To provide quality patient care by
•Providing quality basic and specialized nursing care
•Continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patient’s condition
•Administering of medication in accordance to ethical, legal framework
•Review and comply with internal policies and protocols
•Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to the unit specification
•Advocate the patient by motivating acuity to the case management and notify the doctor of any limitations
Provide effective people management by
•Interacting and communicating with a multi-disciplinary team
•Provide training and development to ensure personal and professional growth
•Ensure the ICU team works according to the scope of practice in order to ensure the correct skills mix is utilized
•Supervision that allocated duties are completed and patient care rendered
•Motivate team to participate in Company projects e.g. CARE program, Domino
Provide effective cost management by
•Managing all stock used according to unit specific policies and protocols
•Control and manage staff hours leave in accordance with the company policy
Provide effective Infection Control and Health and Safety by
•Maintaining a safe and holistic patient environment in order to enforce infection control
•Promoting a safe and healthy working environment by completing alerts and incident reports to the Quality Manager.
Ensuring effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders by
•Conducting in-service orientation on doctor specific preferences
•Execute doctors’ requests and prescriptions after patient rounds
•Assisting in multi-disciplinary team members with the execution of their duties
Ensuring the effective functioning of equipment and instrumentation
•Check equipment and instrumentation are in working condition on a daily basis and report any defaults to Unit Manager and Clinical Engineer
•Educate and supervise staff and doctors on the correct utilisation of specialised equipment and instrumentation
Ensuring effective record keeping by
•Ensuring records and accurately completed and stored in accordance with legal and ethical requirements
