Home Care Nurse

• Responsible to deliver a professional, safe and quality patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
• Responsible for effective communication with patients, relatives and members of the health care team
• Provide medical care and treatment to patients in their home
• Meet with patients shortly after they are discharged from the hospital
• Evaluate compliance to accreditation standards and quality in general and ensure implementation of corrective and preventive action in patient care areas including infection control practices throughout the facility
• Responsible for patient and family satisfaction
• Adhere to all clinical and nursing protocol as per Hospital Policies of Sir H N Reliance Foundation

• Provide care in co-ordination with the physician and other health care workers
• Assess the patients condition , health progress and needs
• Manage patient as per scope of services
• Identify care issues and makes recommendations about changes to the patient care plan as per consultant recommendation
• Communicate with family care givers, Listen to their concerns and update them on the patient condition.
• Keep records for future reference
• Maintain the Documentation of care provided accurately in EMR
• Ensure that patient privacy and confidentiality is duly protected at all the times
• Treat patients and their family with courtesy, respect, and caring behavior
• Take immediate action to resolve any issues, complaints or distress expressed in any way by the patient or their family with in her limits and escalate to higher level
• Assess the patient for risk of developing pressure ulcer and implement pressure ulcer preventive measures
• Administer medication to the patient as per the doctors prescription and document the same in EMR
• Ensure all clinical consents are uploaded in patient EMR
• Work as a liaison between the patient and treating physician if the patient is registered to RFH
• Escalate the patients condition to treating physician if any.
• To communicate the observations, non- compliance, issues and challenges compiled from all possible information sources towards compliance to quality standards
• Compile and summarize data for presentation at monthly departmental meetings and quarterly meetings as requested.
• Work closely with nursing manager, Head of the department and doctors to ensure a high standard of nursing care
• Generate regular reports regarding the adherence to quality standards, achievements and possibility of improvement, and forwards copy of line manager.
• Promote use of evidence based practice
• Ensure in readiness of home care Kit at all times.
• Ensure the compliance in completing the process of home are services.
• Perform any other duties as directed by the line manager
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the ward manager

• Ensure patient satisfaction is as per the parameters set by the hospital from time to time
• Engage in aligning with the processes, policy, vision & mission of the hospital
• Enhance Patient Care and Patient Relatives experience to make RFH the preferred choice

• Ensure Nursing and infection control and other quality indicators are within the defined bench mark
• Actively participate and take accountability for implementation of all quality programs to ensure continuous quality improvement
• Actively participate in infection control and prevention activities, campaigns, awareness and sessions
• Ensure nursing clinical quality standard and practice are compiled, maintained and evaluate when necessary.
• Reporting of deficiencies or scope of improvement.

• Ensure optimal utilization of available resources (drugs and consumable)
• Ensure proper utilization of ward stock items and maintain its appropriate charging or stock consumption record
• Ensure safe handling of CSSD and biomedical equipments and prevent breakages
• To provide inputs clinical Services through - Quality of care
• Monitor and ensure optimal utilization of available resources

• Initiate & coordinates safety practices
• Attend all in service Nursing/hospital trainings
• Assist in orientation of new nursing staff and supervise them for safe patient care
• Supervise PCAs / PTAs and ensure patient care
• Ensure effective patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes in
• collaboration with other professional disciplines
• Engage in training and educational program for freshers and new joinees to impart the protocols and hospital policies
• Ensure effective communication with the health care team members by ensuring
• Hands off

• Read back and verify Verbal /Telephonic orders/ critical alert reporting. No verbal order to be followed

• Identify and suggest new ideas/ feedback to enhance departmental operations and patient care
• Plan and participate in clinical education, research, test medication and clinical tests to advance the practice of nursing as well as academic and teaching activities as required by the hospital.

• Patient First
• Excellence
• Accountability
• Respect
• Teamwork
• Integrity

• Patient Orientation
• Effective Communication Skills
• Use of HIS
• Knowledge of organizational and infection control policies and procedures
• Knowledge of procedures
• Effective implementation of strategies
• Knowledge about JCI & NABH standards
• Use of SAP
• BLS/ ACLS/ PALS
• Knowledge on Patient Safety Protocols

• Monitoring of quality standards
• Identification of scope of improvement in patient care areas - Corrective and preventive actions
• Effective implementation of strategies through Ward Manager.

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