Junior Staff Nurse

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• General Responsibility  
• Adhere and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies. 
• Adhere and comply with policies and procedure related to patient care, infection control, patient safety and accreditation standard. 
• Care Delivery  
• Demonstrate clinical competence in all aspects of patient care.  
• Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and assess the impact of nursing intervention as appropriate. 
• Assessment and reassessment of pain and management of pain 
• Ensure compliance with all policy and procedure for medication management.  
• Explain plan of care to patient and family. 
• Document and handover all patients records as per policies and standards.  
• Educate patient and family as required 
• Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patient's care. 
• Ensure plan of care is implemented. 
• Demonstrates correct use and assembly of required equipments, instruments and appropriate cleaning of the same. 
• Quality Management  
• Understanding of clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality Improvement. 
• Follow international patient safety goals. 
• Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents. 
• Identify and escalate any life threatening issues, associated procedures, protocols and policy guidelines. 
• Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records. 
• Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care  
• Training and Development  
• Participate and contribute in scheduled in service training programs like ACLS, BLS,PALS,NALS(If applicable), CNEs, conferences etc., 
• Functional Area Responsibility  
• Perform Cardio vascular assessment. 
• Understand and demonstrate infection control guidelines, practices and bio medical waste management 
• Handle cardiac monitors. 
• Assess and interpret Intra Cranial Pressure and Glasgow Coma Scale. 
• Haematoma management and post op care. 
• Nursing management of patients on ventilator. 
• Manage IV fluid calculations and drug calculations. 
• Perform Endotracheal and oral suctioning. 
• Ability to position patients appropriately 
• Knowledge about the different types of sterilisation and aseptic techniques followed in NH. 
• Processing patient samples for ABG, VBG, GRBS, CARDIAC SOB ,ACT & PT INR on POCT devices. 
• Performs Allen’s test, draws arterial blood and perform Arterial Blood Gas and Venous Blood Gas analysis for Patient samples. 
• Monitors and update the critical value reporting documents for all POCT reports. Informing panic value to treating consultants and document the same. 

• Education: Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in nursing  
• Registration: Valid registration in the state Nursing Council from where B.Sc. Nursing / GNM was completed. 
• Experience: Freshers / candidates with 1 or 2 years of experienceKnowledge & Skills Required: Knowledge of nursing principles, techniques and procedures for the delivery of effective patient care. Good communication & interpersonal skills. Be proactive, punctual and empathetic N.B – The above also includes any other job assigned from time to time.I do hereby declare that the Job Responsibilities are properly explained to me during Induction/ Appraisal/ Redesignation and understood by me. I will try to deliver the best by meeting the mentioned standards.