Sr Staff Nurse

Job Purpose

To manage patients either preparing for or recovering from a bone marrow transplant. BMT patients are highly immunosuppressed and very susceptible to infection and require specialized medications.

Responsibilities

General Responsibility

• Adhere and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies.
• Adhere and comply with policies and procedure related to patient care, infection control, patient safety and accreditation standard.

Care Delivery

• Demonstrate clinical competence in all aspects of patient care.
• Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and assess the impact of nursing intervention as appropriate.
• Assessment and reassessment of pain and management of pain.
• Ensure compliance with all policy and procedure for medication management.
• Explain plan of care to patient and family.
• Document all patient records as per policies and standards.
• Educate patient and family as required.
• Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patient's care.
• Assist in cannula insertion.
• Support staff nurses in handling central lines and ensuring infection-control precautions.
• Oversee patient allocation and maintain patient detail records.

Quality Management

• Monitor clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality improvement.
• Follow international patient safety goals.
• Report all near misses, sentinel events and any other incidents.
• Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records.
• Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care.

Training and Development

• Participate and contribute in scheduled in-service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS, NALS (If applicable), CNEs, conferences, etc.

Functional Area Responsibility

• Blood transfusion and nursing management.
• Demonstrate knowledge on GRBS and normal/critical value.
• Administration, storage and disposal of narcotics as per policy.
• Create awareness regarding Personal Protective Equipment and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis.
• Early detection of cancer and its prevention; safe handling of chemotherapy drugs.
• Pre-operative preparation of the patients in Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.
• Drug and intravenous fluid calculations.
• Knowledge on diagnostic procedures in oncology (Endoscopy, MRI, CT scan, US, FNAC, Cytology, Mammography, Pap Smear, Fluoroscopy, Radioisotopes).
• Assist in bone marrow procedures (aspiration, biopsy), etc.
• Demonstrates knowledge on post-procedural complications like Graft-versus-host disease and Veno-occlusive Disease, etc.
• Knowledge on oncology emergencies / complications.

Candidate Requirements

• Education: Diploma / Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Registration: Valid registration in the State Nursing Council from where B. Sc. Nursing / GNM was completed.
• Experience: Minimum 2 years of clinical experience.

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