Job Description
- Promote the mission, vision, and values of the organization
- Assess patient care requirements on each unit, by making rounds in the Accident and Emergency (A & E), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and all other areas of the hospital (according to departmental need/activity)
- Assess the acuity of care required by patient.
- Develop and implement staffing plan for shift based on patient acuity, patient census and available staff.
- Serve as a resource to staff for solving clinical problems.
- Assist staff to efficiently utilize staffing resources to meet patient care requirements and other professional responsibilities.
- Provide for immediate follow-up, documentation and communication of incidents to appropriate Assistant Manager/Head Nurse.
- Respond to emergency situations (RRT, other disasters) and assists as necessary.
- Act as a resource in identifying and/or solving administrative/operational problems-
- Anticipate actual/potential problems that may occur on their shift and sets shift priorities accordingly.
- Work collaboratively with nursing and ancillary staff to solve problems in a fair, consistent manner.
- Contact representatives of departments not presently in the hospital for assistance with problem solving, timely and appropriately.
- Act as a resource, interpret and ensure adherence to The Indus Hospital and nursing philosophy, policies and procedures.
- Report to the administrator-on-call significant incidents and problems such as: unusual patient or family problems or concern physician concerns borrowing or lending of major equipment major damage
- security problems
- fire
- disaster
- bomb threats
- matters of legal importance
- Safety issues
- Provide support, guidance and feedback to staff
- Give ongoing timely feedback, verbal and written anecdotes, to staff on performance. Written anecdotes are passed on to the nursing management to be used as part of performance evaluation.
- Contribute to evening, night and weekend staff performance evaluations.
- Facilitate staff attendance at staff development sessions, offered during their shift.
- Identify and communicate staff needs for continuing education to the Clinical Nurse Instructor.
- Assist staff to interpret change in a positive manner.
- Assist staff to provide a safe work environment for patient care.
- Assist in the preparation and implementation of the annual goals for the department.
- Keep professionally current, by attending continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, and/or independent research reading.
- Consistently and independently follows established safety and infection control procedures. Intervenes in unsafe situations.
- Comply with the standards of conduct and seeks guidance when in doubt.
- Meet or exceed expectations of individuals for whom service is provided.
- Assist physicians and staff in admission criteria for assigning admission status to patients (observation/admission)
Monitor documentation for adherence to hospital and nursing policies and procedures