Nursing Superintendent

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NURSING SUPERINTENDENT

The Nursing Superintendent is expected to work independently in connection with the Nursing administration of the institution, in the most effective way. She will act as the Liaison Officer between the Institution concerned and the Directorate of Health Services and other Nursing Officer of other Institution. Local authority will ensure that she will have a separate well equipped office including telephone facilities with Fax, computer with internet connection, dealing clerk (U.D.-1 & L.D.-1), office Peon & Group D in each shift for smooth running of her work.

IN RESPECT OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION

1. She will participate in the formulation of the philosophy of the hospital specific to the nursing services.
2. She will formulate goals and objctives and participate in formation of policies of the nursing services of the concern hospital.
3. She will implement hospital policies and rules for better health services to the patients.
4. She will make plan for placement of nursing staff including sister-in-charge, staff nurse, students in different units, their rotation plan, and maintain a satisfactory schedule.
5. She will recommend personnel requirement and material requirements.
6. She will review the census and daily reports of hospital and report to the higher authority accordingly.
7. She will make regular hospital round individually and with Hospital Superintendent as well as with various hospital committees to ensure the quality of patient care services.
8. She will responsible for making nursing audit and take necessary action accordingly.
9. She will supervise various stocks of wards for keeping the stock position up to- date with the help of Dy. Nursing Superintendent and sister- in-charge.
10. She will take initiative and participate actively in condemnation of articles of the hospital.
11. She shall be responsible to ensure issuance of show cause notice to all nurses remaining on unauthorized absent and long absent and disobey the authority.
12. She will prepare ACR/ OPR of all nursing staff working under her regularly and forward to the Nursing Directorate when ever asked for.
13. She will be responsible to prepare working statement of all nursing personnel and co-ordinate with hospital authority.
14. She will maintain various record registers such as cumulative record, leave record, attendance register, explanation letter file, grievance file of nursing services, performance appraisal, health record, report of serious patients, census book (daily, monthly & yearly) etc.
15. She will take action of all disciplinary problems when her Dy. Nursing Superintendent or other subordinate staff in difficult to handle.
16. She will prepare the budget proposal for the nursing services department.
17. She will keep herself apprised of the hospital condition and will be aware of any special patient of significant diagnosis and needing special care.
18. She will investigate the problem as asked by higher authority.
19. She will responsible for sending the names of various nursing professionals to the Nursing Directorate for making gradation list.