Registered Nurse- NICU

Overview

• 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, 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.
• Operates and monitors specialized NICU equipment: incubators, ventilators, radiant warmers, infusion/syringe pumps, cardiac monitors, bilirubin meters, phototherapy overhead and blankets.
• Ensures all equipment is appropriately cleaned, decontaminated, and stored after use in line with infection control standards.
• Competent in performing neonatal screening tests, including newborn metabolic screening and hearing (audiometry) assessments.
• Receives the newborn promptly and safely from the labor room or operating theatre, ensuring a smooth transition to NICU care.
• Performs thorough initial assessment and stabilization of the newborn, including initiation of continuous hemodynamic monitoring, thermoregulation, and glucose monitoring (e.g., capillary blood sugar).
• Demonstrates proficiency in immediate newborn care procedures, including ( A per Hospital Policies and guid lines):
• Clamping of the umbilical cord.
• Insertion of nasogastric or orogastric tubes. ( If required)
• Gastric lavage and airway Clearance.
• Administration of Vitamin K injection.
• Assessment of anal patency.
• Records newborn anthropometric measurements, including weight, length, head circumference, and chest circumference, accurately in the designated chart or EMR.
• Applies the correct identification band to the newborn and obtains a footprint as part of newborn safety protocols.
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge and skill in the assessment and care of neonates with congenital abnormalities, initiating appropriate interventions and escalation as necessary.
• Provides specialized care to neonates on mechanical ventilation, including ventilator parameter monitoring, suctioning, and respiratory assessment.
• Assists