General Nurse
Job Description
Title: General Nurse
Company Name: Friendship
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Nursing
Experience Requirements:
∎ 1 to 2 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Responsible for closely observing patients, noting specific procedures and prescribed medication for each case;
∎ Identify sudden or subtle changes in a patient’s medical condition.
∎ Able to perform bedside diagnostic tests
∎ Able to maintain patient records
∎ Assisting doctors in providing physical assessments and administering treatments;
∎ Monitoring vital signs and ensuring the proper functions of feeding tubes, ventilators, catheters, and other life support equipment;
∎ Attending to the patient’s overall needs, such as feeding, bathing and grooming, dressing replacement, medication intake, and comfort.
∎ Able to work efficiently with other practical nurses and nursing assistants in the ICU ward and be able to provide clear directions and guidance for procedures and routines.
∎ S/he should also be able to provide support and education to the patient’s family, answering questions and giving vital instructions on how to care for the patient.
∎ Conduct physical exams
∎ Take detailed health care histories
∎ Listen to patients and analyze their physical and emotional needs
∎ Provide counseling and health care education to patients
∎ Coordinate care with other health care providers and specialists
∎ Stay current with advances in health care options, medications, and treatment plans
∎ Draw blood, and perform other health-related testing
∎ Check a patient’s vital signs
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 20 to 25 years
∎ List of Nursing Skills
∎ Administering and monitoring moderate sedation
∎ Appearance/character of urine and stool assessment
∎ Assessing the respiratory system
∎ Care of drains/tubes
∎ Chest tube management
∎ Collaboration and Teamwork
∎ Critical decision-making
∎ Fall risk assessment/prevention
∎ General medicine expertise
∎ IV Therapy
∎ National patient safety goals/core measures
∎ Nebulizer treatments
∎ Obtaining cultures for septic workup (e.g. blood, sputum, catheter tips)
∎ Obtaining peripheral venous blood
∎ Patient rights
∎ Performing complex dressing changes
∎ Restraints/use of least restrictive device
∎ Seizure precautions
∎ Specimen collection
∎ ICU Nursing Skills List
∎ Automatic Internal Cardioverter Defib (AICD)
∎ Cardiogenic/Hypovolemic Shock patient care
∎ Chest Tubes (Pleur-Evac)
∎ Hickman/Broviac/Groshong catheter
∎ Identification and intervention during complications (CSG leak, clot, herniation, tension pneumothorax, aspiration, pulmonary edema, etc.)
∎ Nebulizer treatments
∎ Pain management
∎ Renal failure (acute/chronic) patient care
∎ Seizure precautions
∎ Ventricular Assist Device (RVAD/LVAD) patient care
∎ Certified Nursing Assistant Skills List
∎ Assisting with using a bedpan
∎ Changing bed linen
∎ Radial pulse
∎ Measuring and recording respiration
∎ Catheter care
∎ Electronic documentation
∎ Following care plans
∎ Adaptive equipment and safety devices
∎ Recording vital signs
∎ Mentoring
∎ Emergency Nursing Skills List
∎ Burn patients
∎ Care of drains/tubes
∎ CCU
∎ ER Level 1 (Trauma)
∎ ICU
∎ Pain management
∎ Specimen Collections
∎ Telemetry/Stepdown
∎ Transport and set-up
∎ Use of hypothermia blanket
∎ Med-Surg Nursing Skills List
∎ Administering and monitoring IV anticoagulants
∎ General medicine/surgery expertise
∎ Inserting IVs/IV therapy
∎ IV Certified
∎ Monitoring and assessing I&O
∎ Obtaining peripheral venous blood
∎ Performing complex dressing changes
∎ Using PCA System
∎ Using PICC, Hickman, Central Line
∎ Using SCD or venodyne devices
∎ Pediatric Nursing Skills List
∎ Administering and monitoring 02 therapy
∎ Administering blood and blood values
∎ Appearance/character of urine and stool assessment
∎ Assessing the respiratory system
∎ Bowel sound assessment
∎ Caring for child patients with Meningococcemia
∎ Chest tube management
∎ Immunocompromised patient care
∎ Knowledge of Jehovah Witness patient protocol
∎ Obtaining cultures for septic workup (e.g. blood, sputum, catheter tips)
∎ Labor and Delivery Nursing Skills List
∎ Application of external ECG/TOCO EFM
∎ Assisting with the insertion of IUPC
∎ Conducting NST/BSST
∎ Emergency C-section set up
∎ Management of fetal demise/stillborn
∎ Pitocin Titration for induction/augmentation
∎ Procedures for prolapsed cord, placenta previa, hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, etc.
∎ LPN Nursing Skills List
∎ Acute and rehabilitative care
∎ Admitting and discharging
∎ Care plan assessment
∎ Collaboration
∎ Communication
∎ GI feeding and tubes
∎ Meditech documentation
∎ • Patient/family education
∎ • PICC Line care
∎ • Pre-death monitoring
Salary: Negotiable
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 17 Apr 2023
Company Information:
∎ 10 Apr 2023
∎ Friendship
∎ Address : K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.friendship.ngo
Category: NGO/Development
: “FRIENDSHIP is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and employees, Donors, visiting Doctors, visiting Journalists, visitors, beneficiaries including communities where we work and volunteers/interns. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with, has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure fully include background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding. FRIENDSHIP is an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us. Any personal persuasion will result in a disqualification of candidature”.Photograph must be enclosed with the resume.
