Staff Nurse

Care for patients in CCU who are acutely or critically ill and ensure that they receive the best possible care. Patients who are at high risk for life-threatening health problems come under this category.

Job Responsibilities

General Responsibility

• 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.

Care Delivery

• Demonstrate clinical competence in all aspects of patient care.


• Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and assess the impact of nursing intervention as appropriate.


• Assessment and reassessment of pain and management of pain


• Ensure compliance with all policy and procedure for medication management.


• Explain plan of care to patient and family.


• Document all patients records as per policies and standards.


• Educate patient and family as required


• Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patients care.

Quality Management

• Monitor clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality Improvement.


• Follow international patient safety goals.


• Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents.


• Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records.


• Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care

Training and Development

• Participate and contribute in scheduled in service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS,NALS(If applicable), CNEs, conferences etc.,

Functional Area Responsibility

• Perform Cardiovascular assessment.


• Handle cardiac monitors.


• Assess and interpret Intra Cranial Pressure and Glasgow Coma Scale.


• Haematoma management and post op care.


• Nursing management of patients on ventilator.


• Manage IV fluid calculations and drug calculations.


• Ability to take Care of Intravenous lines and Central lines,


• Perform Endotracheal and oral suctioning.


• Awareness on DVT prophylaxis and FAST HUG protocols.


• Assisting for pace maker insertion and assisting Different modes of Oxygenation.


• Interpret Arterial Blood Gas values.


• Thrombophlebitis and Nursing management.


• Perform drainage, ROMOVAC drain monitoring and intake and output documentation.


• Storage, administration and disposal of Narcotics.

Candidate Requirements

Education:

Registration:

Experience:

Knowledge & Skills Required:

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I do hereby declare that the Job Responsibilities are properly explained to me during Induction/ Appraisal/ Redesignation and understood by me. I will try to deliver the best by meeting the mentioned standards.