Intensive Care (ICU) Nurse

Skills:
Nursing, ICU, Emergency Response, Patient Monitoring, Basic Life Support, Critical Care, Patient Education,

Position : Staff Nurse ICU

Reports To : Ward Manager

• Job Purpose
• Responsible to deliver a professional, safe and quality patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Responsible for effective communication with patients, relatives and members of the health care team
• Responsible for patient and family satisfaction
• Adhere to all clinical and nursing protocol as per Hospital Policies of Sir H N Reliance Foundation
• Accountabilities
  
  

Key Responsibilities: Service

• Deliver safe and quality nursing care in conformance with the Sir HN RFH policies and processes.
• Ensure patient safety at all times according to hospital policies
• Ensure that patient privacy and confidentiality is duly protected at all times
• Treat patients and their family with courtesy, respect, and caring behavior
• Take immediate action to resolve any issues, complaints or distress expressed in any way by the patient or their family with in her limits and escalate to higher level
• Receive the patient, check the identification, 0rient to the admitted unit and make the patient comfortable
• Conduct patients initial nursing assessment within 30 mints of arrival in ward and complete the assessment within 2 hours. An ongoing nursing assessment to be done in the beginning of each shift. Reassessment to be done for long stay patients after every 30 days
• Demonstrate clinical skills and knowledge in the delivery of patient care on various nursing procedures
• Ensure smooth functioning of the ICU
• Complete the pain assessment and reassessment and intervene as required
• Identify the vulnerable patients, plan and provide the care accordingly
• Assess the patient for risk of developing pressure ulcer and implement pressure ulcer preventive measures
• Administer medication to the patient as per the doctors prescription and document the same in EMR
• Accompany the Consultants in the clinical rounds and follow the orders correctly. Assist the doctors in bedside procedures
• Provide Basic Life Support in all emergency situations
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills which is essential to make accurate decisions in patient care
• Ensure safe care and handling of patients on invasive lines and tubes
• All critical alerts to be read, verified and documented with clinical intervention
• Coordinate admission, transfer and discharge process ensuring adherence to defined timelines
• Ensure provision of end of life care to patients those are in end stage
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive and timely medical records
• Activate CODE Blue if patient is unresponsive
• Identify early warning signs of the patient and activate MET calls as per the defined role
• Participate actively in case of any internal / external disaster situations
• Conduct hourly/frequent round as per the needs of the all patients
• Maintain Patient hygiene. Provide sponge bath to post-operative patients, critically ill and bed bound patients
• Accompany patients with High acuity, patients with tubes and lines and bed bound patients for transfer
• Educate and involve the patient and family regarding the plan of nursing care during the hospital stay and at the time of discharge
• Ensure all clinical consents are uploaded in patient EMR
• Ensure safe handling and handing over of all diagnostic reports at the time of discharge and document the same in discharge checklist
• Ensure MLC is initiated for all MLC cases and the process of discharge intimation is given to PE. All the documentation is done and followed as per hospital policy.
• Check MRD file updated and complete and handover the same to MRD within 24 hrs. of discharge
• Provide death care to the deceased patients respectfully and handover to relatives/mortuary as required and document the same
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the ICU manager
  
  

Key Responsibilities: Growth

• Ensure patient satisfaction is as per the parameters set by the hospital from time to time
• Engage in aligning with the processes, policy, vision & mission of the hospital
• Enhance Patient Care and Patient Relatives experience to make RFH the preferred choice
  
  

Key Responsibilities: Quality

• Ensure Nursing and infection control quality indicators are within the defined bench mark
• Actively participate in infection control and prevention activities, campaigns, awareness and sessions
• Actively participate and be accountable for implementation of all quality programs to ensure continuous quality improvement
  
  

Key Responsibilities : Finance

• Effective optimal utilization of available resources ( drugs and consumable )
• Ensure proper utilization of ward stock items and maintain its appropriate charging or stock consumption record
• Ensure safe handling of CSSD and biomedical equipments and prevent breakages
  
  

Key Responsibilities : People

• Attend all in service Nursing/hospital trainings
• Assist in orientation of new nursing staff and supervise them for safe patient care
• Supervise PCAs / PTAs and ensure patient care
• Ensure effective patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes in
• collaboration with other professional disciplines
• Engage in training and educational program for freshers and new joinees to impart the protocols and hospital policy
• Ensure effective communication with the health care team members by ensuring:
• Hands off
  
  

Shift hands off

Interdepartmental transfer

Between the levels of care

Read back and verify Verbal /Telephonic orders/ critical alert reporting. No verbal order to be followed

Key Responsibilities: Innovations and Research

• Identify and suggest new ideas/ feedback to enhance departmental operations and patient care
• Plan and participate in clinical education, research, test medication and clinical tests to advance the practice of nursing as well as academic and teaching activities as required by the hospital.
• Competencies
• Core HNH Values
• Patient First
• Excellence
• Accountability
• Respect
• Teamwork
• Integrity
• Function-specific Competencies (Technical /Functional)
• Customer Orientation
• Effective Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Business Etiquettes
• Use of HIS
• Knowledge of organizational and infection control policies and procedures
• Knowledge about JCI and NABH standards
• BLS/ ACLS/ PALS
• Knowledge on Patient Safety Protocols
  
  

The above is a broad outline on competencies required for the role. The competency is/will be defined and assessed separately.

• Experience & Educational Requirements
  
  

Necessary :

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• SC Degree in Nursing from a recognized nursing institute.
  
  

Should have Nursing council registration

Desirable :

Certification BLS/ACLS

Critical Care

Necessary :

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Minimum 3 to 4 years of clinical experience in the relevant area

Desirable:

For super specialist/ specialist areas minimum 2 years experience in respective work area