• Scrub Nurses • Operating Theatre • Endoscopy • Registered Nurse/ Midwife • Dialysis • Intensive Care -Adults and Neonatal • Mental Health • Emergency Room

The BVI Health Services Authority (a client-centered healthcare organization) invites qualified and professional applicants for the position of REGISTERED NURSE in the areas of:

• Scrub Nurses
• Operating Theatre
• Endoscopy
• Registered Nurse/ Midwife
• Dialysis
• Intensive Care

• Adults and Neonatal

• Mental Health
• Emergency Room

Registered Nurses will be responsible for the delivery of quality patient care through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN is responsible for directing and coordinating all nursing care for patients based on established clinical nursing practice standards. The RN collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes. The RN utilizes knowledge of patient’s age and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care. The registered nurse contributes to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement techniques that demonstrate positive outcomes in patient care. The RN provides care on a 24 hour basis including shift work and is an essential worker in periods of national or organizational disaster or emergencies.

Minimum Requirements:

Educational/Training Requirements

❖ Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing/ Diploma /Associates Degree

Experience

❖ Two (2) years’ experience in Nursing

Licenses/Certificates

❖ Unencumbered BVI Nursing License and current registration to practice

❖ Current certification in Basic Life Support

Knowledge, skills and abilities

❖ Sound knowledge of Basic Nursing and Nursing Code of Ethics

❖ Sound skill in the application of the Nursing Process to patient care

❖ Therapeutic Communication skills

❖ Sound human relation skills and team working skills

❖ Sound oral and written communication skills

❖ Knowledge of body mechanics and safe lifting techniques

Physical Demands

❖ The individual may be required to pull up or reposition patients in bed, lift supplies, place equipment on supports, push beds throughout the hospital, and perform external cardiac compressions. The individual must be able to stoop to perform certain duties, e.g., check chest tube drainage, check urinary output, etc.          

❖ The individual must also be able to maneuver throughout halls, stairways, and patient rooms in response to hospital emergencies. Interpretation of environmental input requires visual and auditory skills. In the event there is a need to evacuate the building, heavy lifting will be required to carry patients to safety.

Work Environment

❖ Hospital Units including Emergency Room, Operating Room, Medical/Surgical, Special Nursing Care Unit.

SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Closing Date: 16^th November, 2022