Deputy Nursing Superintendent

Job Responsibilities

General Responsibility

• Adhere and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies.
• Adhere and comply with policies and procedures related to patient care, infection control, patient safety and accreditation standard.

Nursing Resource Management

• Assist the Nursing superintendent in forecasting, planning and budgeting nursing resource.
• Planning of skill matrix and contingency plan for nursing department in coordination with the nursing managers and under the guidance of nursing superintendent.
• Assist the Nursing Superintendent in establishing process for competency requirement and mapping.

Collaborative Responsibility

• Communication of all necessary information to all stakeholders (Healthcare team and HOD of the department) in a timely and constructive manner
• Conduct regular meetings with all the nursing managers to discuss and follow up on work results to ensure safe and effective care delivery.
• Conduct daily nursing rounds to ensure proper patient care delivery process from the staff posted in various departments.

Quality Management

• Establish process and protocol to ensure patient care documentation are completed as per policies and standards. 
• Follow international patient safety goals.
• Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents.
• Attend and contribute to interdisciplinary meeting and provision of patient care.
• Establish process to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures for medication management especially for High Alert Medicines, LASA and Narcotics.
• Ensure that there is provision to maintain patient's privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
• 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.
• Guide and assist the staff to undertake Clinical / Nursing audit as required.
• Conduct regular audit of patient care record to ensure appropriateness, completeness and execution of orders.
• Assist nursing leaders in developing polices and procedure for the department.
• Plan and ensure implementation of corrective and preventive action on the basis of event finding or investigation.

Work Environment Management

• Enhance the working environment through teamwork and mutual respect for others
• Resolve conflicts and staff problems / issues and take decision utilizing critical thinking.
• Maintain safe and clean working environment for all clinical area.

Inventory Management

• Oversee the inventory management of the clinical area managed by nursing department.
• Monitor all medical equipment in the clinical areas and inform clinical engineering team whenever required.

Training and Development

• Ensure ongoing training plan is followed as per the defined training policy and organization requirement.
• Upgrade knowledge as per current clinical evidences. Participate and contribute in scheduled in service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS, NALS (If applicable), CNEs, conferences etc.,

Other Responsibilities

• In addition to the above, be proactive in taking up any additional responsibility, be it clinical or non-clinical on a need basis as and when such situation arises.