Role & responsibilities - Incharge Ward Incharge monitors the functioning of the senior/junior registered nurse of the specified areas and thereby provides care to the customers by rendering their knowledge in identifying the normalcy from abnormally. She demonstrates administrative skills in managing the unit. Position Responsibilities: In addition to supervising basic nursing care,responsibilities of inchargeinclude (but are not limited to): Daily Activities: Supervises daily inventory checks before every shift commences. Allots nurse -patient ratio for the day and updates dashboard. Collects feedback of the customers before start of the shift. Maintains cordial conduct among the staffs working in the unit for easy flow of information. Supervises and guides staff to perform procedures as per the policies and protocols. Attend consultant rounds. Keeps a consistent check on the staff activities and motivates them. Assists the lactating mothers and take classes in the absence of the lactation counsellor. 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 patients family and caregivers by correlating the disease conditions to the symptoms presented. Orients the onboard Nurses regarding the functioning of the unit and allots mentor for learning the routine staff activities.Monitors and Coordinates with Clinical Nurse Instructions for smooth onboarding . Performs life saving measures as and when required. Supervises supply of sterile Equipment from CSSD. Coordinates with housekeeping department for providing good customer care. Coordinate and communicate with the maintenance department regarding breakage or malfunctioning of any Equipment and get repaired or replaced Coordinates and communicates with biomedical department for maintaining the biomedical Equipment to the best of usage. Maintains records in the floor i.e. admission,discharge,lending and borrowing register,CSSD registerround book inventory book etc. Supervises waste disposal of the floor as per infection control policy. Performs regular store indents from pharmacy and stores department for replenishing the consumed items. Solves Interdependentand customer 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. Assign patients to staff. Communicates pertinent information to the doctors on rounds (advocates for patients). May have to start IV if a Nurse is busy. Cover desk when other Nurses are busy. Assist in crisis i.e.; code blue,rapid response. Deal with family complaints or call patient relations if needed. Deal with narcotic discrepancy count according to pharmacy policy. Check crash cart as per the protocol. Assist with discharge paper work. Assist with checking off carts and noting orders. Weekly job activities: Indents weekly used items from pharmacy and stores and maintain floor stock. Maintains record of consumables and non -consumables items used in the floor. Maintains duty roster of the staff keeping in mind the flow of patients in the floor. Attend continued nursing education conducted in house and out house as per the job requirement and specifications. Performs as shift supervisor and take decisions in the absence of the assistant manager nursing and reports to nursing superintend. Checks grooming of staffs. Lifetrenz consumption to be done in a weekly basis. New joinees orientation to be done within a week. Regular teaching classes to be conducted by the incharge and senior staff. New Joinees to be attached with the one of the senior staff for 15 days for mentoring. New Joinees evaluation test to be conducted after 30 days. Monthly Activities: Conducts floor meetings for smooth functioning. Appraise staffs as per the key performance indicators. Checks for near expiry medications and replenish it with new stock. Arranges for fogging of the floor in coordination with infection control nurse. Performs other position -related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting as described by the reporting authority and line of control in the hospital Maintaing QI data and submitting the same to the quality executive and NS. Maintain Pharmacy stock General sign -off The employee is expected to adhere to all agency policies and to act as a role model in adherence to agency policies. The above statements are intended todescribe the general nature and level of work being performed.They are not intended to be constructed as an exhaustive list all responsibilities. I have read understood and had the opportunity to ask questions regarding this position description. Incharge - NICU Incharge monitors the functioning of the Senior/Junior registered nurse of the specified areas and thereby provides care to the customers by rendering their knowledge in identifying the normalcy from abnormally. She demonstrates administrative skills in managing the unit. Position Responsibilities : In addition to supervising basic nursing care, responsibilities of incharge include (but are not limited to) : Daily activities : Supervises daily inventory checks before every shift commences. Allots nurse-patient ratio 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 of information. Supervises and guides staffs to perform procedures as per the policies and protocols. Attend consultant rounds. Keep a consistent check on the staff activities and motivates them. Assists the lactating mothers and take classes in the absence of the Lactation Councelor. 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 patients family and caregivers by correlating the disease condition to the symptoms presented. Orients the Onboard Nurses regarding the functioning of the unit and allots mentor for learning the routine staff activities. Monitors and coordinates with Clinical Nurse Instructors for smooth onboarding. Performs life saving measuring as and when required. Supervises supply of sterile Equipments from CSSD. Coordinate and communicate with the maintenance department regarding breakage or malfunctioning of any Equipment and it repaired or replaced. Coordinates and communicates with biomedical department for maintaining the biomedical Equipment to the best of usage. Maintains records in the floor i.e, admission, discharge, lending and borrowing register, CSSD register, rounds book, inventory book, etc. Supervises waste disposal of the floor as per Infection Control Policy. Performs regular store indented from pharmacy and stores department for replenishing the consumed items. Solves interdepartmental and customer related issues and channelizes it to the concerned line of authority. Disseminates inter/intra hospital transfers with the nursing superintend. Reports daily to nursing superintend Nursing Care regarding the functioning of the floor. Assign patients to staff Communicates pertinent information to the doctors on rounds (advocates for patients) May have to start IV if a nurse is busy Cover desk when other nurses are busy Assist with settling disputes among other employees Communicate pertinent census is updated Assist in crisis i.e..; code blue, rapid response. Deal with family complaints or call in patient relations if needed. Deal with narcotic discrepancy count according to pharmacy policy. Check crash cart as per the protocol. Assits with discharge paper work Assist with checking off charts and nothing orders. Check the retrieval kit everyday. Staff duty rota maintain everyday. Maintain all departmental register. On Duty staff grooming and cleanliness to be checked. Procedure UVC, UAC, PICC line, ICD insertion, intubation, blood culture, etc, assisting to be tought to all the staff. Strict infection control policy to be maintained and monitor. Visitor policy to be checked by incharge. Incharge should take BLS class for all parents before the discharge. Hand hygiene steps to be monitor for Staff and visitors . Weekly job activities : Indents weekly used items from pharmacy and stores and maintain floor stock. Maintain record of consumables and non-consumables items used in the floor. Maintains duty roster of the staff keeping in mind the flow of patient in the floor. Attend-Continued Nursing Education conducted in house and out house as per the job requirement and specifications. Performs as Shift Supervisor and take decision in the Assistant Manager Nursing and reports to Nursing Superintend. Checks grooming of staffs. New joinees orientation to be done within a week Regular teaching classes to be conducted by the incharge and senior staff New Joinees to be attached with the one of the senior staff for 15 days for mentoring. New Joinees evaluation test to be conducted after 30 days. Monthly activities : Conducts Floor Meeting for smooth functioning. Appraise staffs as per the Key Performance Indicators. Checks for near expiry medications and replenish it with new stock. Arranges for fogging of the floor in coordination with. Infection Control Nurse. Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting as described by the reporting authority and line of control in the hospital. Maintaining QI data and submitting the same to the quality executive and NS. Surveillance Swab Culture to be sent monthly and report to quality team HAI register to be maintain monthly and give report to quality team. Master chart to be updated monthly Depending on setting, may also ; Float among various clinical services, where qualified and competent NICU Follow the admission and discharge protocol for newborn in NICU Mentors Nurse Executives for specialised equipment like ventilators, bililights, incubators, respirators, syringe pumps, nebulizers, cardiac monitors etc. Maintain all the records and registers as per NICU protocol. Assist the educator to train the registered nurses related to NICU protocols. Other Responsibilities : Completes required orientation as directed by facility Follows KC safety rules and procedures while on assignment. Follows KC Codes for Unusual Occurrence Protocol. Upholds Hospital Infection Control regulations. Punctual and dependent for assigned/confirmed shifts. General Sign-Off The employee is expected to adhere to all agency policies and to act as a role model in adherence to agency policies. The above statements are intended to be constructed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Incharge - LDR Incharge monitors the functioning of the senior/junior registered nurse of the specified areas and thereby provides care to the customers by rendering their knowledge in identifying the normalcy from abnormally.She demonstrates administrative skills in managing the Unit. 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. Weekly Job Activities: Indents weekly used items from pharmacy and stores and maintain floor stock. Maintain record of consumables and non-consumables items used in the floor. Attend Continued Nursing Education conducted in house and out house as per the job requirement and specification. Performs as Shift Supervisors and take decision in the absence of the assistant managing nursing and report to the Nursing Superintend. Checks grooming of staffs. New joinees orientation to be done within a week. Regular teaching classes to be conducted by the incharge and senior staff. New Joinees to be attached with the one of the senior staff for 15 days for mentoring. New Joinees evaluation test to be conducted after 30 days. Monthly Activities: Conducts floor meeting for smooth functioning. Appraise staffs as per the Key Performance Indicators. Check for near expiry medications and replenish it with new stock. Arranges for fogging of the floor in coordination with Infection Control Nurse. Performs other position-related duties as asignes, depending on assignment setting as described by the reporting authority and line of control in the hospital. Maintaining QI data and submitting same to the qualityexecutive and NS. Depending on setting, may also: Float among various clinical services, were qualified and competent. Surveillance Swab Culture to be sent monthly and report to quality team. HAI register to be maintain monthly and give report to quality team. LDR Guides the staff in arranging refferals and conducting delivery in the absence/ presence of Consultant/ Registrar. General Sign-off The employee is expecting to adhere to all agency policies and to act as a role model in adherence to agency policies. The above statements are intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Incharge - OPD & Triage Incharge monitors the functioning of the senior/junior registered nurse of the specified areas and thereby provides care to the customers by rendering their knowledge in identifying the normalcy from abnormally. She demonstrates administrative skills in managing the unit. Position Responsibilities: In addition to supervising basic nursing care,responsibilities of incharge include (but are not limited to): Daily Activities: Supervises daily inventory checks before every shift commences. Allots nurse -patient ratio for the day and updates dashboard. Collects feedback of the customers before start of the shift. Maintains cordial conduct among the staffs working in the unit for easy flow of information. Supervises and guides staff to perform procedures as per the policies and protocols. Attend consultant rounds. Keeps a consistent check on the staff activities and motivates them. Assists the lactating mothers and take classes in the absence of the lactation counsellor. 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 patients family and caregivers by correlating the disease conditions to the symptoms presented. Orients the onboard Nurses regarding the functioning of the unit and allots mentor for learning the routine staff activities.Monitors and Coordinates with Clinical Nurse Instructions for smooth onboarding . Performs life saving measures as and when required. Supervises supply of sterile Equipment from CSSD. Coordinates with housekeeping department for providing good customer care. Coordinate and communicate with the maintenance department regarding breakage or malfunctioning of any Equipment and get repaired or replaced Coordinates and communicates with biomedical department for maintaining the biomedical Equipment to the best of usage. Maintains records in the floor i.e. admission,discharge,lending and borrowing register,CSSD registerround book inventory book etc. Supervises waste disposal of the floor as per infection control policy. Performs regular store indents from pharmacy and stores department for replenishing the consumed items. Solves Interdependentand customer 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. Assign patients to staff. Communicates pertinent information to the doctors on rounds (advocates for patients). May have to start IV if a Nurse is busy. Cover desk when other Nurses are busy. Assist in crisis i.e.; code blue,rapid response. Deal with family complaints or call patient relations if needed. Deal with narcotic discrepancy count according to pharmacy policy. Check crash cart as per the protocol. Assist with discharge paper work. Assist with checking off carts and noting orders. Triage department service covers evaluaton, resuciation, and treatment of all the emergency conditions, pre-hospital and in-hospital OBG & pediatrics emergencies. Incharge should coordinate. She should assess OPD, IP and emergency patients then prioritize and organize accordingly. Incharge should educate all the staff in OPD about the assessment of the patient which includes, Weight, Height, BP, Head circumference, lab investigation, etc. Any infected wound swab culture sent to lab to be informed to quality team. Medication inventory/crash cart to be checked daily Incharge of triage at night or day is responsible to make a list of all the deficiencies in the inventory like drugs, disposable, and any equipment malfunctioning. To take responsibilities any procedure like Amino synthesis, CuT insertion, cervical stitch removal etc in USG department and minor OT. Educate all the staff about vaccination schedule neonates and pediatric. Incharge should make sure bill cleared by the patient before the patient discharge or shifting to the other department. Any retrival or any transfer out should be informed priorly to the consultant. Between any minor OT procedures corbolitation must and should. Weekly job activities: Indents weekly used items from pharmacy and stores and maintain floor stock. Maintains record of consumables and non -consumables items used in the floor. Maintains duty roster of the staff keeping in mind the flow of patients in the floor. Attend continued nursing education conducted in house and out house as per the job requirement and specifications. Performs as shift supervisor and take decisions in the absence of the assistant manager nursing and reports to nursing superintend. Checks grooming of staffs. Lifetrenz consumption to be done in a weekly basis. New joinees orientation to be done within a week. Regular teaching classes to be conducted by the incharge and senior staff. New Joinee’s to be attached with the one of the senior staff for 15 days for mentoring. New Joinee’s evaluation test to be conducted after 30 days. MTP register to be maintain weekly MLC, referral file and brought dead file to be checked weekly. Ambulance inventory along with oxygen cylinder checked weekly once. Monthly Activities: Conducts floor meetings for smooth functioning. Appraise staffs as per the key performance indicators. Checks for near expiry medications and replenish it with new stock. Arranges for fogging of the floor in coordination with infection control nurse. Performs other position -related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting as described by the reporting authority and line of control in the hospital Maintaining QI data and submitting the same to the quality executive and NS. Maintain Pharmacy stock Code blue mock to be conducted once in a month and keep the record Surveillance swab to be sent once in a month. General sign -off The employee is expected to adhere to all agency policies and to act as a role model in adherence to agency policies. The above statements are intended todescribe the general nature and level of work being performed.They are not intended to be constructed as an exhaustive list all responsibilities.
