Nurse Manager

• Ensure delivery of safe, evidence-based nursing care to all admitted patients
• Monitor patient acuity and allocate nursing staff accordingly
• Ensure timely clinical escalation of deteriorating patients
• Conduct daily ward rounds with duty doctors / consultants
• Supervise medication administration and adherence to clinical protocols
• Ensure patient and attendant education at admission and discharge
• Prepare and manage duty rosters and shift allocations
• Ensure optimal nurse-patient ratio
• Manage leave planning and emergency replacements
• Mentor junior nurses and evaluate performance
• Ensure competency mapping and skill mix in the ward
• Coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges
• Liaise with Patient Services, Billing, Diagnostics, Pharmacy, and Housekeeping
• Ensure availability of ward equipment, consumables, and emergency drugs
• Escalate infrastructure or biomedical issues promptly
• Ensure completeness of nursing records, care plans, and checklists
• Monitor consent forms, medication charts, intake-output charts, and nursing notes
• Participate in internal audits and NABH assessments
• Close audit non-conformities related to nursing
• Enforce hand hygiene, PPE use, biomedical waste segregation
• Monitor HAI indicators and report incidents
• Conduct safety rounds and mock drills
• Ensure adherence to fall prevention, pressure injury prevention, and ID protocols
• Address patient and attendant grievances at ward level
• Support service recovery initiatives
• Coordinate feedback collection and PREM / PROM processes
• Maintain ward discipline, etiquette, and environment
• Track ward KPIs (falls, medication errors, complaints, infection rates)
• Conduct ward-level training sessions
• Participate in quality improvement projects
• Submit daily census and ward reports
• Maintain ward inventory
• Support credentialing of ward nursing staff
• Ensure compliance with hospital policies
• Assist Nursing Head during inspections and statutory visits
  
  

Qualifications

Education: GNM / BSc Nursing with KNC

Experience: Overall 10 years as Nurse in Hospital and a minimum of 1 year as a Nurse Incharge is mandatory.

Must have skills

• Strong clinical judgment
• Leadership & team management
• Patient handling
• Documentation discipline
• Infection control awareness
• Conflict management
• Communication
• Decision making under pressure