Staff Nurse

Jupiter Hospital; Pune District; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Pune nursing position under the Nursing Department in India requires handling shift duties, patient care, and ward management. You will monitor admissions, transfers, discharges, and bedside procedures, while ensuring safety and accurate documentation.

The role involves collaborating with doctors and support services to maintain smooth patient flow, manage inventories, and ensure compliance with hospital policies and patient safety standards.

Qualifications

• Nursing education background is required.
• Graduation or equivalent nursing qualification.
• Willingness to perform varied ward duties and patient care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Check communication book for new instructions during every shift.
• Review assignment register to know shift duties and plan care.
• Monitor inventory of equipment and notify relevant lead if discrepancies found.
• Attend admissions, transfers, deaths, and medico-legal cases as required.
• Perform nursing assessments to establish baseline data for patients.
• Attend consultant rounds and implement changes in patient records.

Skills

Nursing Education

Graduation/Equivalent Course

Others

Education

Graduation/Equivalent Course

Job description

Function Pune

Department Nursing

Cost Center Nursing

Country India

State Maharashtra

District Pune

Functional Area --

Skills

Skill

Nursing Education

Graduation/Equivalent Course

Others

Working Language

Job Description

• Check the communication book for any new instructions during every shift
• Check the assignment Register to know the assignment for the shift
• Check inventory of all equipment, and instruments as per the inventory register and inform the Team Leader/Nurse Manager in case of any discrepancies noted
• Inquire and know about the following:
• Department Census
• Admissions in the department
• Transfer in and Transfer out
• Death
• Medico- legal Cases
• Details of patients undergoing special investigations/invasive procedures and or Surgery
• Details of patients requiring special considerations (Barrier Nursing Precautions, VIPs, Relatives of Employees etc.)
• Planned discharges during the shift
• Others:
• Issues related to Support Services (Diet/Laundry/Stores/Pharmacy/Maintenance/CSSD/Bio-Medical/Billing/Housekeeping etc)
• Interdepartmental lending /borrowing of equipments or consumables and drugs
• Take over of assigned patients and receive new admission/transfer-in to the department
• Orient the patient and relative to the unit
• Carry out Nursing Assessment to have baseline data of patients assigned / received
• Inform necessary details to the Doctor on duty
• Plan, prioritize, implement and evaluate nursing care
• Carry out the instructions of the doctor and administer treatment as advised
• Attend the Consultant's rounds and update changes/special instructions in patient's record
• Carry out changes / special instructions as advised by the Consultant
• Assist for procedures as required at the bedside
• Monitor patients closely as per hospital protocol or as advised by the doctor
• Complete documentation of assessment findings, investigations done, procedures carried out and the treatment given to the patient during the shift according to hospital protocol
• Ensure that adequate supply of medicines and consumables are available with the patient
• Ensure that drugs and consumables in excess or not to be used are returned to the respective department
• Prepare the patients for surgeries / procedures as indicated
• Shift the patients to other departments if required as per Hospital Policy
• Ensure the comfort of the patient and family at all times
• Ensure replacement of medicines and consumables used from the departmental stock
• Ensure that billing of all procedures and investigations done during the shift are completed
• Complete all relevant documents
• Check the patient’s records for any changes, special orders etc. and update as needed from time to time
• Check and receive all pending investigations reports, if any
• Attend to patients needs for activities of daily living as required
• Maintain ward safety and provide safe environment.
• Report any special events during the shift to the Team Leader and or Nurse Manager
• Ensure that all admissions, transfers, Death and discharges are entered in the Admission Discharge Register
• Ensure that the shift report is completed
• Endorse the patients to the next duty assigned staff
• Maintain good interpersonal relationship with all employees, patients, families and community.
• Ensure that patient's and or family's communications/requirements are attended or communicated to the concerned department/person
• Ensure that discharged patient's unit is ready to receive new admission/transfer
• Prepare the dressing trolley, trays to be sent to the CSSD
• Ensure that the consent for surgery / procedure is obtained and the necessary preparations for the surgery / procedure has been done
• Arrange IP file as per checklist with numbering of sheets
• Keep the folders ready for admission
• Ensure all the procedures performed throughout the day are entered in the bedside procedures
• Indent drugs and consumables in sufficient quantity
• Check the expiry dates of the medicines and send the medicines nearing expiry to the pharmacy
• Prepare/keep ready records to be maintained in the department
• Training Responsibilities :
• Participates in staff educational program
• Help in orientation of new staff
• Participation in planned clinical teaching / SOP Training
• Completes Competency Assessments
• Supervise and guide Junior Staff nurses, Health Care Assistants and Housekeeping staff
• Supervise patients and visitors for maintenance of health promotion