Senior Staff Nurse

Job Purpose

Ensure smooth function of the nursing team in the Oncology Ward. Responsible for the administration of chemotherapy drugs to patients. The oncology nurse plays a part in ensuring each cancer patient is educated about their disease, its treatments and expected side effects. 

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.
• Monitoring of patient care delivery process for the staff posted in the area.
• Verify and ensure patient care documentation are completed as per policies and standards for assigned shift.
• Ensure timely execution of all drug and non-drug order for the patients for the assigned shift.
• Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records.
• Ensure compliance with all policies and procedures for medication management especially for high alert medicines, LASA and Narcotics.
• Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patients care.
• Contribute to interdisciplinary planning and provisioning of patient care.

Collaborative Responsibility

• Communicate all necessary information to the team in timely and constructive manner.
• Ensure proper allocation and deployment of nursing staff as per the requirement to maintain patient safety and quality of care.
• 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.

Work Environment Management

• Enhance the working environment through teamwork and mutual respect for others.
• Resolve conflicts and patient care problems / issues and take decisions accordingly or in consultation with the NS whenever required.

Quality Management

• Undertake Clinical / Nursing audit whenever required.
• Follow international patient safety goals.
• Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents.
• Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care.

Inventory Management

• Ensure proper inventory management of their allocated Units.
• Manage all medical equipment in their respective area and inform clinical engineering team in case of any issues.

Training and Development

• Participate and contribute in scheduled in-service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS, NALS (if applicable) CNEs, conferences etc.,
• Identify training needs for the staffs in the team.
• Ensure staff working in the area attend the required clinical & non-clinical training programs.

Functional Area Responsibility

• Assist in bone marrow procedure like aspiration, biopsy etc.,
• Knowledge on critical lab value.
• Knowledge in diagnostic Procedures in Oncology (Endoscopy, MRI, CT Scan, USG, FNAC, CYTOLOGY, PAP Smear, Mammography, Fluoroscopy, Radio Isotopes).
• Safely handle chemo therapy drug.
• Perform IV extravasation and chemotherapy.
• Perform pre and post-MTU preparation.
• Perform tracheostomy and oral suctioning.
• Ability to Manage oncology emergencies / complications.
• Demonstrates knowledge about lumbar puncture & bone marrow procedure.
• Knowledge about PEP, PPE, NSI and narcotic drugs.
• Hazardous materials management.

Candidate Requirements