Nurses work as part of a team of professional and medical staff that includes doctors, social workers and therapists.

Typical duties of the job include:

• assessing and planning nursing care requirements
• providing pre- and post-operation care
• monitoring and administering medication and intravenous infusions
• taking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
• writing records
• supervising junior staff
• organising workloads
• providing emotional support to patients and relatives
• tutoring student nurses

24-hour shift work can be a requirement of the job.