Senior Staff Nurse

Narayana Health is headquartered in Bengaluru, India, and operates a network of hospitals in India and Overseas. Our mission is to deliver high quality, affordable healthcare services to the broader population.

For more details please refer to our website at : https://www.narayanahealth.org

Job Purpose

To manage patients either preparing for or recovering from a bone marrow transplant. BMT patients are highly immunosuppressed and very susceptible to infection and require specialized medications.

Job Responsibilities

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.
• Assist in cannula insertion.
• Support staff nurses in handling central lines and ensuring infection-control precautions.
• Oversee patient allocation and maintain patient detail records.

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

• Blood transfusion and nursing management.
• Demonstrate knowledge on GRBS and normal / critical value.
• Administration, storage and disposal of Narcotics as per policy.
• Create awareness regarding Personal Protective Equipment and Post Exposure Prophylaxis.
• Early detection of cancer and its prevention, safe handling of chemotherapy drugs.
• Pre-operative preparation of the patients in Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.
• Drug and Intra venous fluid calculations.
• Knowledge on Diagnostic procedures in oncology (Endoscopy, MRI, CT scan, USG, FNAC, Cytology, Mammography, Pap Smear, Fluoroscopy, Radioisotopes).
• Assist in bone marrow procedures, aspiration, biopsy etc.,
• Demonstrates knowledge on post procedural complications like Graft Verse Host Disease and Veno Occlusive Disease etc.,
• Knowledge on Oncology emergencies / complications.

Education: Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in nursing   

Registration: Valid registration in the State Nursing Council from where B.Sc. Nursing/GNM was completed.

Experience: Minimum 2 years of clinical experience.