Skills Required: General Nursing care, Critical Nursing care, Onco care, Handling of life saving Equipment and managing emergency situation
Additional Skills Required: Oncology nursing care
Experience Required : 1 year and above
Position Reports To: Supervisor/Team Lead
Job Responsibilities:
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES - Adhere and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies.
- Adhere and comply with policies and procedure related to patient care, infection control, patient safety and accreditation standard.
- Implements patient care, plan as per doctors recommendation; monitor & record vital parameters.
- Monitors, record & report any symptoms / changes in the patient condition to the doctors.
- Ensures patient safety by adhering to International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG).
- Accompanies the doctor on rounds: - provide update on patient condition and help in clinical procedures.
- Maintains continuity of patient care through documentation & communication during shift change.
- Remains responsible for consumables: - for the patients under her nursing care, accounting and indenting of consumables/ medicines & nursing supplies and ensuring the availability of the same.
- Educates patients / patient relatives on medication and self-care during stay and discharge as necessary for recovery.
- Ensure regular relevant and appropriate health education is given to all patients/relatives assigned to her care on a daily basis.
- Updates on essential knowledge and skill by participating in on-going CNE (continuing nursing education).
- Ensures financial clearance in full before discharge of patient from the ward.
- Ensures all orders, admission / discharge / death / bills / diet / transfer etc. are up-to- in HIS.
- Reports Expiry of Drugs and working condition of equipments to appropriate person/incharge to Keep everything in working order.
- Reports loss or damage of equipments during duty hours to the reporting manager.
- To be knowledgeable about the medication process and ADR.
- Administers prescribed medications safely and accurately by following rights and follows the hospital policy on safe drug administration.
- Reports any medication error, ADRs and accurately complete incident report or ADR forms.
- Adheres to the Incident management policy of the organization. Raises incident reports when required. Has understanding on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective & Preventive Action (CAPA) of incidents.
- Knowledgeable on the nursing quality indicators.
- Performs the 5 moments of hand hygiene.
- Ensures appropriate cleaning and fogging of the patient room after care of infected cases.
- Notifies the infection control department about the notifiable diseases.
- Proper segregation and disposable of BMW after the medication administration or any other procedure as per hospital infection control policy.
- Supervise the nursing aides when they are attending the personal hygiene of the patient s.
- On admission receive the patient and make him / her comfortable. See that the beds are made prior to the patient s entry to wards.
- Ensures Room Orientation to be given to the patients.
- Ensures Dietary information is given to the patient/relative. Informs the caf staff as and when required.
- Ensures Special attention to vulnerable patients, patients on restrains and patients at risk categories.
- Responsible for Initial assessment to be completed within 30 mts of admission & reassessment in each shift.
- Warrants that all patient care plans are done and documented according to the patients need and condition & the same is modified as per the condition of patients, to ensure proper continuity of care.
- Checks and documents patient s Vital signs & pain assessment every 4 hourly & as when required.
- Ensures all patient information is appropriately documented and handing over is done at the end of each shift & during transfer between unit / departments following ISBAR.
- Inserts peripheral venous catheters as and when required as per safe infusion practice protocol.
- Mention and time of insertion and arrow indicating the direction of the vein flow.
- Check and send correct specimen to the lab following the hospital policy.
- Collect the lab reports in time and inform the concerned consultant.
- Check for chemotherapy patients chemo-plan and ensures the same is written completely by the respective consultant, before the start of chemotherapy.
- Checks for consent and check list which needs to be filled before each chemo-cycle is started.
- Checks pre-op patient for local preparation, site marking, investigation reports, anesthesiologists pre-op check and premedication orders and complete it.
- Carry out the protocol for Blood & blood products transfusion.
- On patient s discharge, see that the discharge procedure is carried out as per the policy.
- Enter in the activity card immediately after each procedure.
- To know about all codes & how to raise emergency codes.
- To be well versed in EMR.
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT - Utilizes effective communication skills in reporting pertinent information on time.
- Adheres to the grooming standards.
- To be aware of the departmental vision, mission, objectives and its implementation.
- Participates in the hospital quality improvement program.
- Works collaboratively and support efforts of team members.
- Completes BLS/ACLS/PALS/NALS certification (as applicable).
- Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interact effectively with physicians, patients, visitors, staff and the broader health care community.
- Participates in the academic programs and CNE which is planned for nurses in order to upgrade both knowledge & skills.
QUALITY - Updates and keep abreast of the HAI statistics and preventive measures.
- Handles the sharp items safely and disposes the sharps properly.
- Works as a team to enhance patient satisfaction and physician satisfaction.
GENERAL COMPETENCIES
- To carry out duties delegated to her /him in floors effectively.
- To provide clean and therapeutic environment to the patient to provide a comfortable and clean bed.
- To check and maintain equipment s and stocks and use them judiciously.
- To be punctual on duty and follow hospital policies.
- To maintain nurses records as per hospital policy
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