Job Description

1) SUMMARY OF DUTIES

• Assist to monitor mothers and babies well being and detect any abnormalities during pregnancy.

• Assist doctor in conducting delivery.

• Responsible for post natal personal hygiene and their comfort.

2) JOB REQUIREMENT

Organization & Management

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

• Works shift duties or as assigned by Unit Manager according to Unit’s Operational Hours.

• Informs Unit Manager/RN when change occurs in circumstances that affect standards of care.

• Receives report of the patients, provides individualized holistic patient care as assigned by the Registered Nurse/ Nurse In-Charge.

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

• Assists the registered nurse in:

- Monitor patients’ vital signs, record and report accordingly.

- Performing simple dressing as ordered by the doctor.

- Admission, transfer and discharge of patients.

- Collection of specimens, dispatch them to the laboratory and brings back the result.

- Taking diet orders for the new admission see to change of diet order for discharged, post-operative and expired patient.

- Measuring and recording intake and output chart.

• Supervises dietary staff in serving meals/ help to feed patient orally or by tube.

- Establish the highest standard of nursing care.

- Smooth workflow which produces quality nursing care.

- Establish a good working environment in which patients receive a high standard of care.

- Maintain standard of nursing care and good rapport with patient and family.

• Follows consultants’ round if the registered nurse is not available.

• Assists consultant in doing procedures and resuscitation of patient in emergency situation.

• Assist the Unit Manager / Nurse In-Charge:

- Keep accurate record of linen, equipment and medical supplies.

- Sorts out old linen and equipment’s for condemn if applicable.

• Check patient’s charges are charged accordingly and for completeness.

• Attends meetings held by the services in order to discuss issues and matters pertaining to the operation of the service.

Human Resource & Development

• Takes personal responsibility for own professional development and keeps up to date with professional change and growth by maintaining mandatory learning hours.

• Participates in the orientation of new members of staff to the ward routine.

• Involves in the supervision of the lower categories of staff, e. g Care Assistants.

• Participates actively in any other new service that is introduced.

• Maintain the record of personal leave and training attended.

Policies & Procedures

• Adheres to the hospital policies and procedure and nursing code of conduct.

• Contributes suggestions in periodic revision and upgrading of Nursing Policies and Procedures and relevant work instructions.

• Ensure all staff complies with Prevention and Control of Infection including implementation of surveillance activity in the unit and evidence of involvement.

• Maintain confidentiality of patient’s personal and medical history.

• Checks daily and audits resuscitation trolley periodically as scheduled.

Facilities & Equipment

• Operates / maintains the biomedical equipment assigned to the unit and provides assistance / guidance to new staff in their use.

• Assists the Unit Manager in keeping accurate records of equipment, medical supplies and drugs in the unit / ward.

• Checks that all equipment in the ward are functioning well and service according to PPM schedule.

• Report to Bio Medical personnel if any faulty and takes necessary action accordingly.

• Assists in maintenance of instruments and equipment by proper cleaning, handling, disinfect and utilizing as directed.

Safety & Quality Improvement Activites

• Fully receptive and supportive in the activities that contribute towards continuous improvement of nursing service e.g. Quality Assurance, Infection Control and Fire and Safety Program.

• Conduct investigation and root cause analysis in any incident in the services, takes appropriate action and ensure completion of incident reports within stipulated time frame.

• Carries out duties as an employee as stipulated in Occupational Safety and Health Act and Regulations 1994:-

- To take reasonable care at work for the safety of yourself and other persons;

- To co-operate with your employer or any other person in the discharge of any duty;

- To wear or use any protective equipment or clothing provided by the employer;

- To comply with any instruction or measure on occupational safety and health.

• Ensures compliance of Patient safety goals as safety improvement measures recommended by World Alliance for Patient Safety.

• Ensures the policies on Patient and Family’s Rights are addressed at all times.

• Complies with the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Breastfeeding Policy, and protect, promote and support Baby Friendly Hospital activities.

• Participates in 5S activities and comply with the specified requirements.

• Ensures all staff adheres to Standard People Practice (SPP) at all times.

• Ensure all policies and procedures of ISO 37001 Anti Bribery Management System (ABMS) are adhered to and responsible for integrity principles, practice and activities at hospitals & companies if and when these programs are implemented.

3) ADDITIONAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist to monitor and assess the progress of antenatal mothers in the ward:

- Abdominal palpation for presentation and movement of the fetus.

- Timing contractions.

- Listen to fetal heart.

- CTG monitoring.

- Performs vaginal examination when necessary.

• To report if there any abnormalities detected.

• Carries out daily routine examination of mother’s weight, blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration.

• Assist to observe if there is leaking liquor, vaginal bleeding, show or any early rupture of membrane.

• Helps to record intake and output chart.

• Responsible to monitor closely for surgery.

• Helps to send patients to operation theatre and fetch back after surgery.

• Perform vulva swabbing, care of episiotomy wound.

• Check fundal height of Uterus, bladder and lochia.

• Encourages and assists mothers with breastfeeding.

• Gives health talks on the diet, post natal exercise, care of episiotomy wound, advantages of breastfeeding, care of newborn, immunizations and birth spacing, remind mother the importance of follow-up.

• Prepares to teach, interpret and provide support as an integral part of her services when conducting Home Nursing to postnatal mother.

4) JOB REQUIREMENT

• State of midwife Division II Valid license to practice as a Midwife.

• Able to communicate fluently and write in English language and Bahasa Malaysia.

• Experience working in hospital based.

• Have interpersonal and communication skills.

• Caring, honest and responsible worker.

• Willingness to work on scheduled hours, shift, and weekends, public holidays, on-call and anytime when called during emergency.

• Has good communication, counseling and interpersonal skills.

• Able to guide Care Assistant, student nurse and other related nursing support staff.

• Possess the attitude to make the patient care the primary concern, treating every patient compassionately, demonstrating and an aspiration to altruism.

• Seek to treat, maintain patient’s dignity, privacy, autonomy and confidentiality.

• Prepared to work as a team member.