Associate Nurse/Sr. Nurse-ICU

• Provide professional nursing care with an assigned unit according to established standards and procedures.
• Provide comprehensive care to assigned patients.
• Follows policy and delivers designated nursing interventions to assigned patients that are consistent with the documented medical plan of care.
• Takes the nursing history, summarizes data and states nursing diagnoses / patient care needs.
• Organize and maintain patient file and reports as per the MRD requirements in all shifts.
• Ensure accurate documentation in nursing assessment sheet, pre and post-operative documents, intake output chart, ER chart, ICU chart etc. Don’t use other ink to erase, only strike off with single line.
• Always greet with smile to patient and companion for their well-being.
• Be groomed always.
• Observes and records signs, symptoms and behaviours including the physiological status of patients’ reports, assessment changes to the concerned authority.
• Ensure smooth functioning of admission, discharge and transfer procedures and assists others with patients’ activities and care with collaborative manner.
• Follow handover-takeover process accurately with written/online notes.
• Ensure introduction of next shift team member to patient and patient side medication check in each shift.
• Executes physician’s orders for all assigned patients safely and properly administers medications and treatments. Strictly adhere read back policy (Refer policy no. 6 of medical admin).
• Ensure identification safety for collection of specimens during collection and till the report informed to consultant.
• Participate in consultant’s rounds and assist by giving relevant information based on nursing assessment/reassessment and observations.
• Carry out routine check at each handover that all equipments are in working order.
• Keep equipments in charging.
• Ensure that all items used for patients inclusive of medications, surgical supplies are duly recorded and charged.
• Ensure during internal transfer except the ordered medicine all other drug to be returned before shifting to other unit.
• Maintain patients and accompanies safety by taking preventive measures against accidents.
• Accurately records and reports incidents.
• Ensure every error to be recorded.
• Ensure strict infection control protocol and bio-waste guidelines to be followed for 24x7.
• Ensure that daily briefing points and sign off are mandatory for day to day update.

Specific Unit Related Nursing Care:

• Receives post-op Patient and also inform other departments.
• Have basic knowledge of Patient Diagnostic procedure.
• Observes conscious state and pupil reaction.
• Draws Blood Sample (arterial and venous).
• Assists in setting up ventilator, changes ventilator tubing and filter.
• Assists in intubation and extubation and does ETT and oral suctioning.
• Monitors and gives nursing care for patients on restraint.
• Demonstrates ability and knowledge of adult and pediatric CPR.
• Assists in Insertion of CVP and arterial line.
• Performs chest physiotherapy and limb physiotherapy.
• Assist in defibrillation.
• Cares for surgical wounds and performs surgical dressing.
• Maintains aseptic technique whenever required.
• To follow Time Out for Invasive procedure.
• IPSG/GCS – Prepare Nursing care plan, deliver and document.
• Monitor and maintain the accurate I/O chart.
• Monitor patient on ventilator.
• Responsible to carry out – Critical Value Protocol.
• Any other jobs assigned by superior.

Working Conditions

• Should be willing to work in different assigned shifts.
• Stretched working hours.
• Great deal with standing & walking along with bending & lifting.
• Professional hazard.
• On call duty.
• Field duty (Camps, periphery clinics).

Skills & Abilities

• Caring and compassionate nature.
• Excellent teamwork and people skills.
• Observational skills.
• Ability to deal with emotionally charged and pressured situations.
• Excellent Verbal and written communication skills.
• Multi-tasking.