Job Description

Title: Nurse - Floating Hospital

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: --

Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Minimum Salary: Negotiable

Published: 19 Nov 2024

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Administer prescribed medication and clinical advise appropriately for the admitted patient.
∎ Assess pre-operative patients.
∎ Assist at operation theater during surgery/procedure and camp.
∎ Manage post-operative patients.
∎ Help in health education session.
∎ Provide professional nursing care for the patient.
∎ Maintain patient confidentiality and privacy.
∎ Administer prescribed medications, applies sterile dressings.
∎ Appropriately maintain infection control protocol for the admitted patient.
∎ Practice universal precautions to reduce infection.
∎ Provide professional nursing care for the patients.
∎ Prepare equipment and assist physicians during examinations and treatment.
∎ Collect patient relevant investigation at bedside before doctor round.
∎ Follow up with lab and x ray department for the report.
∎ Perform ECG.
∎ Performs phlebotomy when required.
∎ Documents patient care services by charting patient and department records.
∎ During health camp, assist health team during patient screening and pre and post-operative patient management.
∎ Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
∎ Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of patient records.
∎ Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventory; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
∎ Develop professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, establishing personal networks, participating in professional training organized by the professional society and organization.
∎ Maintain teamwork among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving activities/initiatives.
∎ Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
∎ Maintain meticulous patient record appropriately and maintain in-patient file properly.
∎ Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other people in a position to understand care requirements.
∎ Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
∎ Respect patients’ needs and requirements and address accordingly.
∎ Deal patient with appropriate manner and caring attitude.
∎ Increase acceptance, awareness and reinforce positive attitude in the Friendship working area towards the health programs through different awareness building and motivational activities.
∎ Attending the outdoor patients as when necessary for health care or referral.
∎ Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
∎ Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
∎ Ability to work under stress.
∎ Ability to tolerate long standing duties during surgery.
∎ Follow the values and code of ethics of Friendship and work according to policy.
∎ Counseling of patient & taking consent for any procedure, interventions, or surgeries during secondary health camps.
∎ Taking care of post-operative patients during secondary health medical camp.
∎ Help OT assistant to make list of selected surgical/medical patients for the camp.
∎ Assist Lab Technologist for ECG as well as X-ray Technician for x-ray services for female patients when needed.
∎ Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
∎ Appropriately follow safeguarding policy.
∎ Show empathy to the patients. Deal with patients politely and maintain professional relationships.
∎ Introduce yourself to patients before delivering any service to the patient/client.
∎ Diploma in nursing and midwifery recognized by Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council (BNMC).
∎ Should have valid board registration.
∎ Preferably 03 years’ practical experience.
∎ Excellent communication skills and desire to learn.
∎ Flexible, highly committed & motivated to work in remote locations, specially in riverine areas.
∎ Strong interpersonal and professional skills.
∎ Capability to work individually and under pressure.
∎ Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) are other pre-requisites.
∎ Responsibilitires:
∎ Administer prescribed medication and clinical advise appropriately for the admitted patient.
∎ Assess pre-operative patients.
∎ Assist at operation theater during surgery/procedure and camp.
∎ Manage post-operative patients.
∎ Help in health education session.
∎ Provide professional nursing care for the patient.
∎ Maintain patient confidentiality and privacy.
∎ Activities:
∎ Administer prescribed medications, applies sterile dressings.
∎ Appropriately maintain infection control protocol for the admitted patient.
∎ Practice universal precautions to reduce infection.
∎ Provide professional nursing care for the patients.
∎ Prepare equipment and assist physicians during examinations and treatment.
∎ Collect patient relevant investigation at bedside before doctor round.
∎ Follow up with lab and x ray department for the report.
∎ Perform ECG.
∎ Performs phlebotomy when required.
∎ Documents patient care services by charting patient and department records.
∎ During health camp, assist health team during patient screening and pre and post-operative patient management.
∎ Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
∎ Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of patient records.
∎ Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventory; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
∎ Develop professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, establishing personal networks, participating in professional training organized by the professional society and organization.
∎ Maintain teamwork among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving activities/initiatives.
∎ Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
∎ Maintain meticulous patient record appropriately and maintain in-patient file properly.
∎ Quality:
∎ Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other people in a position to understand care requirements.
∎ Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
∎ Respect patients’ needs and requirements and address accordingly.
∎ Deal patient with appropriate manner and caring attitude.
∎ Increase acceptance, awareness and reinforce positive attitude in the Friendship working area towards the health programs through different awareness building and motivational activities.
∎ Attending the outdoor patients as when necessary for health care or referral.
∎ Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
∎ Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
∎ Working environment:
∎ Ability to work under stress.
∎ Ability to tolerate long standing duties during surgery.
∎ Follow the values and code of ethics of Friendship and work according to policy.
∎ Counseling of patient & taking consent for any procedure, interventions, or surgeries during secondary health camps.
∎ Taking care of post-operative patients during secondary health medical camp.
∎ Help OT assistant to make list of selected surgical/medical patients for the camp.
∎ Assist Lab Technologist for ECG as well as X-ray Technician for x-ray services for female patients when needed.
∎ Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
∎ Appropriately follow safeguarding policy.
∎ Client care issues:
∎ Show empathy to the patients. Deal with patients politely and maintain professional relationships.
∎ Introduce yourself to patients before delivering any service to the patient/client.
∎ Skill and Competencies:
∎ Diploma in nursing and midwifery recognized by Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council (BNMC).
∎ Should have valid board registration.
∎ Preferably 03 years’ practical experience.
∎ Excellent communication skills and desire to learn.
∎ Flexible, highly committed & motivated to work in remote locations, specially in riverine areas.
∎ Strong interpersonal and professional skills.
∎ Capability to work individually and under pressure.
∎ Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) are other pre-requisites.
∎ Read Before Apply
∎ “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.

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Company Information:
∎ Friendship
∎ K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ https://friendship.ngo/

Address::
∎ K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ https://friendship.ngo/

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 25 Nov 2024

Category: NGO/Development