Department: Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Reports To: ICU In-Charge / Nursing Superintendent
Location: Hopewell Hospital, Ranchi
Position Summary
The ICU Staff Nurse is responsible for providing secure, evidence-based, compassionate, and continuous nursing care to critically ill patients requiring intensive monitoring and advanced life support. The role demands excellent clinical judgment, rapid response capability, meticulous documentation, and close collaboration with intensivists, consultants, respiratory therapists, and the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
The ICU Nurse shall ensure patient safety, infection prevention, accurate medication administration, timely escalation of deterioration, and adherence to NABH standards and hospital protocols.
Key Responsibilities
1. Critical Patient Care
- Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill patients.
- Perform complete patient assessment at admission and during every shift.
- Monitor vital signs continuously.
- Recognize early signs of deterioration.
- Initiate emergency interventions within nursing scope.
- Escalate immediately to the intensivist or duty doctor when required.
- Maintain airway, breathing and circulation.