Enrolled Nurse (Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) / Anaesthesia Nurse)

Overview  

You will be responsible to assist the nursing team in providing personalized, specialised and cost-effective care to the patients in accordance to established hospital policies and procedures, standards of nursing care and practices.    

 Job Responsibilities

· Perform physiological and physical assessment of the patients upon arrival to PACU  

· Assess patient level of comfort and administer analgesic as ordered by the anaesthetist  

· Perform Nurse Led Discharge for post-operative patient  

· Arrange for bed for patients upon arrival to PACU  

· Perform handover of patient’s information to Courier Nurse upon discharge  

· Promotes and maintains a safe, clean, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients, staff and visitors  

· Collaborates and co-operates with other surgical team members and healthcare workers in the smooth delivery of patient care and services  

· Performs a systematic and continuous assessment of patient in the immediate post-anaesthesia period  

· Develops and implements nursing care based on analysis of individualized patient assessment  · Delivers safe and competent nursing care to surgical patients in the immediate post-anaesthesia period  

· Communicates, documents and evaluates patient’s plan of care  

· Handles controlled drugs as per hospital policy (applicable to RN)  

· Promotes and maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients, staff and visitors  

· Perform nurse led monitoring for cataract cases

Requirements  

· Enrolled Nurse with the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB)  

· Recognised Enrolled Nurse Certificate or equivalent as approved by SNB  

· At least 2 years working experience in Anaesthetic Unit/ Post Anaesthesia Care Unit is highly preferred  

· Good interpersonal and communication skills  

· Compassionate, positive and caring nature  

· Prepared to work on 3 rotating shifts