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• Promotes and restores patients’ health
  by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and
  multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological
  support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team
  members.
• Identifies patient care requirements by
  establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other
  persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship
  among health care teams by communicating information; responding to
  requests; participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Establishes a compassionate environment
  by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients,
  friends, and families.
• Actively promotes patient’s independence
  by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family
  to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering
  questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to
  therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care
  goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments;
  following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of
  care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other
  governing agency regulations..
• Resolves patient problems and needs by
  utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean working
  environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling
  for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Protects patients and employees by
  adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication
  administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance
  regulations.
• Documents patient care services by
  charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams
  by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing
  needs.
• Maintains patient confidence and
  protects operations by keeping information confidential. title: nurse,
  registered
• Ensures operation of equipment by
  completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer’s
  instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs;
  maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and
  techniques.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by
  checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies;
  placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies;
  using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Participate in ward side nursing procedures
  as a member of the caring team
• Prepare and perform sterile procedure
  and support the Medical Doctor in their delivery of medical services
• Ensure patients are comfortable, in a
  healthy and secure environment to enhance quick recovery.
• Conduct observations, diagnosis, and
  nursing procedures and give necessary treatment in consultation with the Medical
  Officer.
• Participate in drug supply management
  that includes drug requisition, monitoring consumption and supervision of
  the drug dispensing process.
• Coordinate nursing activities in the
  wards and ensure patient focused approach is used at all times.
• Offer support to the Medical Officer in
  keeping simple books of accounts and make estimates for the wards and
  other units.
• Maintain personal contact with patients,
  take note of their complaints, carry out corrective measure and escalate
  for further action if necessary.
• Prepare and send progress reports
  covering the areas of operation.
• Manage patients with confidentiality and
  adherence to the professional code of conduct.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

• The applicant should preferably hold
  relevant qualifications and experience

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