Nicu Staff Nurse/Senior LDR Staff Nurse

Job Description

NICU Nurse Responsibilities: Providing round-the-clock care to premature and severely ill newborn infants. Caring for the basic needs of infants; for example, feeding and changing diapers. Performing medical procedures; for example, inserting intravenous lines, performing tests, and administering medications. Assisting the NICU physicians in medical procedures and treatments. Using and adjusting specialized medical equipment. Formulating nursing plans and evaluating the effectiveness of treatments. Comforting ill newborns and anxious parents and family members. Offering support to parents and family members and educating them on the at-home care of their newborn. NICU Nurse Requirements: A Registered nursing license. A bachelor's of science degree in nursing. 1 year's experience in ICU or NICU. A CPR certification. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to offer emotional support to parents, guardians, and family members. Working knowledge of NICU specialized equipment. The ability to work in a team. The ability to offer comfort to ill newborns . LDR Senior Staff Nurse Position Responsibilities: In addition to supervising basic nursing care, responsibilities of incharge include (but are not limited ro): Daily activities: Supervises daily inventory checks before every shift commences. Allots nurse-patient for the day and updates dashboard. Collects feedback of the customers before start of the shift. Maintain cordial conduct among the staffs working in the unit for easy flow of information. Supervise and guides staffs to perform procedures as per the policies and protocols. Attend Consultant rounds. Keeps the consistent check on the staff activities and motivates them. Assists the lactating mothers and take classes in the absence of the Lactation Counselor. Monitors and channelizes admission-discharge process, in-house and out-house investigations for easy continuity of care. Mentors Nurse in providing education, information and emotional support to the patient's family and caregivers by correlating the disease condition to the systems presented. Orients the onboard nurses regarding the functioning of the units and allots mentors for learning the routine staff activities.Monitors and coordinates with clinical Nurse instructors for the smooth onboarding. Performs life saving measures as and when required. Supervises supply of sterile Equipments from CSSD. Coordinates with Housekeeping department for providing good customer care. Coordinates and communicates with the maintainance department for providing good customer services. Coordinates and communicates with the Biomedical department for maintaining the biomedical Equipment to the best of usage. Maintain records in the floor i.e., admission, discharge, leading, and borrowing register, CSSD register, rounds book, inventorybook, etc. Supervises waste disposal of the floor as per the Infection Control Policy. Performs regular stores idents from pharmacy and stores departments for repenising the consumed items. Solves interdepartmental and customers related issues and channelizes it to the concerned line of authority. Disseminates managerial information to the staffs. Coordinates inter/intra hospital transfers with the nursing superintend. Reports daily to nursing superintend- nursing care regarding the functioning of the floor. Assigns patients to staff. Communicates pertinent information to the Docters on rounds (advocates of patients) May have to start IV if a nurse is busy. Cover desk when others nurses are busy. Assists with settling disputes among other employees. Communicates pertinent information to the Pharmacy, others floors, lab. Make super patient census is updated. Assists in crisis i.e., code blue, rapid response. Deal with family complaints or call in patients relations if needed. Deal with narcotic discrepancy count according to pharmacy policy. Check cash cart as per the protocol. Assist with discharge paper work. Assists with checking off charts and noting orders. To assits Epidural procedure all staff to be trained by the incharge.