Senior Team Lead

Job Purpose

To ensure smooth functioning of the nursing team in AITU. Provide care for patients who are critically ill

post surgeries. Assess patients on a regular basis and provide medication & care as per physicians’

instructions.

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.

· Provides clinical supervision of staff and ensures high quality of nursing services.

Care Delivery

· Demonstrate clinical competence in all aspects of patient care.

· Monitoring of patient care delivery process for the staff posted in the area.

· Verify and ensure patient care documentation and handover process are completed as per policies

and standards for assigned shift.

· Ensure timely execution of all drug and non-drug order for the patients for the assigned shift.

· Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records.

· Ensure compliance with all policies and procedures for medication management especially for high

alert medicines, LASA and Narcotics.

· Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patients care.

· Contribute to interdisciplinary planning and provisioning of patient care.

· Demonstrates correct use and assembly of required equipments, instruments and appropriate

cleaning of the same

Collaborative Responsibility

· Communicate all necessary information to the team in timely and constructive manner.

· Ensure proper allocation and deployment of nursing staff as per the requirement to maintain patient

safety and quality of care.

· Monitor clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality Improvement.

· Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and assess the impact of nursing intervention as

appropriate.

Work Environment Management

· Enhance the working environment through teamwork and mutual respect for others. · Resolve conflicts and patient care problems / issues and take decisions accordingly or in consultation with the NS whenever required. Quality Management · Undertake Clinical / Nursing audit whenever required. · Follow international patient safety goals. · Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents. · Identify and escalate any life threatening issues, associated procedures, protocols and policy guideline. · Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care. Inventory Management · Ensure proper inventory management of their allocated Units. · Manage all medical equipment in their respective area and inform clinical engineering team in case of any issues. Training and Development · Participate and contribute in scheduled in-service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS, NALS (if applicable) CNEs, conferences etc., · Identify training needs for the staffs in the team. · Provide training and demonstrate correct use and assembly of required equipments, instruments, implants and appropriate before and after care of the same. · Ensure staff working in the area attend the required clinical & non-clinical training programs.

Functional Area Responsibility

· Knowledge on drug and intra venous fluid calculations.

· Perform Intercostal Drainage, ROMOVAC drain monitoring and documentation.

· Interpret Arterial Blood Gas values.

· Ability to position patients appropriately.

· 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.

· Knowledge about the different types of sterilisation and aseptic techniques followed in NH .

· Monitor and demonstrate infection control guidelines, practices and bio medical waste management

· Processing patient samples for ABG, VBG, GRBS, CARDIAC SOB ,ACT & PT INR on POCT devices.

· Monitoring flags and trouble shooting of POCT equipment on daily basis, coordinating with

Biomedical team, IT department and Lab POCT consultants as and when required.

· Monitors Inter Quality control for ABG, Cardiac triage, PT INR and Glucometers on day to day basis.

· Monitors EQAS / PT samples and inter instrument Comparison related to POCT.

· Day to day updating documents pertaining to JCI and CAP standards.

Candidate Requirements

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 5 years of clinical experience.

Knowledge & Skills Required: Knowledge and understanding of ethics governing nursing/midwifery practice. Good communication & interpersonal skills. Ability to work under pressure, prioritize, multi task and lead a team. Be proactive, punctual and empathetic.

N.B – The above also includes any other job assigned from time to time.

I do hereby declare that the Job Responsibilities are properly explained to me during Induction/ Appraisal/ Redesignation and understood by me. I will try to deliver the best by meeting the mentioned standards.