NURSE

Description

Job Summary: Nurse responsible for duties ranging from adherence to the Code of Ethics to team management, patient care, and specific corneal transplant procedures. Key Highlights: 1. Ethical practice and compliance with the Professional Practice Act. 2. Leadership and development of the nursing team. 3. Participation in corneal transplant procedures. **Job Description:** ---------------------- MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: 1 \- Comply with and ensure compliance with the Nursing Code of Ethics and the Professional Practice Act. 2 \- Implement the steps of SAE (Systematization of Nursing Care). 3 \- Conduct health education through guidance provided to patients and/or their families to ensure safety and continuity of care. 4 \- Collaborate integrally with the multidisciplinary team; participate in internal committees. 5 \- Delegate responsibilities and authority while simultaneously fostering team members' development and achieving expected outcomes. 6 \- Supervise nursing technicians during procedure execution—from surgical patient triage to hospital discharge—and monitor patient progress to verify the effectiveness of care provided. 7 \- Receive and hand over shifts alongside the team at the scheduled time, properly uniformed, with the presence of the outgoing shift nurse. Report shift incidents, team-related issues under one's responsibility, service schedules, and any recorded absences or staff substitutions. 8 \- Evaluate medication prescriptions and perform dilution calculations together with the team, incorporating them into the care plan. 9 \- Perform corneal transplant-related procedures: Register patients on the waiting list; advance other related transplant demands; conduct SAE for hospitalized and post-corneal transplant patients in the system; prepare the annual corneal transplant report and register it with ABTO; produce the monthly corneal transplant report in the designated transplant folder. 10 \- Resolve pending surgical issues. 11 \- Ensure compliance with CCIH (Hospital Infection Control Commission) regulations and report any signs of hospital-acquired infection. 12 \- Place purchase orders for the department and service orders when equipment maintenance is required. 13 \- Assist physicians with electronic prescription entry and cooperate with the nursing team regarding the development of medical and nursing prescriptions. 14 \- Request diets for patients, considering underlying pathologies, within the timeframe agreed upon with the Nutrition Department. 15 \- Prepare and instruct patients for discharge; generate reports and process discharge in the system. 16 \- Notify CCI\- Arrange emergency transfers via SOS Salvavidas or SAMU for patients exhibiting clinical deterioration. 17 \- Provide nursing care to emergency department patients. 18\- Contact the on-duty physician. 19 \- File records of canceled surgeries and records of patients who failed to attend scheduled surgical procedures. 20 \- Perform surgical drape folding, pack items as agreed with CME (Central Sterile Supply Department), and supervise sterilization processes overnight for the following day. 21 \- Plan, implement, and evaluate quality improvement initiatives jointly with Nursing Management and Coordination. 22 \- Identify the team’s continuing education needs and define action plans together with the immediate supervisor. 23 \- Train, guide, and manage team conflicts. 24 \- Log incidents whenever necessary. **Employment Type:** -------------------------- CLT **PwD (Persons with Disabilities):** -------- YES **Benefits:** --------------- Meal Allowance Transportation Allowance Health Insurance Dental Insurance TotalPass **Work Location:** ---------------------- HOFTALON CENTER FOR STUDY AND RESEARCH