Shift Incharge

Purpose:

The Charge Nurse Coordinates all unit work for optimum quality, cost, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of patient care. The Charge nurse ensures continuity of care through communication with appropriate hospital and medical staff. The Charge nurse assists the patient care team in achieving the mission of Hospital in the assigned unit.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Management Role:

• Functions in a leadership role to other staff nurses.

• Responsible for assisting with supervision, direction and coordination of nursing 

     Personnel.

• Makes appropriate room and care –giver assignments to optimize patient placement 

     and workload balance throughout the shift.

• Develops objectives for the management of the unit.

• Ensure staff discipline.

• Works with the Head Nurse on improving patient care and customer satisfaction.

• Promotes environment of cooperation and mutual support to maintain focus on patient care; anticipates and supports needs of other staff.

• Must be able to communicate effectively, demonstrate delegation skill and develop good interpersonal relationship with patient, staff, physicians and visitors.

• Maintains quality of patient care including compliance with prescribed treatment and 

     Hospital policy.

• Utilizes all personnel available to obtain maximum patient‑care services.

• Evaluates work performed by all staff members and inform staff of information

     Necessary to the performance of their jobs.

• Investigates and identifies nursing problems and grievances and assist in their  

     solutions, reports resolved and unresolved results to the Head Nurse.

• Assists on orientation of new personnel and participated in continuing educational

     program and clinical nurse training.

• Conducts regular staff meetings with the staff.

• Operates the unit within budgeted levels for staffing, supplies and equipment –

     recommends staffing patterns and standard of Nursing Care to the Nursing Manager.

• Reports and document all accidents / incident to patients, visitors or staff.

• Report promptly any unusual occurrence to the Nursing Manager. e.g. medication 

     errors, complaint, VIP's or staff admitted, etc

• Performs extra duties when called upon especially on an emergency.

• Maintains up‑to‑date knowledge and practice of nursing trends and new developments in the health field.

• Coordinates health education program in the unit.

• Supervises other no-nursing personnel.

• Conducts periodical survey to ensure nursing care standards.

2. General Nursing Duties:

• Ensures patient‑care services according to established procedures and policies.

• Assist doctors in procedures and other related duties.

• Attends to patients regularly to ensure maximum care and ascertain need for 

     additional or modified services.

• Supervises maintenance of records of nursing and medical treatment and related

     services carried out by nursing personnel.

• Ensures proper utilization of supplies and power to avoid waste.

• Maintains adequate supplies and equipment for daily use and carry out periodic

     Inventory.

• Assists in the safekeeping of valuables.

• Safeguards patients' safety at all times.

• Ensures work place is always neat and clean.

• Acts promptly in emergency situation.

3. Specific Unit Related Nursing Care:

• 1. Clinical Management. Ensure that effective care and management are provided to patients within the ward.
• Provide support and direct care as required to patients with range of complex care requirements
• Ensure a problem solving approach in the delivery of patient care.
• Communicate and documents patient care requirements to all relevant members of the health care team.
• Insure patient care standards are meet and revised to incorporate the result of clinical findings and research to reflect advance in practice and technology.
• Insure nursing care is delivered in accordance with policy and procedure of nursing division, AHIL.
• Monitor and review standard of documentation of patient care.
• Ensure confidentiality of patient information is maintained.
• Participate in activities and development and evaluation of policies and procedures used in the delivery of patient care.
• Ensure safe custody controlled substance is maintained in accordance with best practice in hospital policy.

• 2. Patient Care: Ensure the safe delivery of patient care.

• Provide safe patient environment and ensure patient incidents/ accidents are documented and investigated and action is taken to prevent the re occurrence.

• To develop & maintain the unit level orientation, in service and preceptor ship programme.

•  Develop and implement clinical competences relevant to your area and ensure that all staff is assed on a regular basis.

• To provide staff with progressive informal Feed Back on their performance and conducting formal and regular performance services.

• Acts to rectify unsafe or inappropriate behavior and practice

• 3. Quality Improvement

• Initiate and develop quality improvement programme.

• Participate in JCI Accreditation.