ICU Incharge

Description

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supervision of over all nursing care of the patient.
• Ensure proper admission, transfer, discharge and DAMA process for all the patients in the ward he patients.
• Check Monitor, defibrillator, ventilator, syringe pump, pulse Oximeter, ABG, ECG machine.
• Checkpatient dressing for any oozing and taking corrective measures.
• Assist in procedure as and whenever is needed.
• Check CPV and ABP line for any haematoma present or not and taking corrective measures.
• Supervise of E.T. suction.
• Supervise of Blood Transfusion.
• Ensure proper drainage.
• Check Oxygen cylinders , dressing trolley and crash trolley.
• Supervise of attending call bell promptly.
• Ensure proper mouthcare and backcare.
• Encourage patients to use Spirometer.
• Ensure safety,comfort,privacy and good personal hygiene of the patients.
• Attend doctors round,assists in diagnosis and medical procedure.
• Ensuring the implementation of the doctor’s order.
• Maintain nutritional needs of the patients.
• Ensure proper administration of medications.
• Supervise, and keep record of fumigation.
• Keep a track of pointing out in the Billing Card of patient in case of any procedure or dressing.
• Attend rounds with seniors.
• Supervise maintaining records and reports.
• Maintain Ward census to be correctly.
• Deal properly with any adverse situation in ward, bring it to the notice of superiors and raise incidental report.
• Supervise of return non consumed medicines before discharge of the patient.
• Maintain proper record for medication error, adverse drug reaction, patient fall etc
• Being in an emergency service like hospital, shall be ready to take up any assignment at any time whether day or night, when ever called for duty by the superiors.
• Other assignments that may be instructed by the superior from time to time.
• Assists patient with relatives to adjust in hospital routine.
• Ensure proper death care and deceased handing over properly.
  

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