Staff Nurse

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 patient's 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

·         Knowledge on the blood drawing protocols and collection of reports.

·         Alert the on-call physician/surgeon/ consultant in case of any deteriorating sings or abnormal lab results (Panic Value).

·         Demonstrate knowledge on nursing care plan and its documentation.

·         Ability to facilitate patient education.

·         Knowledge on betadine/chlorhexidine (antiseptic)scrub bath prior to surgery.

·         Administration of intra venous, intra muscular, intra dermal and subcutaneous injection.

·         Perform steam inhalation, nebulisation and restrain policy.

·         Assist / perform tracheostomy care and suctioning procedure.

·         Ability to operate a Defibrillator.

·         Ability to explain the discharge criteria as per policy.

·         Management of blood and body fluids, HAZMAT spills.

·         Handle central venous catheters and peripheral line.

·         Knowledge on Anticoagulants and Urinary catheter care.