Nursing Supervisor

Role & responsibilities

• Nursing Supervisor is accountable for the Nursing Care Management of all the departments i.e OPD, Ward, Triage, NICU, LDR and all the Nursing Floors/Stations.
• Working knowledge of NABH / JCI Standards, Working knowledge of Education, Quality Assurance and Infection Control Standards.
• Shall be responsible for maintaining high standards of nursing care for the patients in all the departments.
• Shall instruct & supervise the work of nursing staff, medical helpers, sweepers& other staff members under her.
• Shall ensure proper hand over of and take over charge at each change of shift
• Shall take turns to supervise all wards during night hours in order to ensure there is adequate patient care.
• Shall carryout/ensure the pre & post-operative care of surgical patients & see that all instructions given by the doctors are carried out meticulously.
• Shall visit and check all seriously ill patients and post-operative case and ensure that they are seen at least once every hour by a nurse.
• Shall cooperate with tutors in planning patient care.
• Shall ensure that all records of patients are properly filled.
• Shall make rounds with doctors.
• Shall responsible for receiving all new admission and to comfortably accommodate them. the doctor concerned shall be informed immediately.

Key Skills:

• Effective decision making, influencing, communication skills, analytical, problem solving and time management skills.
• Analytical Skills: Nursing Supervisor must look at a lot of different information and make decisions based on needs and budget concerns.
• Communication: Nursing Supervisor talk to their employees, and work with management to make sure the job gets done. Being able to clearly explain what needs to be done will be necessary.
• Leadership Skills: Nursing Supervisor must motivate and coordinate employees, as well as deal with any disciplinary issues that may come up. The ability to lead and manage teams and projects.
• Commercial awareness.
• Organisation, time management, prioritising and the ability to handle a complex, varied workload Integrity and confidentiality