STATE REGISTERED NURSE, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital; Selangor; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital seeks a Registered Nurse to join the unit and deliver professional nursing care to patients, following hospital policies and care standards. You will work under the Unit Manager, perform rounds, monitor patients, and support doctors with treatment plans.

You will maintain meticulous documentation, participate in education and quality improvement, and collaborate with the team to ensure safe, compassionate, high‑quality care across shifts.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with 5+ years of clinical experience and teaching.
• Certifications in BLS, ACLS, PALS and NRP required.
• Proficient in English and Bahasa Malaysia; Microsoft Office literacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care to patients within the unit and adhere to hospital policies and nursing principles.
• Conduct nursing rounds, assess conditions, and determine priorities with the team.
• Coordinate with doctors and staff to execute orders and communicate patient status clearly.
• Maintain meticulous documentation and report abnormal findings promptly.
• Assist with patient transfers, admissions, discharges, and procedures as needed.

Skills

BLS

ACLS

PALS

NRP

Education

Registered Nurse license (Malaysia)

Job description

Accountableforprovidingprofessionalnursingcaretopatientswithinahospitalunit,adheringtohospitalpoliciesandnursingservicesprinciples,policies,andprocedurestoensurehigh-qualitycareispracticed.

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

• Adherence to nursing care vision, mission, goals and objectives, aligns with the scope of nursing services, and performs shift duties as assigned by the Unit Manager to ensure high quality care rendered.

• Notifies the unit manager of any changes in the situation that could impact the standards of care.

• Obtains and handovers a report of patient progress, ensuring all doctor’s orders are followed before changing or over taking shifts and notifying any incidents or problems encountered.

• Visit patients in the unit with team members to assess conditions, revisit nursing care, and determine nursing priorities based on patient needs and staff availability.

• Provides personalized, comprehensive care to patients, ensuring meticulous documentation and prompt communication of abnormal findings, and provides exceptional critical care for severe conditions using advanced life support technologies like mechanical ventilation, IABP, CRRT, pacemakers, and acute myocardial infarctions.

• Conducted nursing rounds on patients, provided emotional support and accompanied doctors while doing rounds, and assisted in procedures as needed.

• Executing the doctor’s orders, coordinating with team members related to patients’ treatment, and fostering effective communication with all disciplines, patients, and relatives to ensure patient satisfaction.

• Provide clear, compassionate, and culturally sensitive communication with patients, ensuring their understanding of their condition, treatment options, and care plan in a comprehensive manner.

• Actively participates in the health education, dialogue sessions, and hospital activities

• Provides continuous cardiac monitoring, recording patient assessments, rhythm strips, and collaborating with physicians to administer inotropic support, interpret ECG and ABG results, identify abnormalities, inform consultants, ensure optimal patient care, and complete the 24-hour Critical Care Chart and related forms.

• Assist with patient transfer inter services and discharge procedures, scheduling specialist clinic appointments (if needed), handling death cases with respect, and ensuring safe transfer to the mortuary.

• Collaborate with the unit manager in administration, setting care standards, and fulfilling duties in the absence of the unit manager, while also carrying out assigned tasks and providing feedback.

• Charge accurately, incorporating charges for equipment and consumable items into the patient’s charges and verifying their completeness.

• Inspect and document the supply of sterile packs to ensure the integrity of the packaging and maintain an adequate supply of unit stock from CSSS.

HUMAN RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT

• Accountable for personal and professional growth keeps up to date with professional change bymaintainingmandatory learning hours.

• Executes continuous professional development through annual competency evaluations and privileges every 3 years and is proficient in performing cannulations and medication calculations.

• Participatesand contributes to the teaching program of the unit / ward and orientation of new members of staff to the ward routine.

• Engage in the supervision of staff, which includes:

• Assistant Nurses, Midwives, and Care Assistants and student nurses assigned to the unit for their clinical experience to achievethe clinicalattachmentobjectives.

• Collaborates with the unit manager to evaluate staff performance, provide constructive feedback, andoptimizestaff, supply, and serviceutilizationfor efficient resource allocation and coordination with consultants for effective bed management.

• Participateand contribute to the development and maintenance of the nursing process, ensuring effective patient care and documentation.

• Participatesin research initiatives and advocates for quality improvement through evidence-based practice.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

• Participatesin the review and revision of nursing policies, procedures, and work instructions,providingvaluable insights, promoting best practices foroptimalpatient care, and continuously improving the process.

• Inspect the Psychotropic drugs with thepreviousshift’s nurse in charge and adhere to hospital policies and procedures in medication care, custody, and administration.

• Checks daily and audits resuscitation trolley periodically as scheduled.

• Promotes infection prevention and control by ensuring staff follow protocols, implementing surveillance activities,demonstratingcommitment through personal involvement, and monitoring patients usingappropriate carebundles.

• Maintainconfidentiality of patient’s personal and medical history

FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

• Operatesand maintains specialized equipment in a unit, guidingnew staffon the use of it andmaintainingaccuraterecords.

• Conducts comprehensive pre-use checks on vital equipment, such as ventilators, to ensure their safe and optimal functioning and readiness for use and collaborate with the unit manager in maintaining equipment, medical supplies, and drugs, ensuring proper functioning and service according to the PPM schedule.

• Notify biomedical personnelof faulty equipmentandassistinmaintaininginstruments and equipment through proper cleaning, handling, disinfection, and usage.

• Participatein a quarterly stock count with the finance staff

SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES

• Conduct thorough investigations, root cause analyses,appropriate responseactions, andtimelycompletion of incident reports within the stipulatedtimeframe.

• Collaborate with unit manager to collect and evaluate clinical and administrative data,participatein hospital-wide surveys like MSQH, JCI, IMSand etc.for continuous quality improvement efforts.

• Participateand contribute to the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative certification, with a focus on promoting exclusive breastfeeding.

• Adhere to the Occupational Safety and Health Act and Regulations 1994, which mandate reasonable work care, employer cooperation, protective equipment use, patient safety goals, World Alliance recommendations, patient and family rights policies, standard people practice, 5S activities.

• Participatein and support activities aimed at the continuous improvement of nursing services, including quality assurance, infection control, and fire and safety programs.

JOBREQUIREMENT

Education:

• Registered with the Nursing Board of Malaysia with a valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse.

Knowledge and Experiences:

• Registered Nurse with at least 5 years of clinical experience and diversity in clinical experience and teaching.

Skills & Competencies:

• Possesscertifications in BLS, ACLS, PALS and NRPSpecial skills arerequired.
• Proficient in writing and conversing in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
• Microsoft Office literacy

Personal attributes

• Have interpersonal and communication skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Willingness to work on scheduled hours, shifts and weekends, public holidays, and any time called during an emergency.
• Passionate and committed to patient-centered care and continuous quality improvement.
• High integrity, patience, and attention to detail.
• Be a positive and effective team player or team leader.