Narayana Health

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| |  |  | | --- | --- | | **Job Purpose** | | | To assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. | | | **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 plan of care is implemented. * Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patient's care. * 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 ACLS, BLS,PALS,NALS(If applicable), CNEs, conferences etc.,   **Functional Area Responsibility**   * Knowledge on the blood drawing protocols and collection of reports. * Alert the on-call physician/surgeon/ consultant in case of any deteriorating sings or abnormal lab results (Panic Value). * Understand and demonstrate infection control guidelines, practices and bio medical waste management * Demonstrate knowledge on nursing care plan and its documentation. * Ability to facilitate patient education. * Ability to position patients appropriately * Knowledge about the different types of sterilisation and aseptic techniques followed in NH. * Knowledge on betadine/chlorhexidine (antiseptic)scrub bath prior to surgery. * Administration of intra venous, intra muscular, intra dermal and subcutaneous injection. * Perform steam inhalation, nebulisation and restrain policy. * Assist / perform tracheostomy care and suctioning procedure. * Ability to operate a Defibrillator. * Ability to explain the discharge criteria as per policy. * Management of blood and body fluids, HAZMAT spills. * Handle central venous catheters and peripheral line. * Knowledge on Anticoagulants and Urinary catheter care. * 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. |  |
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Staff Nurse

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About Narayana Health


				---	---		Job Purpose			To assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients.			Job Responsibilities