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

• Assessment and preparation of patients for various interventional and non-interventional procedures.
• Reassessment before and after the procedure.
• Provide high quality care to patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
• Circulate or scrub for interventional procedures like cardiac catheterizations, angioplasties etc.,
• Provide care to patients before and after procedure.
• Handle emergency situations and be acquainted with BLS , ALS and PALS.
• Be acquainted with BLS and ALS and handle emergency situations on need basis.
• Function within scope of practice and professional standards of practice.
•  Utilize appropriate risk assessment tools in order to identify actual and potential problems and implement appropriate action if required.
• Actively Participate in quality improvement projects and accreditation activities.