ICU Staff Nurse

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.

2. ICU Monitoring

Monitor and document:
- Heart Rate
- Blood Pressure
- Respiratory Rate
- Oxygen Saturation
- ECG Rhythm
- Temperature
- Urine Output
- CVP (where applicable)
- ICP monitoring (if applicable)
- Ventilator Parameters
- Blood Sugar
- Neurological Status (GCS)
- Pain Assessment
- Sedation Scores

3. Ventilator Care
- Assist in intubation.
- Prepare ventilators before admission.
- Monitor ventilator settings.
- Ensure humidification.
- Perform ET tube care.
- Maintain ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) bundle.
- Assist during extubation.
- Monitor post-extubation patients.

4. Medication Management

Safely administer:
- IV medications
- Vasopressors
- Sedatives
- Inotropes
- Analgesics
- Insulin Infusions
- Blood Products
- Antibiotics
- Electrolytes
- Em

📌 Icu Staff Nurse (Ranchi)
🏢 Hopewell Hospital
📍 Ranchi