Nurse

KLAY Schools; Chennai District; On-site; INR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

KLAY Schools in Chennai seeks a Pediatric Nurse to provide a safe, nurturing environment for infants. The role requires a nursing degree or diploma with an active license and at least 2 years of experience, with pediatric exposure preferred. Work hours are 9 AM to 6 PM at the SHOLINGANALLUR centre.

The nurse will maintain records, support learning activities for infants, and coordinate with parents and staff to ensure health, safety and development milestones are met daily.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing with active license.
• Minimum 2 years of experience.
• Pediatric experience preferred.
• Location: SHOLINGANALLUR, Chennai

Responsibilities

• Maintains infant reports and records for each child.
• Uses resources efficiently to minimize wastage.
• Supports age-appropriate displays and learning activities.
• Adheres to school policies at all times.
• Provides on-site assessment and first aid for injuries.
• Communicates regularly with parents about children.
• Implements lesson plans to engage infants.
• Cares for basic needs: feeding, diapering, hygiene.
• Observed and assesses infant development regularly.
• Ensures safety, health and hygiene of children and staff.
• Interacts with parents regarding development needs.

Skills

Pediatric care

Communication skills

MS Office basics

Patience & compassion

Education

Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Active Nursing License

Job description

Designation: Nurse

Reporting to: Centre Director

Qualifications: Degree or Diploma in Nursing compulsory and Active License

Experience: Minimum 2 years

Pediatric experience preferred.

Work Timings: 9 AM 6 PM

Locations - SHOLINGANALLUR

General Description - We are looking for Pediatric Nurse who can provide 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 childs needs of the centre. Provide 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 Story-telling skill

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits

• Health insurance