Staff Nurse

Job Description

Role & responsibilities Observing, recording and reporting the vital signs like blood pressure, pulse count etc of the patient Maintaining the personal hygiene of the patients including clothes, bath, hair, spunge etc Should be informed about patient history details for processing treatment Taking patient pulse count, samples, temperatures, blood pressure etc Providing and checking medications offered to patients as prescribed by doctors Providing diet to the patient as per the diet chart and maintaining a record for the same Carrying out transfer for patients as per the treatment need Maintaining an infection free environment by thoroughly checking the patient Providing timely medication as per prescription to the patient Assist in administration of intravenous injections, infusion and transfusion. Anwering to the patient calls immediately Supporting the ward administrator on patient rounds Informally interacting with the patients to get their feedback Informing MO or doctor immediately at the time of emergency or night shift Informing any medication error to ward incharge/nursing incharge for timely action Should be aware about patient details and specifications such as patient name, treatment prescribed, ward, doctors name, medications in real time Assisting in admission and discharge of patients Taking hand over from the previous shifts staff Briefing the staff about patient treatment on shift change Practicing the basic nursing care on a daily routine Maintainance and checking of equipments of crush cart on a daily basis Entering and filling of daily checklist in accordance with duties performed Coordinating with the auditor and MT during discharge procedure Checking of final documenation and sending across for MRD file process Returning of extra medicines from patient rooms and maintaining their records in coordination with pharmacy department Administrating medical requirements of the patients Devising the mopping plan of floor on a daily basis Thorough and strict implementation of CSSD procedure like sterilization, ETO, Autoclave etc Filling of the necessery records which are maintained daily Ordering of routine requirements on a weekly basis Maintaining mandatory inventory management register Maintaining medical record file parallely: one for patient record and another for hospital record Maintaining records in registers such as bed sore, mopping plan, medicine return, incidental register etc as per NABH guidelines and hospital rules. Mandatorily attend the trainings he/she is nominated for. Performing tasks as and when assigned by the ward incharge. Updation of task allocation board daily