Registered Nurse - Maternity NMC healthcare LLC

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 and start the phototherapy as per physician order and understand the bilirubin results range values and act and escalate accordingly. 

Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 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.

Monitor and assess the health status of both the mother and baby, including vital signs, fetal heart rate, contractions, and postpartum recovery.

Educate and support expectant mothers and their families on various topics related to prenatal care, childbirth, breastfeeding, and newborn care.

Collaborate with a multidisciplinary healthcare team, including physicians, midwives, and other healthcare professionals, to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care for patients.

Administer medications, intravenous fluids, and other treatments as prescribed by healthcare providers, including newborn vaccination.

Perform newborn screening as per DOH recommendations.

Perform newborn bath as required.

Provide emotional support and counselling to expectant mothers and their families, addressing their concerns and answering any questions they may have.

Respond to emergencies and provide immediate care as needed, including performing CPR and other life-saving measures.

Performs CTG monitoring and interprets findings of foetal heart rates and recognises when to escalate to the obstetrician, reflective of the scope of practice, competence, and clinical privileging.

Support, promote, and protect the ten steps within the WHO Mother Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative recommendations during the antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal, and newborn periods.

Maintain essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope of practice such as but not limited to Basic Life Support, PROMPT, CTG and Neonatal Resuscitation.

Provides parents with bereavement support, advice, and compassion during end-of-life care in relation to congenital birth defects, loss of pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death.