Job Description
Key responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments and implement individualised care plans for critically ill and high-dependency patients.
- Provide continuous monitoring and management of patients’ vital signs, neurological status, haemodynamic parameters and overall clinical condition.
- Provide specialised nursing care to patients requiring mechanical ventilation, oxygen therapy, vasoactive medications, sedation and other critical care interventions.
- Recognise and promptly respond to clinical deterioration and emergencies, including cardiac arrest, initiating appropriate interventions and escalation.
- Ensure safe medication administration, infection prevention and control, pressure injury prevention and other critical care patient safety practices.
- Maintain accurate nursing documentation, fluid balance records, observation charts and structured patient handovers while providing appropriate patient and family support.
- Ensure readiness and proper utilisation of critical care equipment and supplies, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and participate in clinical audits, mortality reviews, CME and quality improvement initiatives.
Qualification: Diploma
Requirements
Diploma
