Nursing In Charge

POSITION GUIDELINES

Document- / Responsibilities

DEPARTMENT : NURSING

• POSITION : NURSING INCHARGE/ SUPERVISOR
• REPORTING TO : GENERAL MANAGER - QUALITY & OPERATION
• QUALIFICATION : GNM/ Bsc NURSING
• EXPERIENCE : 8-10 YEARS IN HEALTHCARE

Key areas of responsibility:

As Nursing Incharge / Supervisor

• Management of patient care. Supervise, guide and help the nurses to provide high quality nursing care from admission to discharge of the patient.
• Audit of the nurses in their clinical practice to ensure that they are working the way they are trained.
• Responsible for Clinical Audit to ensure clinical processes, protocols are followed in proper manner.
• Responsible for Monthly Nursing Audit to ensure the effective and efficient patient care.
• Responsible for preparation of Monthly Key Performance Indicators Report.
• Do the regular round of the patient to ensure that the patient is comfortable.
• Attendance and assignment of personnel (Duty Roster Management).
• Ensure that the inventory of equipment is done, placed in proper place in working condition.
• Ensure that the emergency trolley is up-to-date and everything is available and in working condition.
• Ensure proper nursing documentation in the patients file from admission to discharge.
• Indent and maintenance of ward stock of drugs, disposables, consumables and other required items.
• Ensure that records like admission, discharge, birth, death census, MLC cases etc. are properly maintained.
• Management of emergencies like cardiac arrest, hemorrhage, post operative complications etc.
• Ensure patient safety.
• Ensure that the infection control guidelines are strictly followed by all staff.
• Ensure patient satisfaction regarding clinical care.
• Supervise the staff nurses, guide them and help them as and when required
• Waste management is done as per policy.
• Ensure that all the queries are properly addressed and corrective and preventive action report is generated for those queries.
• Responsible for the welfare of staffs in the department
• Responsible for periodical the performance appraisal of the staffs in the department.
• Recruitment, placement and orientation of the newly joined staff.
• Coordinate staff meetings to get suggestions for implementing improvements.
• Implementing standing orders and protocols.
• Responsible for training initiatives within the hospital related to nursing care and infection related practices.