Staff Nurse

Job Description

Title: Staff Nurse

Company Name: Asian University for Women (AUW)

Vacancy: 6

Age: At least 20 years

Job Location: Chattogram (Chattogram EPZ, Chattogram Sadar)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 2 years

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Nursing

• At least 2 years

• Age At least 20 years
• Only Female

• Responsibilities of the staff nurse include:

• Providing confidential health advice to individual student.

• Assessing student’s health condition who visits HWC and arranging doctor’s appointment if necessary, or if appropriate, administer them non-prescription drugs (OTC).

• Visiting students in their room if they are too sick to come into HWC and making their assessments.

• Accompanying students for out of campus medical appointments/diagnostics and staying overnight at hospital, if required§ Helping in preparing health care plans for students with disabilities and/or chronic/long-term health conditions.

• Responding to medical emergencies.

• Reporting and isolating students with contagious diseases as per guidelines Preparing plans for managing and controlling any outbreak/onset of infectious diseases.

• Preparing and maintaining students’ health records.

• Documenting the nursing consultation, assessment, and provided medical care.

• Maintaining medicine inventory to support quarterly auditing.

• Conducting workshops/education sessions regarding sexual and reproductive health and providing contraception counselling.

• Coordinating and participating in meetings/events/activities to promote better health care and health care education.

• Participating in trainings for the Student Health Assistant (SHA) employees.

• Mentoring SHAs in conducting clinical and health care education/promotion activities.

• Participating in monthly education sessions for nursing staff.

• Conducting annual vaccination program and keeping vaccination record through Co-verified App*

• Screening new-entry students’ medical forms .

• Coordinating and participating in Annual Student Physical Examination.

• Participating in HWC team meetings as required.

• Assisting superintendent of nurse in overseeing logistics and preparing curriculum of trainings.

• Monitoring the safe storage of all medicines as per requirement§ Maintaining the cleanliness and safety of the medical equipment and instruments as per requirement.

• Researching new or unfamiliar nursing/health topics of relevance and sharing the findings with HWC team to support and promote evidence-based nursing practice.

• As a part of the AUW community, the incumbent is also expected to follow the standards of ethics in and out of the campus. They must treat the students from different background, ethnicity and, nationality equally and with dignity. They would also maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality. Overall, they are expected to create a healthy working environment and build relationship based on mutual respect. AUW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students.

• Clinic Duty Schedule: Staff nurses work in rotation in different shifts.