Urgent Vacancy For ICU Staff Nurse

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Roles and Responsibilities :

• Delivering quality nursing care with compassion, competence and critical thinking skills in their ICUs
• Demonstrating caring, comforting, qualities and communicates with an empathetical and individualistic approach.
• Ensuring the provision of safe environment in both preventive and promotive aspects for all patients, relatives and significant others.
• Maintaining interdepartmental, inter-unit coordination and communication.
• Possessing knowledge regarding the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)s and clinical protocols of the ward/unit.
• Interpreting the department’s policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors, and accrediting bodies as required.
• Liaising with consultants and heads of other departments for effective implementation of patient care and minimizing errors of omission and commission.
• Maintaining relevant documents and adhering to established reporting system.
• Periodically updating knowledge on clinical areas, translating them at the bed side and participating in their continuing nursing education.
• Maintaining professional decorum at all times.
• Providing leadership and clinical decision making to all nurses and other members (secretaries, housekeeping staff etc.) of the unit.
• Ensuring adequacy of stock by indenting, maintaining the same, keeping in mind the need for lean practices.
• Maintaining records and establishing adequate reporting with accurate documentation.
• Predicting emergency situation and preparing the unit for its smooth function.
• Ensuring that all investigation reports are collected and reported on time to the concerned physician for treatment decision.
• Reporting high alert investigation results to the sister in-charge and seeks medical help for prompt action and record the interventions done.
• Ensuring safe transportation of the patient to diagnostic tests/other wards or units.
• Conducting an initial thorough assessment of every patient upon admission.
• Performing ongoing assessment of patients to identify needs and problems.
• Raising menu card upon admission and as and when the dietary needs alter.
• Ensuring that the paramedical services reach patients on time. For example: Physiotherapy, Dietary.
• Making keen observation for early identification of warning signs of complication.
• Providing patient safety following patient safety goals including provision of care for the vulnerable patients.
• Ensuring prompt assessment of wound site using the Braden Scale, providing appropriate treatment and the practice of complete documenting.
• Supervising non professional staff in the cleanliness and orderliness of the ward and transportation of the patient.
• Maintain relevant documents and adhere to established reporting system.
• Periodically updating knowledge on clinical areas, translating them at the bed side and participating actively in continuing nursing education.

Note: The junior staff nurse assumes responsibility in the absence of the senior staff nurse

Desired Candidate Profile

Perks and Benefits