Nursing Superintendent

Job Description

Has overall responsibility for safe, comfortable and comprehensive nursing care of all the patients in the hospital. Responsible for the recruitment of nursing staff by conducting interviews along with the HR department as and when required. Ensure that adequate number of nursing staff is assigned to the respective departments in accordance with their experience and training. Maintain hospital census record with inputs from various departments on a 24-hour basis, and make it available for the Hospital Administrators as and when required. Check of attendance, discipline, uniform, punctuality etc. Take over from night duty supervisor staff, to rectify any mistakes, failures, problems of previous day. Detailing duties, assigning jobs for nursing supervisors for day. Give reports to hospital administrator and Medical Director as and when required. Delegate patient care and other responsibilities to Nursing Supervisors for patient satisfaction and smooth running of the department. Oversee the duty rosters of the various nursing units. Plan and sanction different permitted leaves of nursing staff, so as to ensure availability of adequate nursing staff around the clock, for efficient patient care. Visit all the wards and inspect nursing care, talk to patients, check performance of other staff in the wards and note observations for improvement and patient satisfaction. Visit VIP patients, as well as employees and their relatives as and when necessary. Maintain a record of sentinel events, adverse drug events, needle stick injuries, in the hospital and plan ways and means to avoid occurrence of such events. Maintain discipline of nursing staff at all times. Complete Appraisal forms for nursing supervisors and ward sisters. Coordinate with various departments to contribute towards continuous Nursing care and recommend improvements as and whenever necessary. Conduct meetings with nursing supervisors, ward sisters and nursing staff, on different days and times, for continuous feedback and improvement in nursing care. Ensure patients feedback through Supervisors and nursing staff. Attend all meetings like administrative meetings, Hospital infection control, waste management, linen committee, Anti-sexual harassment committee, Grievance committee, Drugs and therapeutic committee and any other meetings as and when called by the COO, and Medical administrator and give necessary and relevant inputs. Organize and Conduct In-service Education programs for all categories of nursing staff on nursing ethics, procedures, and hospital policies. Organize and conduct continuous education programs through internal and external agencies, for staff development. Give individual counseling and guidance to all nursing staff, as and when necessary. Keep abreast of continuous changes in the health care services and be updated with current trends in the nursing and health field. Maintain records relating to nurses accurately. Frame policies for nursing department. Co-ordinate with other HODs, Doctors and staff of organization. Maintain immunization status of nursing staff. Job Type: Full-time Pay: ₹80,000.00 - ₹100,000.00 per month Schedule: Day shift Work Location: In person