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Junior Staff Nurse
Narayana Health
Bengaluru
Full-Time
0-3 Years experience
Description
| Job Purpose | |
| Provide care for children and adolescents, usually up to the age of 18, with life-threatening or high-acuity conditions that require constant monitoring. | |
| Job 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 and handover all patients 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. * Ensure plan of care is implemented. * Demonstrates correct use and assembly of required equipments, instruments and appropriate cleaning of the same. Quality Management * Understanding of clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality Improvement. * Follow international patient safety goals. * Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents. * Identify and escalate any life threatening issues, associated procedures, protocols and policy guidelines. * 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 BLS,PALS,NALS(If applicable), CNEs, conferences etc., Functional Area Responsibility * Knowledge on PITU admission and discharge criteria. * Perform anthropometric assessment. * Understand and demonstrate infection control guidelines, practices and bio medical waste management * Ability to position patients appropriately * Knowledge about the different types of sterilisation and aseptic techniques followed in NH * Knowledge about thermoregulation and paediatric emergencies. * Knowledge on Pathological hyperbilirubinemia and Nursing management. * knowledge on tracheostomy care and respiratory distress syndrome. * Usage of O2 therapy in children. * Handle Convulsions in children. * Awareness on play therapy and peritoneal dialysis. * Provide care to babies on HFO. * Ability to perform PALS on emergency situations. * Knowledge on Age specific competency like infant, toddler, preschool, schooler, and adolescents. * Processing patient samples for ABG, VBG, GRBS, CARDIAC SOB ,ACT & PT INR on POCT devices. * Performs Allen's test, draws arterial blood and perform Arterial Blood Gas and Venous Blood Gas analysis for Patient samples. * Monitors and update the critical value reporting documents for all POCT reports. Informing panic value to treating consultants and document the same. | |
| 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: Freshers / candidates with 1 or 2 years of experience
Knowledge & Skills Required: Knowledge of nursing principles, techniques and procedures for the delivery of effective patient care. Good communication & interpersonal skills. Be proactive, punctual and empathetic.
N.B– The above also includes any other job assigned from time to time.
I do hereby declare that the Job Responsibilities are properly explained to me during Induction/ Appraisal/ Redesignation and understood by me. I will try to deliver the best by meeting the mentioned standards.
About Narayana Health
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