An Alpha Nurse is a registered nurse (RN) who works in various healthcare settings or facilities within a healthcare system. Their primary role is to provide direct patient care, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care plans.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Providing Direct Patient Care: Delivering nursing care to patients in different units or facilities as needed, following established nursing standards and procedures.
- Assessment and Monitoring: Conducting patient assessments, monitoring vital signs, and recognizing and reporting changes in patient conditions.
- Medication Administration: Administering medications and treatments according to physician orders and established policies.
- Collaboration: Collaborating with healthcare team members, including physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, to ensure coordinated and effective patient care.
- Patient Education: Educating patients and their families about health conditions, treatments, and self-care techniques.
- Documentation: Maintaining accurate and complete patient records, including nursing assessments, interventions, and outcomes.
- Quality Improvement: Participating in improvement initiatives and activities to enhance patient care outcomes.
- Compliance: Ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, policies, and procedures related to nursing practice and patient care.
- Training. Assist in shadow training of staff nurses from different account
- Audit: To assist in clinic audit, and submit reports to senior clinic cluster leads.
- Admin Tasks: To report at Head Office and assist in admin tasks, if there will be no plotted schedule for the day.
Background and Qualifications
- Must have completed BOSH OHNAP, updated BLS - FA training
- Candidates with ACLS training are preferred
- Willing to travel and be assigned in different locations within NCR, Southern Luzon, and Northern Luzon area
- Alpha nurses need to be adaptable, flexible, and able to quickly adjust to different work environments and patient populations.
- Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with various healthcare professionals and provide compassionate care to patients.