Experience: 7-10 years of clinical nursing experience; quality or NABH experience preferred.
- Job Purpose
To ensure quality nursing care, patient safety, compliance with hospital policies and procedures, and implementation of quality improvement initiatives in accordance with NABH standards and hospital requirements.
- Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Nursing Quality Audits
Conduct regular nursing audits across all clinical departments. Monitor nursing documentation and nursing care practices.
Audit medication administration, patient identification, and vital signs monitoring.
Monitor nursing assessment, care planning, and reassessment.
Identify gaps and coordinate corrective actions.
- Patient Safety
Monitor patient safety practices and compliance. Monitor patient falls and pressure injury prevention practices.
Ensure compliance with medication safety protocols.
Monitor compliance with safe patient identification.
Review incidents, near misses, and adverse events.
Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and CAPA implementation.
- NABH Compliance
Ensure nursing compliance with applicable NABH standards. Monitor implementation of nursing policies, SOPs, and protocols.
Participate in internal audits and accreditation activities.
Maintain quality-related records and documentation.
Support departmental gap assessments and closure of non-conformities.
- Quality Indicators
Collect and monitor nursing quality indicators. Prepare monthly quality reports and dashboards.
Analyze trends and identify areas for improvement.
Monitor Nursing Indicators Such As Medication error rate.
Patient fall rate.
Pressure injury rate.
Nursing documentation compliance.
Patient identification compliance.
Hand hygiene compliance.
Patient satisfaction.
Nursing care audit compliance.
- Training and Education
Conduct quality awareness sessions for nursing staff. Educate staff on patient safety practices.
Train nursing personnel on documentation standards.
Conduct sessions on incident reporting and infection prevention.
Evaluate staff compliance after training.
- Continuous Quality Improvement
Identify opportunities for improving nursing care. Coordinate quality improvement projects.
Monitor CAPA implementation and effectiveness.
Follow up on audit findings and non-compliances.
Promote a culture of patient safety and quality improvement.
- Required Skills and Competencies
Valuable clinical nursing knowledge.
Knowledge of NABH standards
Location Hitechcity, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 500084
Qualification
- Sc. Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing, GNM General Nursing and Midwifery
Department Nursing Administration Skills Knowledge of NABH accreditation standards. Knowledge of JCI standards (where applicable). Quality indicators monitoring. Clinical and nursing audits. Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA). Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). Policy and SOP development.