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

·         Maintain the sterile zones.

·         Ability to do the gowning procedure and scrubbing.

·         Demonstrate knowledge on consent protocol.

·         Ability to position patents in lateral, prone, supine, lithotomy, Trendelenburg.

·         Knowledge about the disposal of infected linen, care and handling infected linen and general waste segregation and disposal in OT.

·         Knowledge about the different types of sterilisation methods followed in NH and the type of sterile tape and the things to be checked before opening a sterile pack.

·         Take the appropriate barcode for biopsy.

·         Knowledge on methods of cleaning of OT equipment.

·         Awareness of radiation safety.

·         Knowledge of the system of receiving the implant from the store.

·         Familiarity in operating surgical equipment.

·         Assist and perform surgical asepsis.