Senior Specialist Nurse Peadiatric Ward

KPJ Healthcare; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Petaling Jaya is seeking a Senior Specialist Nurse for the Pediatric Ward. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic care to patients, ensuring all doctors' orders are executed, and maintaining high standards of nursing practice. Candidates must be registered with the Nursing Board of Malaysia and have at least 5 years of clinical experience. This role includes shift work and a commitment to patient education and support.

Qualifications

• Registered with Nursing Board of Malaysia with a valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
• Minimum 5 years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse.

Responsibilities

• Understand and carry out nursing care in line with the Vision and Mission Statement.
• Provide individualized holistic care to patients.
• Assist Doctors/Consultants during ward rounds and procedures.

Skills

Holistic patient care

Effective communication

Nursing documentation

Education

Registered Nurse with valid license

5 years of clinical experience

Job description

SENIOR SPECIALIST NURSE, PEADIATRIC WARD

1. Understands and carries out the nursing care in line with Vision and Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives that suit the scope of the Nursing Services.

2. Work shift duties or as assigned by the Unit Manager according to Unit's Operation Hours.

3. Informs Unit Manager when change occurs in circumstance which affect standards of care.

4. Receives and handover report of patient, knows the case in details:

• Progress of the patient.
• Ensure all Doctors' order are carried out before shift change and in taking over case.
• Any incident or problems encountered.

5. Visits every patient in the unit together with the team members on taking over of duties to:

• Access the condition of the patient, compare with report.
• Re-plan nursing care according to assessment or evaluation.
• Determine nursing priorities and plans patient care according to patient's needs and staff availability.

6. Provides individualized holistic care to patients using the Nursing Process approach with proper nursing documentation in patients files and that it is contemporaneous.

7. Reports all abnormal findings and progress of patient to the relevant Doctors / Consultants.

8. Conducts regular nursing rounds on all patients in the ward to ascertain for others additional needs; talk to patient / family members as an integral part of providing emotional support.

9. Follows Doctors/ Consultants ward round and assist them in doing procedures when required.

10. Carries out orders of Doctors/ Consultants pertaining to care of patients and delegates to others team members according to their assignments.

11. Liaises and discusses with the relevant doctors / consultants with regards to care of patients in the unit / ward.

12. Establishes and develops effective communication with all disciplines, patients and relatives, to achieve optimal patient's satisfactions.

13. Attends and participates in unit meetings, dialogue sessions and hospital's activities.

14. Participates in the health education of patients and their families in the ward.

15. Assist the Unit Manager in the administration of the unit/ wards when assigned as shift nurse in charge.

16. Act on behalf of the Unit Manager in setting standards and expectations in the quality of care.

17. Carry out duties and responsibilities of the Unit Manager in her absence as directed.

18. Ensure charges of equipment / consumable items into patient's charges accordingly and checked for completeness.

19. Responsible for checking and documenting supply of sterile packs from CSSS and weekly checking for integrity of packaging.

20. Maintains and documents adequate supply of unit stocks.

21. Carry out assignments scheduled by Unit Manager and provide feedback.

Requirements

• Registered with Nursing Board of Malaysia with a valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse
• Registered Nurse with at least 5 years of clinical experience.