SPECIALIST NURSE, MATERNITY WARD

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

1. Adherence to nursing care vision, mission, goals, and objectives, aligns with the scope of nursing services and midwives Code of Practices and performs shift duties as assigned by the Unit Manager to ensure high-quality care rendered.
2. Notifies the unit manager of any changes in the situation that could impact the standards of care.
3. Obtains and handovers a report of patient progress, ensuring all doctor's orders are followed and notifying of any incidents or problems encountered.
4. Visit patients in the unit to assess conditions, re-visit nursing care, and determine nursing priorities based on patient needs and staff availability.
5. Conduct comprehensive health assessments, including physical and abdominal examinations for expectant mothers, providing personalized care with accurate documentation and timely reporting of abnormal findings, as well as providing high-quality maternity care, emergency procedures, a national registry for childbirths and deaths, and safe maternal and child healthcare.
6. Conducts nursing rounds, provides emotional support, accompanies and assists doctors during rounds and procedures, and assists new mothers with breastfeeding, providing education and guidance such as how to latch babies, recognize hunger cues, and breastfeeding positions to ensure successful experiences for both mother and baby.
7. Collaborate and execute the doctor's orders, coordinating with team members related to patients treatment, and fostering effective communication with all disciplines, patients, and relatives to ensure patient satisfaction.
8. Supervises labor progression using continuous cardiotocograph (CTG) monitoring, interpreting data, and promptly reporting any concerns to the attending obstetrician.
9. Assist the obstetrician by facilitating various delivery methods, managing complex cases like postpartum hemorrhage, antepartum hemorrhage, umbilical cord prolapses, and caring for asphyxiated newborns.
10. Executes proper identification bands for both mother and newborn, provides immediate care for newborns delivered via cesarean sections, and assists or resuscitates asphyxiated newborns in urgent situations before medical intervention.
11. Coordinates admission plans, patient care strategies, parent craft classes, and discharge preparations, supervising new mothers on self-care, newborn care, breastfeeding, providing postnatal home care education, and support and family planning.
12. Educate and advocate parents about express breastmilk, milk storage, supply management, treating nipples and engorgement, checking baby growth and weight, and ensuring proper growth and food intake.
13. Manage individual or group lactation support services, including prenatal education, in-hospital visits, postpartum home visits, follow-up calls, and counseling to healthcare providers, families, and the community.
14. Creating and executing breastfeeding classes and workshops, as well as promoting and sustaining breastfeeding practices.
15. Participate in the unit meetings, dialogue sessions, and hospital activities.
16. Provide clear, compassionate, and culturally sensitive communication with patients, ensuring their understanding of their condition, treatment options, and care plan comprehensively.
17. Collaborate with the unit manager in administration, setting care standards, and fulfilling duties in the absence of the unit manager, while also carrying out assigned tasks and providing feedback.
18. Assist with patient transfer inter-services and discharge procedures, scheduling specialist clinic appointments (if needed), handling death cases with respect, and ensuring safe transfer to the mortuary.
19. Charge accurately, incorporating charges for equipment and consumable items into the patient's charges and verifying their completeness.
20. Inspect and document the supply of sterile packs to ensure the integrity of the packaging and maintain an adequate supply of unit stock from Central sterile supply services.