Junior Staff Nurse

Narayana Health; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Narayana Health in Bengaluru seeks a Nursing Services professional to lead goal setting, policy development, and rosters for nursing staff, ensuring high-quality patient care in a busy hospital environment.

Responsibilities include admissions, data collection, vital signs, medication administration, hygiene/nutrition planning, and accurate record-keeping, with coordination of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures alongside doctors and senior staff.

Qualifications

• Verbal ability and clear communication with patients and supervisors.
• Ability to understand and explain instructions.
• Teamwork and collaborative attitude.

Responsibilities

• Admissions, discharge and transfer of patients.
• Data collection and vital signs assessment.
• Physical examination and diagnostic evaluation.
• Continuous monitoring of the patient and rounding with doctors.
• Administering medications and providing comfort.
• Maintaining records and reports.
• Planning and implementing patient care including hygiene and nutrition.
• Ward management and nursing care plans.

Skills

Verbal communication

Problem solving

Decision making

Teamwork

Job description

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Narayana Health, one of India's largest and World's most economical healthcare service providers is set to emerge as a global industry model for its ability to reconcile quality, affordability, scale, transparency, credibility and sustainable profitability. From 300 beds hospital in 2001, Narayana Health has grown to a 6900 beds healthcare conglomerate in 2014 with 26 hospitals present in 16 Cities within the country and also has International Presence in Cayman. NH has been known for its cost- cutting approach and ranked 36th among World's 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Companies in 2012. NH has also been a proud recipient of Frost & Sullivan India Healthcare Excellence Awards 2012 in the category Healthcare Service Provider Company of the Year and FICCI Health Care Excellence Award 2012 for Addressing Industry Issues.

Job Purpose

To determine goals, aims, objectives and policies of the Nursing Services, recruit nurses, maintain the discipline and rosters.

Job Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Admission, discharge & transfer of patients.
• Data collection.
• Assessment of vital sigh.
• Physical examination & diagnostic evaluation.
• Continuous monitoring of patient.
• Following physical round & carrying out the order prescribed.
• Sending sample for diagnostic evaluations per requirement.
• Coordinating diagnostic & therapeutic procedure.
• Planning & implementation of patient care includes hygiene & nutrition.
• Administering medication.
• Providing comfort measures.
• Taking care of elimination.
• Giving health education.
• Maintaining records & reports.
• Attaining in-service education.

Ward Administration

• Writing nursing care plan for the allocated patient.
• Performing nursing activities for admission, discharge & transfer of the patient.
• Keeping patient belonging in safe custody, accordance with the laid down policy of the hospital.
• Helping the ward sister in indenting & checking of drugs & supplies & maintaining the inventory.
• Maintaining nursing procedure.
• Sterilization of articles.
• Making rounds with doctors & senior nursing personnel.
• Keeping all the patient record up to date.
• Observing the patient condition and taking prompt action.
• Recording & reporting patient condition as & when required.
• Providing direct supervision over patient care carried out by the student in her ward.
• Participating in clinical teaching programme.
• Attending in-service class regularly.

Candidate Requirements

• Verbal Ability/Communication Skill: Ability to comprehend verbal instructions given by the supervisor or head of the department.
• To give accurate and tactful explanations to patients.
• Problem solving/ Decision-making
• Able to work accurately and with minimal supervision.
• Ability to comprehend written instructions given by the Doctors and the other related departmental personnel.
• Affinity to work in team.