Staff Nurse

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• 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 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.
• Quality Management
• Monitor 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.
• 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 Cardiovascular assessment.
• 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.
• Ability to take Care of Intravenous lines and Central lines,
• Perform Endotracheal and oral suctioning.
• Awareness on DVT prophylaxis and FAST HUG protocols.
• Assisting for pace maker insertion and assisting Different modes of Oxygenation.
• Interpret Arterial Blood Gas values.
• Thrombophlebitis and Nursing management.
• Perform drainage, ROMOVAC drain monitoring and intake and output documentation.
•  Storage, administration and disposal of Narcotics.

Qualification & Experience    

• 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 experience
• Knowledge & Skills Required: Knowledge of nursing principles, techniques and procedures for the delivery of effective patient care. Good communication & inte