Nurse In -Charge Intensive Care Unit (ICU) job at CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda | Apply Now

Nursing Services Management

• Fosters strong collaboration and teamwork among all healthcare providers and in the ICU.

• Coordinates patients’ care to ensure that all patients receive the appropriate health services.

• Coordinates the daily ward rounds and ensures adequate documentation.

• Build a strong nursing team and foster effective communication through regular ward meetings and feedback forums.

• Plans for adequate nursing staffing and ensure that the nurse-patient ratio meets the patient's care requirements.

• Formulates nurse staffing rotas on time as per stipulated time.

• Ensures other tasks allocation for smooth running of the ward activities.

• Identify and plan for all routine daily activities for the ward.

• Participates in the formulation of policies & procedures for the nursing department.

• Ensure that all nursing staff are trained and can access all relevant CURE policies /procedures/guidelines.

• Avail all CURE relevant policies and procedures to nursing staff and ensure that they all are familiar.

• In collaboration with the biomedical team, ensure that all patient care equipment is well-serviced and calibrated on time.

• Ensure that each patient gives feedback on services received.

• Participate in performance evaluation processes as per CURE policy.

• Generate regular reports and data as guided by the requirements and hospital policies.

Nursing Practice

• Ensure that patients’ nursing care needs are identified and met using the nursing process.

• Ensure the full implementation of various care bundles for all patients to include monitoring of effectiveness and documentation.

• Ensure that patient care handover from one shift to the other is done as per the guidelines and procedures governing Inpatient services to ensure quality and patient safety.

• Ensures adequacy in patient care allocation to meet the patient care needs, bearing in mind the patient awareness and nurse skills levels.

• Carry out patient rounding daily to ensure that each patient’s healthcare needs are met.

• Ensure complete documentation on patients’ health records as per policy, through daily checks and open chart audits.

• Ensure that each patient and their families receive the relevant education about their care and documentation.

• Supportively supervises all nursing staff and identifies learning needs for each nurse through nurse rounding.

• Plan and take the lead for all in-house continued learning and skills competency checks for nursing staff.

• Ensure that competency-based orientation is done for the new nurses and avail the support needed.

• Collaborates with other in-charge nurses and participates in the nursing team forums.

Quality & Patient Safety

• Report and investigate all patient sentinel events and near misses.

• Participate in root cause analysis of all morbidities and mortalities and use the recommendations for improvement.

• Implement patient safety measures including correct patient identification, fall prevention, prevention of nosocomial infections, etc.

• Ensure safe medication administration practices are in place and monitoring processes.

• Carry out closed and open chart audits for nursing documentation and patients’ health records.

• Ensure implementation of Safe Care standards requirements (especially the Clinical and nursing related).

• Support and participate in various QPS committees, and internal audits.

Infection Prevention and Control

• Ensure that all staff implement all the relevant Infection Prevention & Control Program, policies and procedures.

• Ensure that all patient care areas in the ICU are clean and conducive to the prevention and control of infections.

• Ensure that all staff are trained in all relevant IPC matters.

• Participate in monitoring and prevention of Hospital-acquired infections.

• Implement the waste management program, policies, and procedures ICU.

• Ensure that patients and their families are educated on standard precautions while admitted to ICU.

Occupational Health & Safety

• All staff are expected to work in such a way that does not cause injury to themselves, other staff members, or customers.

• Following & complying with H&S policies, and processes & applying them to their own work activities, including using/wearing Personal Protective Equipment as required.

• Participating in activities directed at preventing harm & promoting well-being in the workplace Identifying, reporting & self-managing hazards where appropriate.

• Early and accurate reporting of incidents at work and raising issues of concern when identified

Education and Professional Development

• Ensures own professional development to enhance own competencies through self-assessment and/or formal performance appraisal regularly according to the hospital (and own) professional development plan;

• Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competency and lifelong learning.

• Identifies personal development and training needs and works with the supervisor to, help facilitate education and professional development where possible.

• Maintains a good quality learning environment that supports continuing professional development, creativity, and being proactive.

Spiritual Ministry

• Participates in the hospital’s Spiritual Ministry programs.

• Attend chapel and departmental bible studies with staff (depending on weekly schedule)

Key Performance Indicators

• Adherence to nurse-patient ratios and nursing staffing FTE requirements.

• 100% implementation of and compliance with Critical Care Bundles.

• 0% Incidence of In-patient Ward Hospital Acquired Infections

• Learning needs assessment for nursing staff & training

• 80% In-Patient Safe Care standards score

Any other official duties

• This position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Co-worker must perform other tasks, duties, and projects as assigned, as a member of the Human Resources team.