JOB VACANCY: HEAD OF NURSING– (1 post)
Reporting to the Board, the Head of Nursing will be held accountable for the nursing service given to patients in all departments. This includes making provisions for the best possible nursing care of patients at all times, the development, implementation and evaluation of care and the setting and monitoring of standards of care, the rostering, organization and allocation of the work, teaching and training of nurses and support staff and participation in the ongoing development and evaluation of systems and programmes for delivery of care. All nursing sub-departments and Nursing Supervisors will report to this position.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
• Promote the mission, vision, and values of the Hospital. Know and practice the prescribed philosophy, purpose, policies, and standards of Nursing/Patient Care Services.
• Ensure that service departments including operating theatre infrastructure, ICU, NICU, HDU, Ward, Maternity, Emergency, In-Patient, OPD, Dialysis, Radiology and Pathology requirements are in place and coverage by concerned trained nurses.
• Ensure proper infection control in the hospital, discipline, training, cleanliness, duty roster, IT system.
• Proper indenting of any requirements in advance, ensuring the department follows all quality norms and standard operating procedures.
• Prepare ROTA and allocation of duties in the Nursing department, meeting and training schedule for the Department & conduct the same in a professional manner
• Give daily reports to the Operations Team, concerned Resident Medical Doctor and Visiting Consultants.
• Give Reports on non-medical issues to the Board
• Organise, direct, and administer the Nursing/Patient Care Services in order to provide the level of care required by current medical and nursing standards.
• Maintain continuing quality assessment and improvement analysis and evaluation of patient care delivery and communicate with Management on the activities/issues of Nursing/Patient Care Services and patient feedback collection with reporting.
• Plan and recommend to Management new facilities, equipment, or modifications needed to provide better patient care.
