Job Summary

Responsible for providing protected, high-quality nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients in the PICU. The Staff Nurse will monitor patients closely, administer prescribed treatment and medications, support emergency and critical-care procedures, maintain accurate documentation, and provide compassionate support to children and their families.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide direct nursing care to critically ill infants, children, and adolescents.
- Perform continuous assessment and monitoring of patients, including vital signs, neurological status, fluid balance, pain, and clinical changes.
- Monitor patients requiring oxygen therapy, ventilatory support, and other critical-care interventions within the nurse's authorized scope of practice.
- Administer medications, IV fluids, blood/blood products, and prescribed treatments according to hospital protocols.
- Assist physicians during emergency procedures and other critical-care interventions.
- Recognize signs of clinical deterioration and promptly escalate to the treating physician/PICU team.
- Respond effectively during pediatric emergencies and resuscitation.
- Maintain IV lines, central lines, urinary catheters, feeding tubes, and other devices according to applicable protocols and assigned competency.
- Follow strict infection prevention, hand hygiene, isolation, and biomedical waste-management practices.
- Maintain accurate nursing notes, medication records, intake/output charts, and other required clinical documentation.
- Ensure safe and effective shift handover, including the patient's current condition, treatment plan, medication,



and pending investigations/interventions.
- Follow medication-safety practices, particularly for weight-based pediatric medications.
- Provide age-appropriate comfort, pain management, and emotional support to pediatric patients.
- Educate and communicate with parents/caregivers regarding nursing care and instructions within the nurse's scope.
- Maintain patient safety, confidentiality, dignity, and privacy.
- Participate in nursing audits, quality-improvement activities, training, and competency assessments.
- Follow hospital policies, nursing protocols, and patient-safety standards.

Required Skills & Competencies

- Hands-on PICU / Pediatric Critical Care experience
- Pediatric patient assessment and monitoring
- Pediatric medication administration and dosage-safety awareness
- Critical-care documentation
- Effective communication

Preferred Certifications

- BLS – Basic Life Support
- PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support, preferred
- Pediatric critical-care training/competency, preferred

Unit: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Qualification: B.Sc. Nursing / GNM with valid TN Nursing Council registration
Experience: 2+ years of nursing experience, preferably with hands-on PICU/Pediatric Critical Care experience

Interested Candidates can share your resume to [email protected] or call us 70_10_6111_62.

Location: Apollo Hospitals - Proton Cancer Centre, Tharamani, Velachery.

Pay: ₹250,000.00 - ₹400,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Food provided
- Health insurance
- Leave encashment
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

📌 Pediatric Nurse (Chennai)
🏢 Apollo hospitals Enterprise
📍 Chennai