Staff Nurse

Role & responsibilities

• Responsible for basic bedside nursing care.
• Ensure the OPD is set for consultation
• Setting up procedure trays and dress trolleys and assisting doctor in procedures and dressings.
• Assist in transportation of patients whenever necessary.
• Assist consultants in OPD consult Rooms.
• Follow strictly all safety measures involved in patient care.
• To maintain a cordial interpersonal relationship within the unit, support departments, patient and doctor.
• To be aware of patient rights and preserve the same.
• To handle with care and with knowledge all gadgets used in patient care in OPD.
• To pack and transport the instruments for autoclave and gas sterilization.
• To assist the collection of specimen or wound cultures other than blood.
• To assist in ECG and NST recording
• Attend in service programs and trainings to enhance knowledge.
• To maintain strict discipline and decorum at all times.
• To be aware of the NABH standards and implement wherever necessary.
• To be more contented with infection control practices.
• Report unethical practice and sentinel events to the HOD.

• Receiving indents.
• To get oriented to the ward routines, equipment and type of patients.
• Prepare nursing care plans and render effective bedside nursing care in a professional way.
• Administer on time medications and therapies.
• To co-ordinate with Ward secretaries / Billing assistants regarding admissions, discharges and billing activities of the patients.
• To ensure that all investigations are carried out as advised by the doctor, reports available on time for doctors perusal and further advice.
• To maintain the medical and nursing records of patients as per the institutional requirements and that of the treating consultants.
• To raise requisitions on the computer for drugs.
• Maintain personal, patients and environmental hygiene.
• To check and record vital signs legibly and promptly.
• To be aware and implement accordingly all protocols in the unit as hand washing, infection control, medications, narcotic policy, ICU, personal valuables, etc.
• To handle waste segregation and disposal as per the policy.
• To follow strictly all safety measures involved in patient care and self-protection.
• To maintain a cordial interpersonal relationship within the unit and with support departments.
• To take over and handover properly at change of shifts.
• To be aware of the patient rights and preserve the same.
• Attend in-service programs and trainings to enhance knowledge.
• To perform patient and family education.
• To ensure strict discipline and decorum at all times.
• To ensure that the patient is comfortable and implement safety measures for vulnerable patients as per as the policy.
• Any errors in medication / nursing intervention to be brought immediately to the notice of the Charge nurse or Nursing supervisor.