Team Leader

Requisition Id: 16129

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:

Manage and ensure optimum performance of the unit in terms of Customer satisfaction and operational efficiencies.

Job Responsibilities:

PATIENT CARE

Overall planning of nursing care of the patient in the unit.
Maintaining cleanliness & sanitation of the unit.
Rendering direct care to seriously ill patients as & when situation arises.
Taking handover from the night shift in-charge.
Taking bed to bed rounds.
Supervising dietary arrangement & proper serving of diet.
Taking care of the health teaching programme to the patients & their relatives in her unit.
Co-ordinating patient care with other team members.
Assisting doctors at the time of their rounds.
Specially responsible for the care of acutely ill & seriously ill patients of the unit.

WARD ADMINISTRATION

Preparing duty roster of the staff nurses & student nurses.
Checking the attendance of all nurses of the unit.
Allocating the bed to the nurses of each shift.
Maintaining stock of equipment, medicines & linen.
Indenting for supplies required for the running of the unit.
Ensuring disposal of waste, prevention of misuse & loss of articles & medicine.
Reporting any case of indiscipline, theft or loss to the higher management.
Coordinating the orientation programme of the new staff, students & making arrangement for continuous on-the-job training.
Making arrangement for keeping patient belongings in a safe custody as per laid down policy of the hospital.
Supervising, guiding & directing the work of the nurses.
Maintaining daily census.
Coordinating with other departments for ease of operation.
Taking care of the practical part of the nursing training.
Assisting to organize health teaching programme for patients & their relatives.
Organize ward teaching programme for staff nurses & students.
Taking care of the in service classes & nursing research programmes.

Candidate Requirements:

Strives to develop good relations with other departments and ensures teamwork and co-operation amongst staff
Actively promotes practices that save company resources and minimize wastage
Willingness and initiative in acquiring knowledge, updating skills and technology or professional competency
Able to work under pressure and stressful situations while handling multiple tasks.
Excellent documentation skills.
Professional oral and written communication skills; must be able to interact and communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization, as well as communicate with tact, diplomacy, and a high level of cultural sensitivity
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.