Compliance: Adhere to and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies.
Patient Care Standards: Adhere to and comply with policies and procedures related to patient care, infection control, patient safety, and accreditation standards.
Nursing Resource Management
Forecasting & Planning: Assist the Nursing Superintendent in forecasting, planning, and budgeting nursing resources.
Skill Matrix & Contingency: Plan skill matrix and contingency plans for the nursing department in coordination with nursing managers and under the guidance of the Nursing Superintendent.
Competency Management: Assist the Nursing Superintendent in establishing processes for competency requirements and mapping.
Collaborative Responsibilities
Communication: Communicate all necessary information to all stakeholders (healthcare team and HOD of the department) in a timely and constructive manner.
Team Meetings: Conduct regular meetings with all nursing managers to discuss and follow up on work results, ensuring safe and effective care delivery.
Daily Rounds: Conduct daily nursing rounds to ensure proper patient care delivery processes from staff posted in various departments.
Quality Management
Documentation: Establish processes and protocols to ensure patient care documentation is completed as per policies and standards.
Patient Safety: Follow international patient safety goals.
Incident Reporting: Report all near misses, sentinel events, and any other incidents.
Interdisciplinary Contribution: Attend and contribute to interdisciplinary meetings and the provision of patient care.
Policy Compliance: Establish processes to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures for medication management, especially for High Alert Medicines, LASA (Look-Alike, Sound-Alike), and Narcotics.
Privacy & Confidentiality: Ensure there is provision to always maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records.
Performance Monitoring: Monitor clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality improvement.
Care Evaluation: Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and assess the impact of nursing interventions as appropriate.
Clinical Audit: Guide and assist the staff to undertake Clinical / Nursing audits as required.
Record Audit: Conduct regular audits of patient care records to ensure appropriateness, completeness, and execution of orders.
Policy Development: Assist nursing leaders in developing policies and procedures for the department.
Corrective & Preventive Actions: Plan and ensure implementation of corrective and preventive actions based on event findings or investigations.
Work Environment Management
Teamwork: Enhance the working environment through teamwork and mutual respect for others.
Conflict Resolution: Resolve conflicts and staff problems/issues and make decisions utilizing critical thinking.
Safety & Cleanliness: Maintain a safe and clean working environment for all clinical areas.
Inventory Management
Oversight: Oversee the inventory management of the clinical areas managed by the nursing department.
Equipment Monitoring: Monitor all medical equipment in the clinical areas and inform the clinical engineering team whenever required.
Training and Development
Training Plan Adherence: Ensure ongoing training plans are followed as per the defined training policy and organization requirements.
Knowledge Upgrade: Upgrade knowledge as per current clinical evidence.
Participation: Participate and contribute to scheduled in-service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS, NALS (if applicable), CNEs, conferences, etc.
Preferred Candidate Profile
Candidate must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the Oncology Vertical
