POSITION: STAFF NURSE - BREAT CARE CLINIC

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

General:

•Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process.

•Performs patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.

•Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.

•Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.

•Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.

•Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs. Revise the care plan as necessary.

•Initiates appropriate transfer plan.

•Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.

•Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.

•Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.

•Performs clerical duties when needed.

•Assumes responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education (e.g. fire, safety, infection control and others).

•Participates in staff meetings and unit committees/projects.

•Participates in developing and achieving unit goals.

•Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff.

•Performs safe handling and administrating of Narcotic/Controlled and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.

•Ensures completion of unit competencies i.e. pain management, and utilization of Emergency department devices.

•Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.

•Completes yearly, the critical care nursing competencies (basic).

•Participates in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities (data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, medication error reporting etc.).

•Participates in ongoing educational activities.

•Maintains mandatory educational requirements.

•Performs additional duties when required.

Unit Specific:

•Provides assistance during Ultrasound-Guided Core Biopsy or Lymph Node Biopsy procedures.

•Offers support in Stereotactic Biopsy procedures.

•Assists in Breast Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA).

•Performs Seed Placement procedures

•Supports in Wire Localization procedures.

Position Qualification:

•Bachelor's degree in nursing (minimum of three (3) years full-time course duration) or

•Must hold a valid License/Registration to practice in their home country and/or country of last employment (where applicable)

•Must hold a minimum of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

•Minimum of two (2) years of recent post-graduate experience in a Breast Care setting

•Knowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age, appropriateness, and developmental needs of patients

•Skills in the assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs

•Skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritising care based on individual needs

•Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification is essential      

•   Demonstrates problem solving/critical thinking skills ensuring effective functioning of unit routine.
•   Collaborates with multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
•   Demonstrates organizational skills as team leader/in-charge nurse as required.
•   Participates in staff meetings and unit committees/projects.
•   Demonstrates cooperation, coordination and respect among individuals/departments in order to provide excellent customer service (internal and external).
•   Participates in developing and achieving unit goals.
•   Performs additional duties when required.
•   Demonstrates skills in continual critical care assessment of patient, family's physical and psychological needs.
•   Demonstrates skill in co-ordination and planning of critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizing care, based on individual needs. Revises care plan as necessary.
•   Demonstrates knowledge of and the ability to render care and services based on needs, age appropriateness and developmental stage of patients.
•   Performs nursing interventions/procedures in accordance with established standards of care and policy and procedures.
•   Assists medical colleagues with diagnostic therapeutic interventions.
•   Maintains accurate and thorough documentation following established standards.
•   Floats to other areas within the hospital when required.
•   Shares knowledge and skills with colleagues and others.
•   Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff.

•   Demonstrates knowledge and clinical expertise of Infection Control issues, reports and documents as directed in the Infection Control policies and procedures.
•   As Registered Nurse understands the responsibilities of safe handling, drawing, administrating Narcotic/Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.
•   Maintains commitment to professional development of self through completion of unit competencies i.e. pain management, utilization of auto-transfusion devices.
•   Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice. Completes yearly, the critical care nursing competencies (basic). Shows a willingness to work towards completion of intermediate and advanced practice competencies
•   Actively participates in unit-based CQI activities (data collection, CQI teams, etc.).
•   Serves if required on hospital wide CQI teams/ committees/ task forces.
•   Actively participates in Continuous Quality Improvement Plan by using incident reporting, customer complaint reporting and medication error reporting.
•   Assesses education needs and provides effective and age appropriate education to patients/families.
•   Participates in ongoing educational activities.
•   Maintains mandatory educational requirements.
•   Contributes to professional development of colleagues.

•   Bachelor Degree in Nursing (duration not less than three years) or
•   Diploma in Nursing (not less than three academic years in nursing only)
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

•   Current license to practice nursing
•   BCLS certification
•   ACLS certification to be achieved within 6 months of employment.
•   At least 2 years' experience in critical care nursing

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