About the role
Job Purpose
Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.
Essential duties and responsibilities
- Prepare patients for catheterization, angioplasty, pacemaker implantation and cardiac procedures
- Take patient's vital signs, oxygen levels and heart rhythm
- Ensure patients chart and records are updated
- Monitor patient's vital signs during the procedure
- Administer medication according to the physicians
- instructions before, during and after cardiac procedures
- Assist during emergencies and perform lifesaving procedures
- Adhere departmental safety and quality procedures Respond to patient concerns and answered questions
- Educate patients on what was involved with the procedure of inserting the catheter
- Implemented infection control practices
Working conditions
·Should be willing to work in different assigned shifts.
·Stretched working hours
·Great deal with standing & walking along with bending & lifting
·Professional hazard
·On call duty
·Field duty (Camps, periphery clinics)
Skills & Abilities
·Caring and compassionate nature
·Excellent teamwork and people skills
·Observational skills
·Ability to deal with emotionally charged and pressured situations
·Excellent Verbal and written communication skills
Multi-tasking