Junior Staff Nurse

Requisition Id: 12575

About NH:

Narayana Health, one of India's largest and World's most economical healthcare service providers is set to emerge as a global industry model for its ability to reconcile quality, affordability, scale, transparency, credibility and sustainable profitability. From 300 beds hospital in 2001, Narayana Health has grown to a 6900 beds healthcare conglomerate in 2014 with 26 hospitals present in 16 Cities within the country and also has International Presence in Cayman.

NH has been known for its cost- cutting approach and ranked 36th among World's 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Companies in 2012. NH has also been a proud recipient of Frost & Sullivan India Healthcare Excellence Awards 2012 in the category Healthcare Service Provider Company of the Year and FICCI Health Care Excellence Award 2012 for Addressing Industry Issues.

Job Purpose:

Highly trained and skilled nurses work with doctors and technicians to perform cardiac catheterizations, angioplasties and valvuloplasties. Additionally, cath lab nurses assist doctors when implanting pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators and work closely with patients.

Job Responsibilities:

A cath lab nurse's primary duties can be many and varied. It often entails caring for patients in a cardiac care unit, intensive care unit or a cardiac catheterization lab until they are transferred to other unit.
In some cases, the cath lab nurse keeps patient records, updates charts or conducts assessments of their needs and prepares patients for medical procedures.
In the cath lab itself, the cath nurse will scrub in on some procedures, working alongside the doctors and technicians or run treatment equipment.
Of course, a cath lab nurse also will conduct typical nursing duties such as monitoring vital signs or administering medication as instructed by a doctor.
In times of crisis, the cath lab nurse will participate in life-saving actions such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation.
Depending on the size of the medical facility, the cath lab nurse will be involved in as many as a dozen procedures in an eight-hour shift.
In addition to the cath lab specific responsibilities and normal nursing duties, a cath lab nurse will counsel patients, take part in cardiac research projects and teach other health care personnel about the cath lab and its operations.
BLS and ACLS trained.

Candidate Requirements:

Good knowledge of written and spoken English; Excellent understanding of local languages.
Demonstrate an organized, effective and timely approach to all tasks.
Good communication skills and the ability to in-still confidence in patients.
Ability to adhere to patient confidentiality.
Ability to act as part of a multi – cultural and multidisciplinary team.
Professional and personal flexibility.
Ability to cope with stress.