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Assistant Nurse / Senior Assistant Nurse / Principal Assistant Nurse (All Settings)* (JR785) - Alexandra Hospital

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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

Primary Responsibilities:

Assist The Registered Nurse (RN) In The Following

  • Admission, transfer and discharge of patients
  • Patient care activities such as monitoring, documenting and reporting of patients' conditions and progress; escalating and notifying RN of all unusual observations or happenings
  • Preparation of trolleys and equipment for ward-based procedures e.g. blood culture, CVP / PICC, intra-pleural drain, lumbar puncture etc
  • Perioperative care e.g. preoperative preparation, sending and receiving patients from operating theatres / endoscopy
  • Perform basic cardiac life support
  • Attends to patients' care needs in their activities of living, such as bathing, feeding and toileting, skin care, lifting, mobilising and transportation
  • Applies critical thinking skills during problem solving
  • Practices safe care within own level of competency
  • Displays compassion, a positive and caring attitude towards patients
  • Adhere to proper use and care of equipment
  • Maintains a clean and safe working environment

Secondary Responsibilities

  • Participates in continuing professional development activities to maintain competency in areas of practice
  • Participates in continuous quality improvement activities and research process
  • Supervise and guide nursing students, new joiners, graduated enrolled nurses and junior staff in their work
  • Performs any other additional duties as assigned by Nurse Management Team

Requirements

  • Recognised Enrolled Nurse Certificate or equivalent as approved by the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB)
  • At least 2 years working experience in acute setting
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Compassionate, positive and caring nature
  • Prepared to work on 3 rotating shifts
  • Fresh Local ITE graduates welcomed to apply

If the role sounds interesting to you, please contact '[email protected]' to understand more on the role. Please indicate the position that you are interested in the subject heading.