate in training, and report hazards or injury, etc.
• Responsible to monitor their own health and immediately report any issues of concern to their HOD.