Walk-in || Staff Nurse

Job Description of Senior. Staff Nurse

• To monitor Subordinates for Patient Endorsement.
• Carries out assigned job given by Team Leader Nursing / Nursing Supervisor.
• Responsible for monitoring vital signs and ongoing assessment of the patients.
• Plans and provides the basic care according to the priority needs of the patients.
• Accompanies Consultants on rounds and updates patient care.
• Carries out Consultants orders appropriately.
• Maintains personal hygiene of patients.
• Administers medication using correct procedure & counter checking of medication of high risk dose.
• Takes responsibility of admission, discharge and transfer of the patient.
• Takes responsibility of collection of samples and sending for investigations.
• Documents in all relevant records as per hospital policy.
• Maintains checklist and inventory of medicines, instruments, equipments etc.
• Checks the crash cart and keeps it ready for use.
• Maintains checklist and takes inventory of high alert medications/narcotics/backup

pharmacy on a daily basis.

• Maintains ward safety and provides safe environment.
• Completes Competency Assessments.
• Takes part in training and Staff Development Programme.
• Handling of patient complaints and feedback in absence of team leader.
• Handling Code blue activation.
• Smooth functioning of wards in absence of Team leader.
• Monitoring and Reporting Incident & medication error.

B. Educative Activities

• Plans and provides health education to patients and relatives.
• Participates in in-service education programme.

C. Supervisory Activities

• Supervises and guides Nursing assistant, Housekeeping staff and Co-workers.
• Supervises patients and visitors for maintenance of health promotion.

D. Recording and Reporting Activities

• Reports Critical patient's conditions promptly to the concerned person in verbal

and written.

• Reports any absenteeism of staff.
• Records and reports nursing care, treatment, medicine correctly and promptly.
• Reports and records any losses and breakage in the Hospital.

E. Communication Activities

• Provides Psychological support to patient and relatives.
• Reports any incident to the concerned person.
• Gives orientation to patient and relatives about physical facilities, policy rules and

regulations of the hospital.

• Maintains good interpersonal relationship with patients, relatives, colleagues, coworkers

and the department staff.

Will be responsible for any other duties assigned by the Team Leader-Nursing/Nursing Supervisor from time to time.

Skill Sets:
Nursing Skill & Organizing Skills:

• Plan & Organize patient requirement.
• Read OT procedures and policies to enhance self-education & skill.
• Perform a wide variety of supervisory responsibilities like daily rounds & follow ups.
• Provide holistic/ Comprehensive patient care.
• Ability to care out daily briefing, to junior reporting nurses about patients/ their

relatives, supplies, new items added to the department.

Communication Skills:

• Ability to communicate with patient & their relatives needs (Ability to listen).
• Ability to explain & clarify doubts of the patient & their relatives.
• To be able to coordinate & work with multi-ethnic workforce.
• Ability to coordinate with billing & other departments.
• Answering queries & telephone cells.
• Ability to communicate patients complaints to concerned authority & eliminate

patients problem.

• Document in detail & inform team- members of any unusual event.
• Maintain the communication book.
• Ability to handle anxious relatives by giving information about the time/length of

operation.

• Inform patients relatives sitting in the Companion room about operation progress.
• Weekly department meeting for information sharing.