About this role
Job Purpose
To provide care for patients with various critical illness in HDU.
Job Responsibilities
General Responsibility
- Adhere and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies.
- Adhere and comply with policies and procedure related to patient care, infection control, patient safety and accreditation standard.
Care Delivery
- Demonstrate clinical competence in all aspects of patient care.
- Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and assess the impact of nursing intervention as appropriate.
- Assessment and reassessment of pain and management of pain
- Ensure compliance with all policy and procedure for medication management.
- Explain plan of care to patient and family.
- Document all patients records as per policies and standards.
- Educate patient and family as required
- Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patient's care.
Quality Management
- Monitor clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality Improvement.
- Follow international patient safety goals.
- Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents.
- Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records.
- Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care
Training and Development
- Participate and contribute in scheduled in service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS, NALS (If applicable), CNEs, conferences etc.,
Functional Area Responsibility
- Demonstrate knowledge on Hypothermia protocol, Endotracheal suctioning and oral suctioning.
- Perform Drainage, ROMOVAC drain monitoring and documentation.
- ABG collection and analysis.
- Evaluate Thrombophlebitis and nursing management.
- Evaluate Intra Cranial Pressure and Glasgow Coma Scale.
- Handle Epidural Catheter.
- Knowledge on Personal Protective Equipment & Post Exposure Prophylaxis.
- Demonstrate a knowledge on activating code blue / code stroke.
- Identify Bedsore, Braden scale and Hyperglycemia.
- Care for patients on ECMO.
- Emergency drug management.
Candidate Requirements
Education: Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in nursing
Registration: Valid registration in the state Nursing Council from where B.Sc. Nursing / GNM was completed.