Staff Nurse

Job Description and Duties of Staff Nurse in a 100-Bedded NABH-Accredited Hospital

Position Overview

A Staff Nurse in a 100-bedded NABH-accredited hospital like Mayom Hospital in a Tier 1 city is the first level professional nurse in the hospital hierarchy. The role requires maintaining professional standards at all times and providing expert bedside care to patients while executing special technical duties in specialized areas like operation theatres, intensive care units, and other critical care areas.

Primary Responsibilities

Patient Care and Clinical Duties

Assessment and Planning
- Assess the total needs of patients and prepare comprehensive nursing care plans
- Continuously evaluate and update nursing care based on individual patient requirements

Direct Patient Care
- Provide complete nursing care for assigned patients
- Manage patient admission and discharge procedures
- Assist patients with daily living activities including bathing, mouth care, nail care, and pressure point management
- Administer medications and injections as prescribed
- Monitor and record vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure) every four hours or as required
- Conduct urine testing for sugar and albumin
- Provide feeding assistance and distribute diets to patients
- Manage bedpan and urinal care

Technical Nursing Procedures
- Perform specialized procedures including enemas, catheterization, dressings, irrigations, and oxygen therapy
- Assist with nasogastric intubation, gastric gavage and lavage
- Collect, label, and dispatch laboratory specimens
- Provide pre-operative and post-operative patient care
- Escort patients to and from various departments for investigations
- Assist medical staff during patient examinations and treatments

Ward Management Responsibilities

Shift Management
- Hand over and take charge of patients and ward inventory during each shift
- Maintain therapeutic environment in assigned wards
- Give and receive detailed shift reports

Equipment and Supply Management
- Routine care and cleaning of dressing trolleys, cupboards, apparatus, and mackintosh
- Prepare surgical supplies, bandages, and splints
- Maintain stock registers and inventories
- Make indents for drugs, surgical supplies, and other stores
- Keep custody of dangerous drugs and maintain administration records
- Daily check of emergency drugs and life-saving equipment

Environmental Management
- Keep wards clean and tidy
- Manage care of clean and soiled linens
- Ensure disinfection of linens, beds, floors, and bedpans
- Maintain proper upkeep and repairs of linen and ward equipment

Professional and Educational Duties

Supervision and Training
- Provide demonstration and guidance to student nurses and domestic staff
- Supervise auxiliary staff including nursing orderlies, ward boys, ayas, and sweepers
- Assist in orientation of new staff nurses
- Coordinate work of other healthcare professionals like physiotherapists, social workers, and dietitians

Professional Development
- Participate in staff education programs and meetings
- Engage in professional activities and continuing education
- Maintain good interpersonal relationships with all categories of staff, patients, and relatives

Specialized Area Duties

Operation Theatre
- Prepare and lay out trolleys according to operation schedules
- Assist surgeons and anesthetists during procedures
- Monitor patient condition during and after operations
- Count instruments and mops before wound closure
- Act as operation theatre sister in her absence

Labor Room Management (if applicable)
- Provide antenatal, intranatal, and postnatal care
- Assess labor progress using partographs
- Conduct normal deliveries and provide newborn care
- Perform newborn resuscitation when needed

Key Performance Standards

Patient Safety and Quality Care
- Ensure effective patient care delivery throughout the hospital
- Follow prescribed protocols in case of patient accidents or deaths
- Provide health education to patients and their attendants
- Report any emergencies or unusual occurrences to nursing supervisors

Documentation and Communication
- Maintain accurate patient records and documentation
- Observe, record, and report all procedures and test results
- Care for patients’ personal effects in accordance with hospital policies

Additional Requirements

Professional Conduct
- Maintain professional appearance and demeanor at all times
- Be attentive and present at the nursing station during duty hours
- Handle any additional duties assigned from time to time

NABH Compliance
- Adhere to all NABH accreditation standards and quality protocols
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives and patient safety programs
- Ensure compliance with infection control and safety measures

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹15,793.41 - ₹35,137.79 per month

**Benefits**:

- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Provident Fund

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Urban Estate, Gurugram, Haryana: Rel