Nursing staff (ICU) job description

 Duties & Responsibilities: 

➢ To assist doctors in rendering immediate care to patients.

➢ Responding to life-saving situations, using nursing standards and protocols for treatment.

➢ To assist doctors during emergency procedures that are done in an ICU.

➢ To keep close monitoring of patients constantly during their duty as all the patients are in critical condition.

➢ Responsible to do an initial assessment of the patient and recording the same in Nursing initial assessment form.  

➢ To administer drugs, I/V fluids and injection and watch for any complications.

➢ Responsible for entering patient’s clinical records, vitals, medication details and nursing notes in patients case sheet.

➢ Responsible to verify the face sheet, medical reports, and documents on admission.

➢ To assist in receiving and transporting patients within the different areas in the hospital (ambulance, diagnostics etc.).

➢ To take good care of hygiene of the patients.

➢ To give necessary instructions and support to patients and relatives.

➢ To take Consent and preparing patients for surgery.

➢ To indent medical and non-medical items as and when required.

➢ To check drugs received from pharmacy as per doctor’s prescription.

➢ To take care of inventory and maintenance of equipments. Ensuring that ventilators, monitors and other types of medical equipmentsfunction properly.

➢ Responsible for direct supervision and guidance to the members of the team.

➢ To establish and maintain good inter-personal relationship.

➢ To ensure effective communication with consultants.

➢ To update & maintain records (patient’s  file, inventory book, registers, etc)

➢ Responsible for following and supervising bio medical waste segregation, collection, transportation, storage as per bio medical waste handling policy.

➢ Coordinating with Quality team & implementation of departmental SOP’s.

➢ To ensure proper and effective implementation of Hospital Infection Control Policy.

➢ To ensure effective participation in hospital training program and committee meetings.

➢ To ensure effective implementation of patients’ rights and to follow patient privacy and patient dignity.

➢ Any other task assigned by Medical and Nursing Superintendent.