Staff Nurse

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 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

• Knowledge on PICU admission and discharge criteria.
• Perform anthropometric assessment.
• 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.