Staff Nurse

Requisition ID:  3615

Job Purpose

Provide care for children and adolescents, usually up to the age of 18, with life-threatening or high-acuity conditions that require constant monitoring. 

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 and handover 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.
  • Ensure plan of care is implemented.
  • Demonstrates correct use and assembly of required equipments, instruments and appropriate cleaning of the same.

 

Quality Management

  • Understanding of 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.
  • Identify and escalate any life threatening issues, associated procedures, protocols and policy guidelines.
  • 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 BLS,PALS,NALS(If applicable), CNEs, conferences etc.,

Functional Area Responsibility

  • Knowledge on PITU admission and discharge criteria.
  • Perform anthropometric assessment.
  • Understand and demonstrate infection control guidelines, practices and bio medical waste management
  • Ability to position patients appropriately
  • Knowledge about the different types of sterilisation and aseptic techniques followed in NH
  • Knowledge about thermoregulation and paediatric emergencies.
  • Knowledge on Pathological hyperbilirubinemia and Nursing management.
  • knowledge on tracheostomy care and respiratory distress syndrome.
  • Usage of O2 therapy in children.
  • Handle Convulsions in children.
  • Awareness on play therapy and peritoneal dialysis.
  • Provide care to babies on HFO.
  • Ability to perform PALS on emergency situations.
  • Knowledge on Age specific competency like infant, toddler, preschool, schooler, and adolescents.
  • Processing patient samples for ABG, VBG, GRBS, CARDIAC SOB ,ACT & PT INR  on POCT devices.
  • Performs Allen’s test, draws arterial blood and perform Arterial Blood Gas and Venous Blood Gas analysis  for Patient samples.
  • Monitors and update the critical value reporting documents for all POCT reports. Informing panic value to treating consultants and document the same.

 

 

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: Freshers / candidates with 1 or 2 years of experience

Knowledge & Skills Required: Knowledge of nursing principles, techniques and procedures for the delivery of effective patient care. Good communication & interpersonal skills. 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.