Accountabilities - Knowing, promoting, implementing and following up the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensuring high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment. Respecting medical secrets and confidentiality at all times.
- Organizing and carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations, daily rounds and other medical procedures. Participating in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary.
- Identifying Sexually Gender Based Violence victims and referring them to the medical team so they can receive the necessary treatment. Knowing and is aware of the importance and appropriate use of the Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit
- Ensuring patients are properly received and installed and that those with lack of autonomy are assisted, especially regarding their feeding, personal hygiene, movements and comfort. For ER and OPD nurse, ensuring triage of patients in waiting areas, wards or during emergencies, detecting the priority acute/emergency cases, carrying out first aid care and referring them to the doctor when necessary
- Sending material to be sterilized and recuperates it from sterilization
- Carrying out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients (i.e. assessment of the evolution of their state of health and the identification of any emergency situation or deterioration
- Carrying and supervising administrative procedures and documents (fill in patient’s files, forms, consumptions, statistics, registers, health files, etc.), ensuring an appropriate written/oral handover, and reporting any problematic situations and cases that may arise. Participating in data collection and keeping doctors/supervisors informed.
- Participating in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control and maintenance (quality and its functioning, storage conditions, follow-up of expired drugs inventories, stock takes of medicines and material at every team changeover ensuring no material is taken out of nursing area/wards without prior authorisation, etc.)
- Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Fol-lowing the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning.
- Supervising and training nurse-aids, nutritional assistants, cleaners and other related staff under his/her supervision, ensuring teamwork and adherence to all appropriate protocols and procedures.
This position will be based in a Cholera Treatment Unit in Al Hol Camp. Specific accountabilities includes: Triage- Carries out a rapid evaluation of all patients on arrival:
- determines if the patient is a cholera case;
- evaluates the degree of dehydration.
- Provides initial emergency care and stabilization.
Rehydration- Receives the patient and attendant and explains the treatment procedure.
- Administers IV/PO fluid according to the protocol.
- Monitors infusions, the administration of fluids, the patient’s stools and vomit and his/her clinical evolution during treatment.
- Monitors the patients and alerts the doctor in the event of a problem: e.g. clinical deterioration, infectious complications (e.g. fever, cough).
- Administers antibiotic and/or zinc sulfate if indicated and any further drug prescribed by the doctor.
Transfer/decease of patients- Calls the stretcher bearers in the event of the transfer of a bedridden patient to another sector or the removal of a corpse to the morgue.
Patient discharge- Records patient’s discharge, archives the individual patient file.
- For maintenance therapy at home: gives ORS for maintenance therapy at home and instructions on how to prepare ORS, the administration of treatment at home (ORS, zinc sulfate if indicated), to return to the CTC if symptoms reappear a .
Other tasks- Supervises the work of auxiliary nurses.
- Manages the ward’s stocks: requests and takes delivery of drug and consumable product orders for a period of 24 hours.
- Sorts and discards medical waste in his/her unit into the appropriate containers.
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