Antonette Lucero Asuncion

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Resident Relations and Care

• Undertake ongoing assessment of all complex wounds and pressure injuries.
• Provide supervision, assistance and direction to nurses to implement wound care as detailed in the resident's care plan, and to monitor and train staff to ensure they deliver safe, effective, high quality wound management. Development and review of the resident’s wound plan is undertaken in consultation with the resident and family/whanau.
• Review complex wounds and pressure injuries at a minimum of once a week and document in myRyman Care.
• Monitor all pressure injuries and ensure that all interventions are in place.
• Create, evaluate and implement treatment plans in conjunction with the RNs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Support the development of a variety of learners in their work environment such as;

• nurses new to Aged Residential Care
• nursing and clinical care team members
• new NZ graduate nurses
• nurses newly registered in NZ
• Role-model the Ryman characteristics, professional behaviours and evidence-based nursing and care practices.
• Be aware of the learning requirements for each group of learners and the preceptor’s responsibilities to these.
• Facilitate social interaction and acclimatisation to the organisation and unit's culture.
• Apply effective communication, interpersonal, and conflict management skills to foster collaboration and resident satisfaction.
• Teach and promote clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
• Evaluate clinical competence, document learning and clinical progress.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Excellence

• Ensuring the direct care needs of residents are met through effective assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care
• Providing direction and supervision to care team members, with kindness and clarity, ensuring they deliver safe, effective, high-quality care
• Administers interventions, treatments and medications within legislation, codes and scope of practice; and in adherence to policy and guidelines
• Developing and reviewing resident’s care plan at appropriate intervals and in consultation with the resident and family/whānau
• Ensuring the accurate and timely documentation of all clinical records and incident reports
• Engaging with appropriate services if there is a significant change in a resident’s condition or level of need and those needs can no longer be met by Ryman
• Collaborating with external healthcare professionals in order to support the provision of complex care

• Promotes and practices our vision and values in daily activation.
• Treats all team and residents with mutual respect and equality and fully committed to creating and maintaining a unified and harmonious workplace.
• Participants in giving care based on assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual's needs.
• Contributes information at handovers, in progress notes that will assist in provision of holistic needs.
• Report on resident's progress and promptly reports any change in residents condition.
• Telephone: 03 – 547 6867

• Gives/receives endorsement to/from other unit/shift with the chart and leader complete with data, treatment and procedures done on the patient and records it in the logbook.
• Check availability and prepares medicines, supplies, instrument and special equipment which vary according to needs of patient for daily procedures and possible emergencies ensuring they are intact, ready for use and functioning.
• Facilities completeness of prescription from attending physician or Residents on-duty; computes dosage of medicines, prepares medication tickets (color coding ) administers medication checking all details ( e.g. route, patient's name, dosage, time, etc.); affixes signature on the patient's medicine sheet to ensure no duplication and overdose of medications are administered. Monitors intravenous fluid procedure to patient and ensure on time follow-up.
• Telephone No.: (064) 278-4478-81
• Fax No.: (064) 278 – 4477

• Assess patients thoroughly to identify appropriate nursing intervention.
• Monitors, documents and reports symptoms and changes in the patients’ condition.
• Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician or according to established policies and protocols of the hospital.
• Operates medical apparatus or equipment used in the unit.
• Assist the physician in any medical procedures done to the patient.
• Telephone No.: (082) 272-0572
• Email Address: viacrucis.medhospital@gmail.com