Description

Job Description

Job Description

•    Provides surgical care (pre and post-operative), postnatal care, breastfeeding advice and support to women and their babies.
•    Performs initial assessment and reassessment of patients in the department including neonates, pediatric and adult patients
•    Demonstrates knowledge of electronic fetal monitoring using CTG and central monitoring system.
•    Is able to provide a high standard of care to all Specialties that falls within the hospitals scope of practice.
•    Initiates Intravenous Therapy as per Doctors orders 
•    Demonstrates skills in routine care for newborns, rooming in with mothers.
•    Participates in emergency code drills and performs when necessary
•    Acts as Team Leader in the absence of the Charge Nurse and is able to delegate tasks as per skills and scope of practice.
•    Demonstrates knowledge in caring for patients admitted for induction of labor.
•    Monitors early progress of laboring mothers before transferring to labor ward, interprets fetal heart rate and notifies Physician when appropriate for progress or problems.
•    Performs post-partum care of mother, performs fundal massage and monitors vital signs, blood loss as needed and promotes newborn/parent bonding
•    Performs the Appropriateness review of medications before preparing and administering medications as required.
•    Responsible for coordinating with the Obstetrician, Neonatologist / Pediatrician and other allied workers to provide comprehensive care to patients.
•    Prepares mothers for cesarean sections  and provides pre-operative and post-operative care to all patients requiring surgical procedures

•    Actively promotes and assists mothers with breastfeeding, basic newborn care and patient education.
•    Has skills and knowledge on collection of specimens, bloods for diagnostic testing and critical values 
•    Knowledge on ordering blood products and monitors patients when receiving blood products.
•    Knowledge of Obstetric emergencies, nursing management and care as per protocols.
•    Provides appropriate health education to patients and their family
 

Responsibilities

•    Provides surgical care (pre and post-operative), postnatal care, breastfeeding advice and support to women and their babies.
•    Performs initial assessment and reassessment of patients in the department including neonates, pediatric and adult patients
•    Demonstrates knowledge of electronic fetal monitoring using CTG and central monitoring system.
•    Is able to provide a high standard of care to all Specialties that falls within the hospitals scope of practice.
•    Initiates Intravenous Therapy as per Doctors orders 
•    Demonstrates skills in routine care for newborns, rooming in with mothers.
•    Participates in emergency code drills and performs when necessary
•    Acts as Team Leader in the absence of the Charge Nurse and is able to delegate tasks as per skills and scope of practice.
•    Demonstrates knowledge in caring for patients admitted for induction of labor.
•    Monitors early progress of laboring mothers before transferring to labor ward, interprets fetal heart rate and notifies Physician when appropriate for progress or problems.
•    Performs post-partum care of mother, performs fundal massage and monitors vital signs, blood loss as needed and promotes newborn/parent bonding
•    Performs the Appropriateness review of medications before preparing and administering medications as required.
•    Responsible for coordinating with the Obstetrician, Neonatologist / Pediatrician and other allied workers to provide comprehensive care to patients.
•    Prepares mothers for cesarean sections  and provides pre-operative and post-operative care to all patients requiring surgical procedures

•    Actively promotes and assists mothers with breastfeeding, basic newborn care and patient education.
•    Has skills and knowledge on collection of specimens, bloods for diagnostic testing and critical values 
•    Knowledge on ordering blood products and monitors patients when receiving blood products.
•    Knowledge of Obstetric emergencies, nursing management and care as per protocols.
•    Provides appropriate health education to patients and their family
 

Qualifications

•    Have an appropriate license to work as a nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority (DoH, DHA) with all the qualification and experience this mandates.

•    Manage their own professional revalidation
•    Have basic life support qualification (within past 24 months)