Project Nurse III-ICMR MCACP Project

Brief Description about the Project

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is designed to support life during critical illness; however, in patients with advanced or terminal conditions, continued or escalated intensive interventions may offer limited benefit and instead prolong suffering for patients and families.

In India, organ-based protocols and parameter-based interventions in ICUs, along with the pro-life sociocultural expectations, gaps in prognostication communication-skills, defensive medical practices, and ambiguity around medico-legal frameworks, have all contributed to institution of non-beneficial disproportionate treatments in the terminally ill. Although there are guidelines developed jointly by the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Indian Association of Palliative Care, their implementation in routine ICU approach and practices remain inadequate. To address these gaps, the Multifaceted Comprehensive Appropriate Care Package (MCACP) is being developed as a structured, evidence-based framework integrating palliative care principles into ICU workflows.

This study aims to develop and pilot the MCACP in ICU setting to, use timely triggers, refine implementation strategies, identify facilitators and barriers, and assess preliminary outcomes, including quality of dying, family satisfaction, and care de-escalation practices. Focus will be on developing methods for appropriate and timely integration of structured palliative care to maintain care-continuum, and quality of life up to, and including the end-of-life period.

Project Nurse III

No. of Vacancy: one

Project start date:02/02/2026

Duration of the Project: 2 years

Essential Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365
• Experience in ICU-Palliative nursing care, inter-personnel coordination
• Experience in data entry, trained in communication skill

Experience: Minimum 5 years

Preferred Language:English, Kannada

Location: Bangalore

Salary: Rs.36,400 /- per month

Age Limit: 35 Years

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Clinical, nursing inputs for the population (OP, IP & ICU), as assigned by the PI.
• Assist in OP, IP & ICU-based protocol implementation
• Apply the trigger tools, schedule communications, and documentation related to patient-family dyads.
• Apply and review trends in ICU-PaC scores
• Elicit, document and integrate holistic concerns of patient-family-unit, within the care-plan
• Lead home-care transitions
• Ensure Care-continuum across settings

Interested candidates may send their Resume to:

The Principal Investigator

ICMR MCACP Implementation Research Project

SJRI

To Apply: E-mail cover letter and curriculum vitae with 3 references (names and email addresses / phone numbers) by on or before 15th January, 2026 [email protected] and cc to [email protected]