Registered Nurse - NICU

• Be responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members. • Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment. They will work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings. • Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation. • Understand and analyse the assessment information and data. • Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues. • Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care. • Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient's bystanders. • Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities. • Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice. • Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment. • Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations. • Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation etc. • Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment. • Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions. • Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions. • Provide wound care management. • Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed. • Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission, transfer and discharge. • Competent with all the mandatory and unit specific competencies supported and assigned on the Elsevier platform to ensure adherence to evidence Based practices. • Demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols relevant to the department • Participate in ongoing programs and certification to support professional growth and maintain clinical competency. • Comply with unit Scope of Service. • Complete care and safety of allocated neonates. • Able to care critically ill, unconscious, or ventilated neonates • Accurate monitoring of vital signs, hemodynamics, and oxygenation.and recording of patient condition. • Report any abnormality in patient condition immediately to the medical staff and escalate as and when required. • Competent in all aspects of neonatal nursing care. • Assist to resuscitate an asphyxiated newborn. • Consult and cooperate with medical staff on the care of the mother and baby. • Care for relatives’ need and emotions through stressful situation and bereavement. • Perform duties based on professional ethics, assuring privacy and maintaining confidentiality. • Safe custody and administration of drugs/narcotics as per hospital policy. • Educate the family regarding the growth and development, milestones, feeding, disease, medication, pain management etc. and according to the identified individual need, provide educational materials if available. • Promote and teach breastfeeding. • Perform competency in point of care testing and ensure quality requirements. • Able to handle all equipments in the unit • Ensure all equipment is maintained in good working order, reporting any fault to Nurse Manager/Engineering. • Ensure complete ward requirements, stock verification and inventories • Recognize and respond promptly to code situations (e.g., Code Blue). • Maintain detailed and accurate documentation in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record)and physical flow charts • Maintaining Unit specific and general nursing Competencies by Elsevier. Have an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates. • Manage their own professional re-licensure. • Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card. • Be willing to work across departments and on call when necessary