Project Nurse III -ICMR MCACP Project

St Johns Research Institute (SJRI); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The St Johns Research Institute (SJRI) in Bengaluru invites applications for an experienced nurse to support ICU-palliative care as part of a multicenter study. You will contribute clinical and nursing input across OP and IP ICU settings, participate in palliative care protocols, and help integrate holistic care within the care plan.

Responsibilities include pain and symptom management, family education, and ensuring dignity and comfort during end-of-life care, with opportunities to apply

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing is required.
• Excellent communication with patients and families is essential.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365.
• Data entry experience is preferred.
• Experience with Generative AI technologies.
• Experience in ICU-palliative nursing care and interprofessional coordination is desirable.
• Age 35 years.
• Minimum 5 years of experience.
• Preferred languages: English and Kannada.

Responsibilities

• Clinical, nursing inputs for OP, IP ICU and palliative care as assigned.
• Assess physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of palliative patients.
• Manage pain and other symptoms; provide personal hygiene, nutrition, skin care and comfort.
• Provide emotional support and reduce anxiety for patients.
• Educate and support families regarding patient care and home care.
• Maintain patient dignity, privacy and comfort during end-of-life care.
• Apply ICU-palliative care SOPs and study protocol.
• Schedule communications and document patient-family interactions.
• Review trends in ICU-palliative care.
• Elicit and document holistic concerns within the care plan.
• Lead and participate in home-care transitions and community data collection.
• Ensure continuity of care across settings and institutions.
• Contribute to data collection, management, analysis and dissemination.

Skills

Excellent communication

Data entry

Generative AI

Interprofessional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Bangalore

Job Summary

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is designed to support life during critical illness; however, in patients with advanced or terminal conditions, continued or escalated intensive interventions may offer limited benefit and instead prolong suffering for patients and families. In India, the lack of structured palliative care integration in ICUs-along with sociocultural expectations, communication gaps, defensive medical practices, and unclear medico-legal frameworks-has contributed to the persistence of non-beneficial end-of-life treatments. Although national guidelines jointly developed by the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Indian Association of Palliative Care exist, their implementation in routine ICU practice remains inconsistent. To address these gaps, the Multifaceted Comprehensive Appropriate Care Package (MCACP) was developed as a structured, evidence-based framework integrating palliative care principles into ICU workflows. This study aims to pilot the MCACP in an ICU setting to refine implementation strategies, identify facilitators and barriers, and assess preliminary outcomes, including quality of dying, family satisfaction, and care de-escalation practices.

No of Vacancy : One

Responsibilities

• Clinical, nursing inputs for the population (OP, IP ICU, palliative), as assigned by the PI.
• Assess the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of palliative care patients.
• Manage pain and other symptoms. Provide personal hygiene, nutrition, skin care, and comfort measures.
• Provide emotional support and reduce the patients anxiety, fear, and stress.
• Educate and support family members regarding patient care and home care.
• Maintain the patients dignity, privacy, and comfort during end-of-life care.
• Apply OP, IP ICU-palliative care SoPs and study protocol implementation
• Apply the trigger tools, schedule communications, and documentation related to patient-family dyads.
• Apply and review trends in ICU-palliative care spectrum.
• Elicit, document and integrate holistic concerns of patient-family-unit, within the care-plan
• Lead and participate in home-care transitions and community based data collection
• Ensure Care-continuum across settings and beyond institutions
• Contribute to data collection, management, analysis and dissemination

Eligibility Criteria

• Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor s degree in nursing
• Excellent communication skills with patients-family, interprofessional
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365
• Data entry
• Generative AI
• Experience in ICU-Palliative nursing care, inter-personnel coordination
• Age Criteria: 35 Years
• Experience: Minimum 5 years
• Preferred Language: English and Kannada