Nurse

KLAY Preschool and Daycare; Chennai; On-site; INR 334,800 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

KLAY Preschool and Daycare in Chennai is looking for a dedicated Paediatric Nurse to create a nurturing environment for infants. This role requires maintaining records, ensuring the health and safety of children, and effective communication with parents.

The ideal candidate will hold a nursing degree and have at least 2 years of paediatric experience, along with skills in early child development and communication. A supportive work environment with ongoing training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of Paediatric practice required.
• Ability to remain calm in emergencies.
• Demonstrates professional behaviour when interacting with parents and team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain required reports and records for every infant.
• Provide onsite assessment for sick children.
• Supervise basic needs like feeding and diaper changes.

Skills

Knowledge of early child development milestones

Basic computer skills (MS Office)

Good communication and presentation skills

Creative work and storytelling skills

Education

Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Job description

Designation

Nurse Reporting to Centre Director

Qualifications

Degree or Diploma in Nursing compulsory

Experience: Minimum 2 years of Paediatric practice

Work Timings

9 AM – 6 PM / 10 AM – 7 PM

General Description

We are looking for a Paediatric Nurse who can provide a fun and enriching learning environment to infants. The work can be physically and emotionally demanding, so resilience and stamina are essential requirements.

Main Responsibilities

• Maintains required reports and records for every infant in the class
• Ensures that resources are utilized effectively and works towards minimizing wastage
• Play a key role in enhancing the appeal of the infant care class with age‑appropriate displays, learning resources and fun and enriching activities
• Is well versed with the school policies and ensures that the school policies are adhered to at all times
• Provides onsite assessment of a sick or injured child’s needs of the centre
• Provides first aid treatment in case of injuries to any child in the centre
• Ensures that regular and relevant communication is sent out to parents
• Ensures that the lesson plan is efficiently implemented to keep infants constructively occupied throughout the day
• Taking care of the basic needs of the infants; like feeding food, cleaning of infants before and after meal, supervise diaper change, etc.
• Ensures that observations and assessments of infants are carried out regularly
• Ensures the safety, health, hygiene and security of the infants along with the other children, teaching and non‑teaching staff of the centre
• Monitors the centre for health issues and cleanliness
• Interacting with parents to discuss child’s development and other requirements on need basis

Individual Responsibilities

• Is able to remain calm in any situation, yet solve problems quickly in an emergency
• Demonstrates professional behaviour while interacting with team members as well as parents
• Acting as a guide to colleagues in times of doubt and helping them take appropriate decisions and actions
• Like any nurse, a day care centre’s nurse must have patience and compassion to work with infants and young children
• To be involved in other activities, e.g. training, staff meetings, events and celebrations
• Serve as a role model to children and staff in terms of punctuality, respect, responsibility
• Recording ouch/accidents in the ouch report; ensure the Centre Director has initialled the report before the parent receives it

Additional Skills

• Knowledge of early child development milestones and child‑related concepts and practices
• Basic computer skills including MS Office suite of MS Word, MS Excel to keep student records
• Good communication & presentation skills, both oral and written, esp. report writing
• Being good in creative work and storytelling skill