Title
Team Leader – Nursing Department (Ward)
Location
Dombivli
Job Summary
Team Leader is the shift in?charge of the ward, accountable for protected staffing, patient allocation, supervision of nursing care and smooth functioning of the unit during the assigned shift.
Job Profile
A. Standard Responsibilities – Common to the Designation across Nursing Department
1. Take charge of the nursing unit for the assigned shift and ensure adequate staffing, appropriate skill mix and safe patient allocation.
2. Conduct shift handover rounds and verify census, patient acuity, critical patients, pending tasks and bed status.
3. Allocate patients to nursing staff based on acuity, individual competency and the prescribed nurse–patient ratio.
4. Supervise nursing care delivery, medication administration practices and documentation quality throughout the shift.
5. Ensure implementation of hospital policies, nursing SOPs, international patient safety goals and infection?control practices.
6. Coordinate with duty doctors, consultants and support services – pharmacy, CSSD, laboratory,



radiology, dietetics, housekeeping, maintenance and billing.
7. Manage admissions, transfers, discharges, DAMA, deaths and medico?legal cases occurring during the shift.
8. Lead emergency codes in the unit and ensure crash cart, emergency drugs and equipment readiness at all times.
9. Report incidents, complaints, staff absenteeism and equipment breakdown to the Nurse Manager and initiate immediate corrective action.
10. Verify shift reports, registers, indents and inventory records before endorsing to the next shift.
11. Guide, supervise and provide performance feedback on Staff Nurses and Healthcare Assistants deployed in the shift.
B. Ward?Specific Responsibilities
1. Manage ward bed allocation and occupancy, coordinate with front office for admissions and expedite discharge turnaround time.
2. Accompany consultant rounds in the ward and ensure special instructions are captured, communicated and executed.

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