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    1. The role of a Senior Staff Nurse is a first level nursing supervisor responsible for the management of an assigned ward or unit. 2. Key responsibilities include assigning work, ensuring patient safety and comfort, coordinating care, maintaining ward standards and discipline, and providing educational functions like teaching and evaluations. 3. The role requires a minimum of 5 years experience as a Staff Nurse and involves both direct patient care and administrative/supervisory duties.

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    1. The role of a Senior Staff Nurse is a first level nursing supervisor responsible for the management of an assigned ward or unit. 2. Key responsibilities include assigning work, ensuring patient safety and comfort, coordinating care, maintaining ward standards and discipline, and providing educational functions like teaching and evaluations. 3. The role requires a minimum of 5 years experience as a Staff Nurse and involves both direct patient care and administrative/supervisory duties.

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    1. The role of a Senior Staff Nurse is a first level nursing supervisor responsible for the management of an assigned ward or unit. 2. Key responsibilities include assigning work, ensuring patient safety and comfort, coordinating care, maintaining ward standards and discipline, and providing educational functions like teaching and evaluations. 3. The role requires a minimum of 5 years experience as a Staff Nurse and involves both direct patient care and administrative/supervisory duties.

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    Senior Staff Nurse Job Description

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    1. The role of a Senior Staff Nurse is a first level nursing supervisor responsible for the management of an assigned ward or unit. 2. Key responsibilities include assigning work, ensuring patient safety and comfort, coordinating care, maintaining ward standards and discipline, and providing educational functions like teaching and evaluations. 3. The role requires a minimum of 5 years experience as a Staff Nurse and involves both direct patient care and administrative/supervisory duties.

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    Senior Staff Nurse, Title: Senior Staff Nurse


    Educational Qualifications a. General: As prescribed for staff nurse. b. Professional : As prescribed for staff nurse c. Registration: Registered with Karnataka Nursing Council/ Indian Nursing Council. d. Experience: Should have experience as staff nurse of not less than 5 years.

    Standard Norms
    Since it is a first level nursing supervisory role which needs at least one senior staff nurse for the staff nurse (1:5).

    Job Summary
    Senior staff nurse is a first level nursing supervisor who is accountable for nursing care management of a ward or a unit assigned to her/him. She/he is responsible to the Nursing Superintendent Grade II for her/his ward/unit management. She or he takes full charge of the ward and assigns work for various categories of nursing and non nursing personnel working with her/ him. She or he is responsible for safety and comforts of the patients in her/his ward.

    Direct Patient Care


    a. Ensure proper admission, discharge of patients. b. Plans nursing care and make patients assignments as per their nursing needs. c. Assists in the direct care/ provides direct care to patients as and when required. d. She/he sees that total health needs of his/her patients as met. e. Ensures safety, comfort and good personal hygiene of her/his patient. f. Assists in planning and administration of the therapeutic diet to his/her/patient. g. Ensures the helpless patients are regularly fed as per direction. h. Ensures that proper observation records of the patients are made and necessary information imparted to the concerned authorities. i. Takes nursing rounds with staffs and students. j. Makes rounds with doctors, assisting them in diagnosing and treatment of patients. k. Implements doctors instructions concerning patient treatment. l. Assists patient and his/her relatives to adjust in the hospital and its routine. m. Coordinates patient care with other departments.

    Supervision and Administration


    Ensures sale and clean environment for the ward/Unit/Special department. Makes duty and works assignment. Identifying and procurement of ward supplies and equipments and keep records. Does regular inventory checking of his/her ward/unit. Makes list for condemnation of articles and submits it to all the concerned. Assists in making ward requirement. Establishes and reinforces standards prescribed in the procedures and manuals of hospital and policies that are in force. Acts as liaison officer between ward staff and hospital administration. Maintains good public relations in her/his ward/unit. Ensures that ward statistics are regularly submitted. Maintains discipline among the personnel working in the particular ward/unit, e.g. staff nurses, students and domestic staffs. Deals appropriately with any adverse situation that occurs in the ward/unit and report to the concerned authorities. Reports about any medico legal cases in the ward/unit. Writers and submit confidential reports of the staff (it is not in force but should be). Ensures that students get desired learning experience in the ward/ unit.

    Educational Function
    Organizes orientation programs for new staff. Organizes formal and informal ward teaching, conducts beside clinics and demonstration, etc. Conducts ward conferences/meetings. Gives incidental teaching to patient, relatives, staff nurses, students and the domestic staff. Guides in formulation of nursing care studies, and nursing care plans etc. Evaluates the students performances and submit reports to the school authorities. Helps in medical and nursing research. Encourages staff development program in her/ his ward/unit.

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