Trina Murugi Gichuki

Company Overview: Russell's Hall hospital forms part of the Dudley group foundation Trust with 800+ bed capacity located in the West Midlands

37.5 hours / week, 4-6 Patients

• Adheres to Data Privacy
• Proper Communication and Documentation
• Head to Toe assessment
• Assessing and Proper Carrying out of Doctor's orders
• Medication administration
• Intravenous therapy
• Blood Transfusion
• Blood Sugar monitoring
• Suctioning
• NGT insertion, Tube Feeding
• Pain assessment & management
• Coordination with Team members
• Efficient Time Management and Task Delegation
• Ostomy and Wound Care
• Pre and post operative monitoring
• Infection Control
• Pressure Ulcer Prevention
• Fall Prevention
• Patient transfer and transport
• Hospital Information System Management

• Equipment: Infusion Pump, Suctioning Machine, ThermoScan, sphygmomanometer, Pulse oximeter, Stethoscope, Nebulizer, Glucometer, E-Cart, standing scale, Oxygen equipment, syringe drivers

• Repositioning the patient
• Monitoring critical patient's changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or Shock and instituting appropriate interventions
• Modifying the patient's treatment plan as indicated by the patient's response and conditions
• Participating in continuous cardiac monitoring with arrhythmias interpretation and prompt Management
• Administering intravenous fluids and medications as per the doctor's orders
• Monitoring patient's fluids intake and output to detect emerging problems as fluid and electrolyte Imbalances
• Participating in assessing conscious levels through AVPU and GCS assessments
• Treating wounds and providing advanced life support
• Ensuring that ventilators, monitors and other types of medical equipment function properly
• Assessing patients pain levels and sedation requirements
• Drawing ABG blood samples and interpreting laboratory reports
• Providing therapeutic modalities such as hemodialysis, continuous cardiac and respiratory Monitoring, CVP/ arterial line wavelengths, cardioversion, cardiopulmonary, resuscitation, Ventilator support invasive pacing and reporting findings to the physician
• Setting up and monitoring medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical Ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers and pressure lines