Staff Nurse

Job Detail

Job Responsibilities • Give nursing care, including medication, treatment and dealing with emergencies as well as supervision of the personal hygiene of the residents; • Teach, guide and discipline the resident; • Ensure the general cleanliness of the premises; • Ensure that the treatment room, sickbay, time out room and nurse’s station are kept clean and tidy Duties • Managing and planning roster for staff. • Screen, treat and provide nursing care to sick residents; • Attend/carry out routine procedures for all new admissions and residents returned from absconding; • Refer sick residents for medical examination by the doctor; • Arrange the appointment cards and transport of residents attending appointments at hospitals and polyclinics; • Follow-up on residents who have been referred to hospitals; • Update the residents’ medical cards daily eg. diagnosis, treatment, transfer, appointments and discharges from hospitals; • Serve medication to residents and supervise residents at meal times; • Give first-aid treatment for emergency cases; • Refer ill residents to hospital in the absence of the doctor; • Supervise and mentor new Staff Nurses, Senior Enrolled Nurses and Enrolled Nurses • Supervise the needs of residents who are attending morning school or going to work; • Carry out necessary investigation arising from any incident that had taken place in the Home and update the Superintendent and Manager; • Order and maintain supplies and equipment; • Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Superintendent from time to time.