Job Description of Senior. Staff Nurse

- To monitor Subordinates for Patient Endorsement.
- Carries out assigned job given by Team Leader Nursing / Nursing Supervisor.
- Responsible for monitoring vital signs and ongoing assessment of the patients.
- Plans and provides the basic care according to the priority needs of the patients.
- Accompanies Consultants on rounds and updates patient care.
- Carries out Consultants orders appropriately.
- Maintains personal hygiene of patients.
- Administers medication using correct procedure & counter checking of medication of high risk dose.
- Takes responsibility of admission, discharge and transfer of the patient.
- Takes responsibility of collection of samples and sending for investigations.
- Documents in all relevant records as per hospital policy.
- Maintains checklist and inventory of medicines, instruments, equipments etc.
- Checks the crash cart and keeps it ready for use.
- Maintains checklist and takes inventory of high alert medications/narcotics/backup

pharmacy on a daily basis.

- Maintains ward safety and provides safe environment.
- Completes Competency Assessments.
- Takes part in training and Staff Development Programme.
- Handling of patient complaints and feedback in absence of team leader.
- Handling Code blue activation.
- Smooth functioning of wards in absence of Team leader.
- Monitoring and Reporting Incident & medication error.

B. Educative Activities

- Plans and provides health education to patients and relatives.
- Participates in in-service education programme.

C. Supervisory Activities

- Supervises and guides Nursing assistant, Housekeeping staff and Co-workers.
- Supervises patients and visitors for maintenance of health promotion.

D. Recording and Reporting Activities

- Reports Critical patient's conditions promptly to the concerned person in verbal

and written.





- Reports any absenteeism of staff.
- Records and reports nursing care, treatment, medicine correctly and promptly.
- Reports and records any losses and breakage in the Hospital.

E. Communication Activities

- Provides Psychological support to patient and relatives.
- Reports any incident to the concerned person.
- Gives orientation to patient and relatives about physical facilities, policy rules and

regulations of the hospital.

- Maintains positive interpersonal relationship with patients, relatives, colleagues, coworkers

and the department staff.

Will be responsible for any other duties assigned by the Team Leader-Nursing/Nursing Supervisor from time to time.

Skill Sets:
Nursing Skill & Organizing Skills:

- Plan & Organize patient requirement.
- Read OT procedures and policies to enhance self-education & skill.
- Perform a wide variety of supervisory responsibilities like daily rounds & follow ups.
- Provide holistic/ Comprehensive patient care.
- Ability to care out daily briefing, to junior reporting nurses about patients/ their

relatives, supplies, new items added to the department.

Communication Skills:

- Ability to communicate with patient & their relatives needs (Ability to listen).
- Ability to explain & clarify doubts of the patient & their relatives.
- To be able to coordinate & work with multi-ethnic workforce.
- Ability to coordinate with billing & other departments.
- Answering queries & telephone cells.
- Ability to communicate patients complaints to concerned authority & eliminate

patients problem.

- Document in detail & inform team- members of any unusual event.
- Maintain the communication book.
- Ability to handle anxious relatives by giving information about the time/length of

operation.

- Inform patients relatives sitting in the Companion room about operation progress.
- Weekly department meeting for information sharing.

📌 Walk-in || Staff Nurse (Pune)
🏢 Surya Hospital
📍 Pune