Nursing Incharge - Ward

Ward Nursing Incharge Job Description

• Clinical Supervision: Supervise nursing care, patient assessment, medication, procedures, and emergency response.
• Staffing: Prepare duty rosters, allocate staff, monitor attendance, workload, and competency.
• Patient Safety: Ensure fall prevention, medication safety, identification, handover, and incident reporting.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate nursing records, charts, care plans, and shift handovers.
• Infection Prevention: Ensure hand hygiene, PPE, biomedical waste segregation, isolation, and aseptic practices.
• Quality & NABH: Implement hospital policies, SOPs, audits, indicators, corrective actions, and NABH standards.
• Coordination: Coordinate with doctors, other departments, patients/attendants, and hospital management for smooth ward functioning.

Daily Monitoring Responsibilities

The Ward Nursing Incharge should routinely monitor:

• Patient census and bed occupancy
• Nursing manpower and staff allocation
• High-risk/high-dependency patients
• Medication administration and medication errors
• Patient identification compliance
• Fall-risk and pressure-injury-risk patients
• Infection-control and hand-hygiene compliance
• Nursing documentation
• Emergency trolley/Crash Cart readiness
• Medical equipment functionality
• Ward cleanliness and environmental safety
• Consumables, linen, and stock availability
• Patient/attendant complaints
• Incident/near-miss reporting
• Shift handover quality

Qualification

• B.Sc. Nursing / Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing / GNM from a recognized institution.
• Valid registration with the applicable State Nursing Council.
• Relevant clinical nursing experience.