Walk-in | Staff Nurse

Surya Hospital; Pune District; On-site; INR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Surya Hospital in Pune seeks an experienced Senior Nurse to lead ward activities, monitor patients, perform assessments, administer medications, and support rounds with consultants.

You will supervise nursing assistants, organize daily operations, manage admissions/discharges, and maintain accurate records per hospital policy.

Key qualities include strong communication, teamwork, patient-centred care, and the ability to handle emergencies with calm efficiency.

Qualifications

• Plans and provides the basic care according to the priority needs of the patients.
• Accompanies Consultants on rounds and updates patient care.
• Maintains personal hygiene of patients.
• Administers medication using correct procedure & counter checking of medication of high risk dose.
• Takes responsibility of admission, discharge and transfer of the patient.

Responsibilities

• Monitors vital signs and ongoing assessment of patients.
• Maintains ward safety and provides safe environment.
• Completes Competency Assessments and staff development activities.
• Handles patient complaints and feedback in absence of team leader.
• Maintains records and reports nursing care, treatment and medicine accurately.

Skills

Nursing skills

Planning & organizing

Supervisory duties

Holistic patient care

Daily rounds

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Job Description of Senior. Staff Nurse

• To monitor Subordinates for Patient Endorsement.
• Carries out assigned job given by Team Leader Nursing / Nursing Supervisor.
• Responsible for monitoring vital signs and ongoing assessment of the patients.
• Plans and provides the basic care according to the priority needs of the patients.
• Accompanies Consultants on rounds and updates patient care.
• Carries out Consultants orders appropriately.
• Maintains personal hygiene of patients.
• Administers medication using correct procedure & counter checking of medication of high risk dose.
• Takes responsibility of admission, discharge and transfer of the patient.
• Takes responsibility of collection of samples and sending for investigations.
• Documents in all relevant records as per hospital policy.
• Maintains checklist and inventory of medicines, instruments, equipments etc.
• Checks the crash cart and keeps it ready for use.
• Maintains checklist and takes inventory of high alert medications/narcotics/backup
• pharmacy on a daily basis.

• Maintains ward safety and provides safe environment.
• Completes Competency Assessments.
• Takes part in training and Staff Development Programme.
• Handling of patient complaints and feedback in absence of team leader.
• Handling Code blue activation.
• Smooth functioning of wards in absence of Team leader.
• Monitoring and Reporting Incident & medication error.

B. Educative Activities

• Plans and provides health education to patients and relatives.
• Participates in in-service education programme.

C. Supervisory Activities

• Supervises and guides Nursing assistant, Housekeeping staff and Co-workers.
• Supervises patients and visitors for maintenance of health promotion.

D. Recording and Reporting Activities

• Reports Critical patient's conditions promptly to the concerned person in verbal
• and written.
• Reports any absenteeism of staff.
• Records and reports nursing care, treatment, medicine correctly and promptly.
• Reports and records any losses and breakage in the Hospital.

E. Communication Activities

• Provides Psychological support to patient and relatives.
• Reports any incident to the concerned person.
• Gives orientation to patient and relatives about physical facilities, policy rules and regulations of the hospital.
• Maintains good interpersonal relationship with patients, relatives, colleagues, coworkers and the department staff.

Will be responsible for any other duties assigned by the Team Leader-Nursing/Nursing Supervisor from time to time.

Skill Sets:

Nursing Skill & Organizing Skills:

• Plan & Organize patient requirement.
• Read OT procedures and policies to enhance self-education & skill.
• Perform a wide variety of supervisory responsibilities like daily rounds & follow ups.
• Provide holistic/ Comprehensive patient care.
• Ability to care out daily briefing, to junior reporting nurses about patients/ their relatives, supplies, new items added to the department.

Communication Skills:

• Ability to communicate with patient & their relatives needs (Ability to listen).
• Ability to explain & clarify doubts of the patient & their relatives.
• To be able to coordinate & work with multi-ethnic workforce.
• Ability to coordinate with billing & other departments.
• Answering queries & telephone cells.
• Ability to communicate patients complaints to concerned authority & eliminate patients problem.
• Document in detail & inform team- members of any unusual event.
• Maintain the communication book.
• Ability to handle anxious relatives by giving information about the time/length of operation.
• Inform patients relatives sitting in the Companion room about operation progress.
• Weekly department meeting for information sharing.