Staff Nurse

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.

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.