
Posted date | 23rd May, 2025 | Last date to apply | 31st May, 2025 |
Category | Health Care | ||
Type | Contractual | Position | 1 |
Status | Closed |
The Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan is seeking a seasoned and Dynamic Nurse for its Karachi Region under Elderly Care Project.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct household sample collection and provide home health services to elderly patients, as identified by project staff
- Nurses will be responsible for adhering to all protocols related to sample collection, including proper handling, and ensuring safe preservation and transportation of samples in accordance with standardized procedures.
- Adhere to all protocols related to sample collection, including aseptic techniques, proper labeling, timely documentation, and correct procedures for venipuncture or other biological sample collection.
- Educate participants and their caregivers on post-sampling care, potential side effects, and when to seek further medical attention.
- Undertake training as provided by project staff
- Nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation of patients
- Perform comprehensive patient and environmental assessments related to home health needs
- Administer medication via different routes (oral, IV etc.) as needed
- Keep organized logs of household visits and schedule of visits
- Demonstrate efficiency in the use of electronic monitoring equipment
- To ensure updated medical records of patients visited
- Able to follow and fill healthcare algorithms and maintain log sheets
- Develop care plans in consultation with clinician and identify referral requirements
- Plan daily home visits of patients, coordinate and implement care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum, utilizing nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation)
- Provide individual and family patient education, counselling
- Is aware about palliative care and provide support to the patients to limit hospitalization
- Recognize prescriptions to understand medication dosage, complications, contraindications, and interactions
- Perform head-to-toe assessments of elderly population and direct Nursing assistants for supportive care
- Connect patient with consultations to report any complications or issues to the physician
- Be familiar with signs and symptoms of infection and be comfortable in dressing wounds and assessing long-term catheters
- Collaborate closely with the physician, nursing assistants, and patient to ensure medications, lifestyle changes, and therapy services are suitable.
- Identify if the patient is facing any psychological or mental health issues and connect with specialized care as needed.
Qualification & Experience:
- Nursing Diploma/BScN/post-RN BScN & Valid PNC license
- 1-2 years of work experience in clinical settings, particularly in sample collection, Training or experience in preventive and palliative care, as well as geriatric nursing care would be preferrable.
- Certification in the following areas is preferable: Basic Life Support (BLS)/Safe Medication Administration/Intravenous (IV) Cannulation/Nasogastric (NG) Tube Insertion/Foley’s Catheterization.
- Ability to assess, plan and manage patient care with expertise as per protocols
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including communication skills
- Able to use digital applications on tablets, mobile, laptops
- Basic Computer Skills/Microsoft Office
AKHS is committed to reducing our impact on climate and the environment and have set ourselves the goal of striving for net-zero carbon operations by 2030. All staff are expected to take part in making this a reality. The Nurse accompanied with his/her Line Manager(s) is expected to identify and understand which aspects of his/her work have the most impact on the environment, and define tasks, work, and personal goals within his/her work plan to reduce these impacts and bring AKHS closer to net zero.
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