Nurse Manager (Wards) - Nursing

PeopleStrong; Thane; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

PeopleStrong in Thane, India, seeks an experienced Nursing Ward Manager to lead clinical and patient-care activities across the assigned wards. You will oversee staff, ensure safe nursing practices and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to maintain high-quality care.

The role emphasizes care planning, documentation, and continuous professional development, with responsibilities spanning ward operations, compliance, and staff coaching within a busy hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Graduation or equivalent in nursing or related field.
• Strong communication and documentation skills essential.
• Experience in clinical nursing and patient-care coordination preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of safe, evidence-based and compassionate nursing care to all patients.
• Monitor nursing standards, patient outcomes and quality of care within the assigned wards.
• Conduct regular ward rounds and review patient care, documentation and nursing practices.
• Ensure appropriate assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing interventions.
• Ensure timely escalation of deteriorating patients and clinical concerns to the treating team.
• Promote effective communication with patients, relatives and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure compliance with medication administration, patient identification, fall prevention and other patient-safety protocols.
• Supervise and coordinate the work of nurses, nursing assistants and ward support staff.
• Prepare and manage duty rosters according to patient acuity, workload and staffing requirements.
• Ensure adequate staffing and appropriate skill mix across shifts.
• Monitor attendance, punctuality, performance and professional conduct.
• Conduct staff counselling, performance reviews and competency assessments.
• Identify training needs and facilitate continuous professional development.
• Support orientation and induction of newly recruited nursing staff.
• Ensure compliance with hospital nursing policies, SOPs and clinical protocols.
• Monitor nursing quality indicators and initiate corrective/preventive actions where required.
• Participate in clinical audits, nursing audits and quality-improvement projects.
• Ensure accurate and timely nursing documentation.
• Monitor and report incidents, near misses, medication errors, falls, pressure injuries and other adverse events.
• Promote infection-prevention and control practices within the wards.
• Ensure compliance with hand hygiene, biomedical waste management and isolation precautions.
• Ensure smooth day-to-day functioning of the assigned wards.
• Coordinate patient admissions, transfers and discharges with relevant departments.
• Monitor availability and appropriate utilization of beds.
• Ensure adequate availability of medicines, consumables, linen, equipment and other ward supplies.
• Monitor equipment functionality and coordinate preventive maintenance and repairs.
• Maintain appropriate cleanliness, safety and environmental standards within the wards.
• Coordinate with housekeeping, pharmacy, laboratory, dietary, biomedical and other support departments.
• Maintain completeness and accuracy of nursing records and registers.
• Maintain required statutory, hospital and nursing documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable hospital accreditation and regulatory standards.
• Participate in internal and external inspections and accreditation assessments.
• Maintain confidentiality and security of patient information.
• Act as a role model and promote professional nursing practice.
• Conduct regular staff meetings and communicate organizational updates.
• Address staff and patient concerns promptly and appropriately.
• Work collaboratively with doctors, allied health professionals and hospital administration.
• Promote teamwork, accountability, discipline and a positive work environment.
• Escalate operational and clinical issues to senior nursing leadership in a timely manner.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Graduation/Equivalent Course

Job description

Function Thane

Department Nursing

Cost Center 4th Floor

Country India

State Maharashtra

District Thane

Functional Area --

Skills

Skill

Patient Care Communication Problem Solving

Graduation/Equivalent Course

Others

Working Language

Job Description

A. Clinical & Patient Care

• Ensure delivery of safe, evidence-based and compassionate nursing care to all patients.
• Monitor nursing standards, patient outcomes and quality of care within the assigned wards.
• Conduct regular ward rounds and review patient care, documentation and nursing practices.
• Ensure appropriate assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing interventions.
• Ensure timely escalation of deteriorating patients and clinical concerns to the treating team.
• Promote effective communication with patients, relatives and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure compliance with medication administration, patient identification, fall prevention and other patient-safety protocols.

B. Staff Management

• Supervise and coordinate the work of nurses, nursing assistants and ward support staff.
• Prepare and manage duty rosters according to patient acuity, workload and staffing requirements.
• Ensure adequate staffing and appropriate skill mix across shifts.
• Monitor attendance, punctuality, performance and professional conduct.
• Conduct staff counselling, performance reviews and competency assessments.
• Identify training needs and facilitate continuous professional development.
• Support orientation and induction of newly recruited nursing staff.

C. Quality & Patient Safety

• Ensure compliance with hospital nursing policies, SOPs and clinical protocols.
• Monitor nursing quality indicators and initiate corrective/preventive actions where required.
• Participate in clinical audits, nursing audits and quality-improvement projects.
• Ensure accurate and timely nursing documentation.
• Monitor and report incidents, near misses, medication errors, falls, pressure injuries and other adverse events.
• Promote infection-prevention and control practices within the wards.
• Ensure compliance with hand hygiene, biomedical waste management and isolation precautions.

D. Ward Operations

• Ensure smooth day-to-day functioning of the assigned wards.
• Coordinate patient admissions, transfers and discharges with relevant departments.
• Monitor availability and appropriate utilization of beds.
• Ensure adequate availability of medicines, consumables, linen, equipment and other ward supplies.
• Monitor equipment functionality and coordinate preventive maintenance and repairs.
• Maintain appropriate cleanliness, safety and environmental standards within the wards.
• Coordinate with housekeeping, pharmacy, laboratory, dietary, biomedical and other support departments.

E. Documentation & Compliance

• Ensure completeness and accuracy of nursing records and registers.
• Maintain required statutory, hospital and nursing documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable hospital accreditation and regulatory standards.
• Participate in internal and external inspections and accreditation assessments.
• Maintain confidentiality and security of patient information.
• Act as a role model and promote professional nursing practice.
• Conduct regular staff meetings and communicate organizational updates.
• Address staff and patient concerns promptly and appropriately.
• Work collaboratively with doctors, allied health professionals and hospital administration.
• Promote teamwork, accountability, discipline and a positive work environment.
• Escalate operational and clinical issues to senior nursing leadership in a timely manner.