Head Nurse
Fresenius Medical Care
Date: 1 day ago
City: Jeddah
Contract type: Full time
Patient handling and treatment:
- Complies with local and corporate safety and hygiene and infection control regulations - especially NC Standard Good Dialysis Care and NC Standard Hygiene and Infection Control
- Performs patient connection and disconnection
- Performs correct anticoagulation of extracorporeal circuit and administers medication during treatment, in line with patient prescription
- Monitors patients during treatment and informs physician of changes which need medical attention
- Properly handle tunnel and non-tunnel central venous catheters
- Performs patient education with regards to managing their health conditions, e.g. nutrition, hygiene, fistula care, etc
- Assists patients in haemostasis after dialysis treatment whenever needed
- Performs blood sampling for lab tests
- Performs emergency interventions and resuscitation procedures
- Handle (prepare and distribute) meals to patients, if applicable
- Assists patients on arrival to and departure from dialysis unit, if applicable
- Prepared bed/chairs for patient treatment, if applicable
- Performs other examinations with proper medical equipment, e.g. BCM, ECG, etc.
- Prepares and administers medication and anticoagulation Dialysis supplies and disposables:
- Checks availability integrity and validity of dialysis disposables, disinfectants and other necessary materials and medication for each of allocated dialysis stations, before the treatment
- Brings dialysis supplies from storage to dialysis treatment room, in line with hygiene and infection control procedures
- Supervises and/or performs collection of nonmedical and medical waste, in line with hygiene and infection control standards and procedures Dialysis machine manipulation:
- Performs machine start, internal & external disinfection, adds bicarbonate supply and other disposables and performs all other necessary tests and procedures before, during and after the treatment TASKS AND QUALIFICATIONS: DIALYSIS UNIT NURSE Page 2 of 3
- Announces Head Nurse or technician of any irregularities in machine functioning
- Primes circuits, connects bloodlines and needles in line with existing procedures
- Sets treatment parameters in line with the medical prescription
- If applicable, performs systems start and shut-down procedures, i.e water system, CDS, etc
- Checks service label, potential equilibration cables and status of latest hydraulic disinfection
- May perform dialysis machine replacement Documentation:
- Performs documentation of treatment, as required by procedures Cooperation with others:
- Support, help, teach other nurses as necessary, mentoring less experienced personnel if required by Head Nurse
- Gives all necessary information to nurses in next shift or to physicians, psychologists, and other clinical functions Peritoneal Dialysis tasks (if applicable):
- Performs patient education on: hygiene, nutrition and basic PD knowledge for CAPD and APD, complications and emergency situation
- Participates to and supports the PD treatment initiation
- Periodically assess and document patient status: blood pressure, heart rate, presence of oedema, body temperature, diuresis, body weight and ultrafiltration
- Verifies that patients are correctly performing PD treatment
- Supervises and is responsible for the hygiene status of PD treatment room, including the correct disposal of contaminated waste
- Strictly follows the physician requirements in regards to patient assessment: o Lab test sampling, storage and sending o Gathering test results and recording them in patient files o Follows patients to different tests recommended by the physician o Performs peritoneal QA tests
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