Staff Nurse

Job Title -  Associate Nurse

Department - Nursing

Qualification - GNM/B.sc/M.sc

Responsibilities - 

·         Provide professional nursing care with an assigned unit according to established standards and procedures.

·         Provide comprehensive care to assigned patients. Ensure a safe and therapeutic environment for her patient.

·         Follows policy and delivers designated nursing interventions to assigned patients that are consistent with the documented medical plan of care.

·         Takes the nursing history, summarizes data and states nursing diagnoses / patient care needs.

·         Organize and maintain patient file and reports as per the MRD requirements in all shifts.

·         Always greet with smile to patient and companion for their well-being. Be groomed always.

·         Observes and records signs, symptoms and behaviors including the physiological status of patients’ reports, assessment changes to the concerned authority.

·         Ensure smooth functioning of admission, discharge and transfer procedures and assists others with patients’ activities and care with collaborative manner.

·         Follow handover-takeover process accurately with written/online notes.

·         Ensure introduction of next shift team member to patient and patient side medication check in each shift.

·         Executes physician’s orders for all assigned patients safely and properly administers medications and treatments. Strictly adhere read back policy

·         Ensure identification safety for collection of specimens during collection and till the report informed to consultant.

·         Participate in consultant’s rounds and assist by giving relevant information based on nursing assessment/reassessment and observations. Carry out routine check at each handover that all equipment's are in working order.

·         Ensure that all items used for patients inclusive of medications, surgical supplies are duly recorded and charged. Keep equipment’s in charging.

·         Ensure during internal transfer except the ordered medicine all other drug to be returned before shifting to other unit.

·         Maintain patients and accompanies safety by taking preventive measures against accidents. Accurately records and reports incidents. Ensure every error to be recorded. Ensure strict infection control protocol and bio-waste guidelines to be followed for 24x7. Ensure that daily briefing points and sign off are mandatory for day-to-day update.

Specific Unit Related Nursing Care - 

• Responsible for safety and comfort of patients, and the health and safety of employees assigned to the respective unit. Ensure that all the files (record) are completely maintained.
• Ensure that proper observation records of the patient are made and necessary information imparted to the concerned authorities.
• Ensure proper handling of patient. Follow the Chemo protocols and assist the adverse effects.
• Have full knowledge of Neutropenic precautions and it is importance. Assist the stem cell collection.
• Assist and handle the post stem acute and chronic GVHD. Provide post-operative care to the patients as per their needs.
• Educate the patient as well relatives about lymphedema exercise and massaging for various surgeries.
• Educate the patient as well relatives about post head and neck exercise (lip, tongue and jaw)
• Have knowledge about cytotoxic drug management as well segregation its proper disposal methods.
• Have knowledge about central line care as well dressing precautions. Monitors vital sign and reports abnormalities. Ensure samples are collected and send to concerned diagnostic labs. To ensure that staff is taking precaution to avoid blood born infection. To ensure refrigerator/deep freezer temperature is maintained. To ensure that medical reports are generated timely. Any other jobs assigned by superior.