Home Care Nurse

Home Care Nurse will be responsible for the provision and maintenance of quality and safe clinical services to home care clients.

Responsibilities:

• Delivery of safe care and sound clinical decision making
• Assessing and documenting observations of clients condition at each visit
• Initiating/ reviewing nursing care plan based on assessment made
• Maintaining accurate nursing documentation
• Performing necessary nursing procedures such as wound dressing, urinary catheter insertion, nasogastric tube insertion, medication packing and etc.
• Conducting regular evaluation of care provided for home care services
• Provide caregiver training and education to client including families on home health care procedures and strategies
• Reporting of any problem incidents encountered in a client’s condition and/or in handling clients and/or caregiver to Nurse Lead

Other Duties:

• Participate in project work to improve the quality of care and services to patients
• Identify service gaps in response to clients’ needs and make recommendations to improve service provision of home care
• Participate in integrated Home Health project to provide palliative care services for home health clients which includes telesupport

Requirements

• Diploma in Nursing
• 2 years of experience in community nursing/ home care
• Proficient in MS Office applications