Staff Nurse

Requisition Id: 8045

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 drug and intra venous fluid calculations.

· Perform Intercostal Drainage, ROMOVAC drain monitoring and documentation.

· Interpret Arterial Blood Gas values.

· Evaluate Intra Cranial Pressure and Glasgow Coma Scale.

· Handle Epidural Catheter.

· Knowledge on normal laboratory values and Panic values.

· Knowledge on Colostomy, Stapler removal and nursing care.

· Knowledge on FAST HUG Protocol.

· Assist in Intake and Output Documentation.

· Administrate, store and dispose of Narcotics as per policy.