Staff Nurse

The Responsibilities of the Staff Nurse include the following:

- Report to the ICU Supervisor/**In charge**on duty.
- Be punctual for the duties.
- Check and take over the instruments and equipments.
- Attend doctor’s rounds & follow the orders.
- Attend 6 hrs of training in a month.
- Take charge of the patient and patient’s records.
- Check oxygen, suction and critical equipments on daily basis
- Get clean the equipment’s as per hospital policy.
- Supervise the subordinates when they are attending the personal hygiene of the patient’s.
- On admission receive the patient and make him / her comfortable. See that the beds are made prior to the patient’s entry to ICU.
- Dietary information to given.During night to be informed café staff.
- Inform duty doctor/ consultant.
- Be in the patient side always.
- Initial assessment to be completed within 2**0 mts** of admission & hourly reassess.
- All patient care plans has to be documented & should be modified as per the condition of patients.
- Pain assessment to be checked in every shift & as when required.
- All information to be exchanged & documented in each staffing shift, between shift & during transfer between unit / departments
- Indent the medication as per the written order.
- Check patient’s case file and give medication
- Right drug
- Right dose
- Right patient
- Right time
- Right route
- Right to refuse
- Right assessment
- Right Education
- Right Evaluation
- Right drug documentation
- Enter in the medication chart immediately after administering the drug and observe for any reaction
- Change 2 hourly positions after attending pressure points of patient. Use air bed and if patients require.
- Assist in personal hygiene of the patient.
- Assist in Minor/Major dressings of the patient.
- If you not getting one prick insert peripheral venous catheters as and when required, call the senior staff/ supervisor.
- Mention date and time of insertion.
- Inform supervisor and duty doctor to check the blood and enter in the respective progress notes.
- Check and send correct specimen to the lab following the hospital policy.
- Collect the lab reports in time and inform the doctor on duty
- For any investigation or any procedure the patient should be prepared as per the consultants order, and shifted as per hospital policy, reports to be obtained in time and inform to the concerned consultant. While shifting the patient a nurse and doctor showed accompany the patient.
- Complete the nurse’s documents immediately after each procedure.
- Observe IV Line frequently so that there are no extravasations/ infiltration.
- Infection control protocols to be carried out.
- Check for consent before procedure.
- Check pre-op patient for local preparation, site marking, investigate reports, consent anesthesiologists’ pre-op check
- And premedication orders and complete it.
- Telephonic orders can be taken only at the time of emergency & it must be confirmed by another staff nurse or duty doctor and documented in the verbal order form and get it signed by consultant within 24hrs.
- Ensure that adequate supply of material/drug, available for patient care
- Blood & blood products to have double check before transfusion one doctor of one nurse.
- All procedures to be entered in activity card immediately after procedure.
- Put your signature, name, date and time wherever it is applicable.
- Any unmet needs of the patient should be informed to the In charge/ Supervisor
- Any patient problem must be informed to the In charge/Supervisor
- On patient’s discharge, see that the discharge procedure is carried out as per the policy.
- Indent only the required quantity of medicine and disposables, see that the returns are made early, do not wait till the patient is discharged.
- Aware of end of life care.
- Death care to be given with respect.
- All staff should know about all codes & how to raise emergency codes
- Keep yourself update with the latest techniques and uses that knowledge in practicing skills.
- To co-ordinate and work for the smooth functioning of the hospital.
- To carry out duties delegated to her /him in floors effectively.
- To provide clean and therapeutic environment to the patient to provide a comfortable and clean bed.
- To check and maintain equipment’s and stocks and use them judiciously.
- To be punctual on duty and follow hospital policies.
- To maintain nurses records as per hospital policy

CONTACT NUMBER : 8939999219 / 9952920853

Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Rotational shift

Supplemental Pay:

- Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Alandur, Chennai - 600016, Tamil Nadu: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Diploma (preferred)

**Experience**:

- total work: 1 year (preferred)
- Nursing: 3 years (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)

License/Certification:

- Nursing License (preferred)