· Maintain professional license and nursing registration with the Nursing Council.

· Maintain discipline, punctuality and carry out duties diligently.

· Adhere to grooming standards laid down by the organization and department.

· Adhere to policies and protocols of the organization and the department.

· Protect patient and family rights.

· Take responsibility and accountability in the work assigned.

· Perform special assignments on time as assigned.

· Take over any other responsibilities assigned by the superiors from time to time.

· Utilize resources efficiently and effectively.

· Accurately bill procedures and items used as per the hospital policy.

· Delegate tasks to other health care assistants and ensure they are accomplished on time.

· Demonstrate effective teamwork in the work place.

· Maintain good liaison between Doctors, patients and their family members and other support services.

· Timely report to Team Leaders/Head Nurses/Supervisor as appropriate.

· Timely report safety and security issues or any untoward incidents to Head Nurses/Supervisor/On duty Supervisor.

· Report incidents either online or written to Quality department before completion of the shift.

· Maintain records and reports in the unit accurately.

· Effectively orient, guide and supervise the current staff.

· Initiate Emergency Codes as per the need and perform roles as per the protocol.

· Actively participate in the disaster management process and mock drills conducted in the hospital.

· Utilize opportunities for professional growth and advancements by participating in the in-house trainings and external training programs as appropriate.

· Implement nursing process in nursing care by appropriately identifying problems, writing care plan as needed and giving care accordingly based on priority.

· Effectively endorse patient information at bedside.

· Provide continuity of care and meet patient’s needs appropriately.

· Use verbal, non-verbal and written communication techniques effectively.

· Provide safe and high quality care based on evidence based practice.

· Maintain privacy and confidentiality of patients, family and business confidentiality at all times.

· Appropriately and efficiently meet basic needs of patients:

-Physical needs: bed making, moving, lifting, transferring,



wheeling and accompanying patients.

-Position change following body mechanics, use of comfort and safety devices.

-Hygienic needs: assisting for bath room bath, sponge bath, hair, eyes, nose, mouth and back care, care of pressure points.

-Elimination needs:

-Assist in toileting of bedridden patients, providebed pan and urinal, suppositories, enemas, bowel wash.

-Diapering and its care, perineal care, catheter care and maintain intake-output accurately.

-Nutritional needs: serving food, assisting for feeding, feeding helpless patients, tube feeding

-Psychological and spiritual needs of patient.

-Perform active and passive exercise as per the patient needs.

· Effectively perform patient assessment as per the hospital policy:

-Assess patient and follow monitoring protocol.

-Physical assessment - head to toe assessment and system wise assessment.

-Physiological assessment-vital signs, GCS, pain assessment and reassessment, collect/assist for collection of specimen sample- blood, urine, stool, vomitus, and sputum and its dispatch.

-Inform the results to the concerned doctor immediately.

-Perform point of care tests, interpret the results, intimate the doctor and intervene as per the order.(ABG/VBG/CBG/GRBS/ECG/ACT/Trop I etc.)

· Adhere to infection control practices:

-Standard and Isolation precautions

-Transportation of infected patient

-Bundle care and prevention of HAIs

-Cleaning and disinfection of patient unit and equipment

-Proper segregation and disposal of biomedical waste management

· Appropriately providetherapeutic nursing care based on patient condition. Eg: Oxygen therapy, nebulization, steam inhalation, suctioning-oral/nasal/tracheostomy etc…

· Effectively insert and secure peripheral cannula.

· Effectively monitor and care patient:

- on restraint
- with moderate sedation
- on epidural
- with ostomy.
- on blood and blood product transfusion
- on chemotherapy
- on dialysis




- with invasive lines, tubes and drains
- with fluid and electrolyte imbalance.
- with pressure injury
- Pre and post-operative
- unconscious and bedridden patients.
- assisting with self-care of physically/mentally challenged patients

· Care and manage neonates, paediatric, obstetric and international patients skilfully · Provide effective back care and position change every 2nd hourly for bedridden patients

· Intend, receive, administer and document the medication following medication rights.

· Perform accurately drug and fluid calculations:

- Oral drug administration
- Parenteral administration –ID, SC, IM, IV.

- Topical application and inhalations
- Direct applications like instillations, irrigations and insertions.

· Effectively administer blood and blood products as per the protocol. · Facilitate timely discharge process:
- Return, intend and receive the discharge medicine.
- Dispatch medicines and explain the summary to the patient.

· Identify the early warning signs and report to the Doctor appropriately. · Prevent and manage complications effectively.

· Initiate BLS timely and perform CPR accordingly during an emergency.

· Effectively care terminally ill and dying patient (end of life care) including death care.

· Handle MLC cases as per the protocol.

· Daily check of availability and working condition of equipment and timely report to the concerned authority.

· Handle the biomedical equipment safely and efficiently.

· Provide education effectively to the patients and family members based on their needs identified.

· Document clinical records timely and accurately, meeting institutional/ accreditation compliance.

· Attend in-service education, on-Job training, mandatory / refresher training as scheduled.

· Effectively participate in the unit meeting and weekly meeting with nursing leaders.

· Effectively contribute to the quality improvement activities and work in accordance with the accreditation standards.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹15,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month

Education

- Diploma (Preferred)

Experience:
- Nursing: 1 year (Preferred)
- total work: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:
- Nursing License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Staff Nurse (Kozhikode)
🏢 Starcare Hospital
📍 Kozhikode