• Provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members
• Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment
• Work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings
• Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation
• Understand and analyse assessment information and data to determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues
• Define predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care
• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient's bystanders
• Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities
• Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice
• Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations
• Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as Basic Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment
• Administer medications and monitor patients for side effects and reactions
• Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor for reactions
• Provide wound care management
• Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed
• Facilitate safe patient admission, transfer and discharge
• Demonstrate competency with mandatory and unit specific competencies on the Elsevier platform to ensure adherence to evidence based practices
• Demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols relevant to the department
• Participate in ongoing programs and certification to support professional growth and maintain clinical competency
• Comply with unit Scope of Service
• Complete care and safety of allocated neonates
• Care for critically ill, unconscious, or ventilated neonates
• Accurate monitoring of vital signs, hemodynamics, and oxygenation and recording of patient condition
• Report any abnormality in patient condition immediately to medical staff and escalate as required
• Be competent in all aspects of neonatal nursing care
• Assist to resuscitate an asphyxiated newborn
• Consult and cooperate with medical staff on the care of the mother and baby
• Support relatives’ emotional needs during stressful situations and bereavement
• Perform duties based on professional ethics, assuring privacy and maintaining confidentiality
• Safe custody and administration of drugs/narcotics as per hospital policy
• Educate the family regarding growth and development, milestones, feeding, disease, medication, pain management and provide educational materials as available
• Promote and teach breastfeeding
• Perform competency in point of care testing and ensure quality requirements
• Handle all equipment in the unit and ensure equipment is maintained in good working order, reporting faults to Nurse Manager/Engineering
• Ensure complete ward requirements, stock verification and inventories
• Recognize and respond promptly to code situations (e.g., Code Blue)
• Maintain detailed and accurate documentation in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record) and physical flow charts
• Maintain unit specific and general nursing competencies by Elsevier

Desired Candidate Profile

• Appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with required qualifications and experience
• Ability to manage own professional re-licensure
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card
• Willingness to work across departments and be on call when necessary
• Competency in neonatal nursing and emergency/critical care
• Proficiency with EMR documentation and point of care testing
• Familiarity with Elsevier competency platform and evidence based practices