Staff Nurse

Job Title: Staff Nurse

About the Role

The Staff Nurse demonstrates knowledge and skill in caring for patients, understanding their needs for self-respect and dignity. This role provides nursing care for all day care patients, utilizing the nursing process.

Key Responsibilities

PATIENT CARE

• Admission, discharge & transfer of patients.
• Data collection.
• Assessment of vital signs.
• Physical examination & diagnostic evaluation.
• Continuous monitoring of patients.
• Following physical rounds & carrying out prescribed orders.
• Sending samples for diagnostic evaluations.
• Coordinating diagnostic & therapeutic procedures.
• Planning & implementation of patient care, including hygiene & nutrition.
• Administering medication.
• Providing comfort measures.
• Taking care of elimination.
• Giving health education.
• Maintaining records & reports.
• Attending in-service education.

WARD ADMINISTRATION

• Writing nursing care plans for allocated patients.
• Performing nursing activities for admission, discharge & transfer of patients.
• Keeping patient belongings in safe custody, in accordance with hospital policy.
• Assisting the ward sister in supervising staff, maintaining cleanliness & sanitation.
• Assisting the ward sister in indenting & checking drugs & supplies and maintaining inventory.
• Maintaining nursing procedures.
• Sterilization of articles.
• Making rounds with doctors & senior nursing personnel.
• Keeping all patient records up to date.
• Observing patient condition and taking prompt action.
• Recording & reporting patient condition as & when required.
• Providing direct supervision over patient care carried out by students in the ward.
• Participating in clinical teaching programs.
• Assisting student nurses in giving health education to patients.
• Attending in-service classes regularly.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Teamwork and Co-operation: Strives to develop good relations with other departments.
• Resourcefulness: Actively promotes practices that save company resources and minimize wastage.
• Initiative: Willingness and initiative in acquiring knowledge, updating skills and technology or professional competency.
• Pressure Handling: Able to work under pressure and stressful situations while handling multiple tasks.
• Documentation Skills: Excellent documentation skills.
• Communication Skills: Professional oral and written communication skills; must be able to interact and communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization, as well as communicate with tact, diplomacy, and a high level of cultural sensitivity.
• Attention to Detail: Strong attention to detail.