Duties and responsibilities of various Categories of nursing personnel Mrs.S..SOWMIYA MSC (N) 2 ND YEAR GCON CUDDALORE
Providing job description becomes the main responsibilities of the management as it highlight the details of work, nature of work, kind of communication of work maintained as per the hierarchy levels and expected job performance from each and every work. Specification of tasks and responsibilities of the job should form the basis for both new appointments and promotions. INTRODUCTION
It is a primary management vehicle for communicating the duties, responsibilities, scope of authority, organizational relationship and personnel qualification for each job in the organization. - J o hidra vatti (2022) DEFINITION
The information included in a job description may vary from one organization to another but would definitely include the following: 1. Job title 2. Department 3. Job grade 4. The date of the job description; besides the duties and responsibilities .
Purposes of job description
1. Allocate a title 2. Introduce a description with a summary 3. Organize the list of requirements and duties in a logical sequence 4. Write in a clear, concise manner 5. Use standard formats 6. Review periodically Guidelines for writing a job description:
Steps in framing the job description
Step 1: Perform a job analysis Interviewing employees. Observation of employee performance feedback from employees by peer review Collecting data on job satisfaction Documentation of results and report review Physical characteristics Environmental factors Credentials/experience
Step 2: Establish the essential functions Essential functions are affirmative jobs that need to be performed by employee over a certain period of time. Essential function should explicitly state how an individual is to perform the job. This will provide future guidance.
Step 3: Organize the data concisely 1. Job title-Name of the position. 2. Classification 3. Salary grade/level/family/range 4. Reports 5. Date-date when the job description was written or last reviewed. 6. Summary/objective-Summary and overall objectives of the job. 7. Competency-knowledge, skills and abilities.
Step 4: Add the disclaimer It is a good idea to add a statement that indicates that the job description. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Step 5: Add the signature lines Signatures are an important part of validating the job description. They show that the job description has been approved and that the employee understands the requirements, essential functions and duties of the position.
Step 6: Finalize A draft of the job description should be presented to upper management and the position supervisor for review and approval. A draft allows a chance to review, add or subtract any detail before the final job description is approved. The final job descriptions should be kept in a secure location, and copies should be used for job postings.
Two ways of job description
DUTIES AND RESPOSIBLITIES OF NURSING SERVICES
DUTIES AND RESPOSIBLITIES OF NURSING SERVICES Nursing director Nursing superintendent Nursing supervisor Nursing officer
The nursing Programme is administered by him or her through appropriate planning of services. Determining nursing policies in collaboration with hospital management and nursing procedures in collaboration with nursing staff. Giving general supervision, delegating responsibility, coordinating interdepartmental nursing activities and counselling the hospital administration on nursing problems are some of his or her key responsibilities. He or she has a dual role. NURSING DIRECTOR
Formation of aims, objectives and policies of nursing services Planning and directing nursing care Coordinating interdepartmental activities Maintaining supplies and equipment Budgeting Keeping records and reports. NURSING DIRECTOR ROLE AND FUNCTION
Educational qualifications: General education : As prescribed for a staff nurse Professional education: As prescribed for a staff nurse Registration: As prescribed for a staff nurse, registered with the state nursing council Experience : Should have experience as a senior staff nurse. NURSING SUPERINTENDENT
Patient care and unit management Developing and supervising nursing services. Organizes and plans nursing care activities Plans staffing pattern Conducts and attends to the departmental and interdepartmental meetings/ conferences from time to time Makes regular rounds of his or her department Ensures the safety and general dealings of the department. ROLE AND FUNCTION OF NURING SUPERINTENDENT
Looks into general comforts of the patients and their relatives Receives report from the night supervisor Makes rotation plan for the nursing staff. Plans ward management with each ward/unit Supervises the proper use and care of the equipment and supplies in the department. Count….ROLE AND FUNCTION OF NURING SUPERINTENDENT
Arranges classes and clinical teaching of nursing students Implements the ward teaching P rogramme and clinical experience Does counselling and guidance of staff and students Arranges and conducts staff development P rogramme Assists in planning for and participates in the training of auxiliary personnel. EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION OF NURSING SUPERINTENDENT
NURSING SUPERVISIOR
Every department in the nursing will have the head in charge designated as the nursing supervisor. For example, the general ward, intensive care unit, causality, triage, etc. will have their own in-charge. The function of in-charge is to supervise and plan the duty roaster for the administration work and incorporate the function and activities among the department to maintain quality of nursing care . NURSING SUPERVISIOR
NURSING SUPERVISIOR
FUCTION OF NURSING SUPERVISIOR Provide direct bedside nursing care Perform supervision and administration work. Health advocate
Count…FUCTION OF NURSING SUPERVISIOR
Count…FUCTION OF NURSING SUPERVISIOR
HEAD NURSE
A head nurse is assigned to a nursing unit, a ward or to one section of a department. She works under the general direction of the supervisor of the division. HEAD NURSE
The head nurse is a nursing officer who is in overall in-charge of a ward unit. Carrying out the instructions of the medical officer General cleanliness and upkeep of the ward and its surroundings Supervision of care; maintenance of buildings, furniture and fittings, and arranging their reports through the chief medical officer HEAD NURSE ROLES AND RESPONISIBLITIES
Con……. Keeping the ward equipment in optimum state of readiness Assigning duties for patient's care to the ward staff Making an indent Ensuring that all specimens are sent to the laboratory in time Requisition of diet as per instructions of the medical officer Ensuring that sufficient linen is available in the ward. Maintaining all the registers and documents required in the ward. CON….HEAD NURSE ROLES AND RESPONISIBLITIES
STAFF NURSE /NURSING OFFICER
A staff nurse is the first-level professional nurse who provides direct patient care. The staff nurse assists in the management of wards/units/special departments. She/he is directly responsible to the senior staff nurse or ward-in-charge nursing aids. STAFF NURSE /NURSING OFFICER
General: Pre-university course/10+2 or equivalent examination. Professional: 3years General Nursing/6-9 months Midwifery/Psychiatric Nursing Diploma certificate, recognized by Indian Nursing Council, or Revised General Nursing and Midwifery/Psychiatric Nursing Diploma/Certificate recognized by Indian Nursing Council, or Basic BSc Nursing from a recognized university according to Indian Nursing Council norms. Registration: Registered with the state nursing council/Indian Nursing Council (INC). EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OF STAFF NURSE
WARD / UNIT MANAGEMENT Helps the ward in-charge to carry out her/ his work. Maintain general cleanliness of work Supervises the work of group d employees. Writes the diet register, supervise the distribution of diet and report. Maintain scheduled poisonous drug register. Supervising the nursing care carried out by students. maintains duty room trays, sterilize instruments. Maintains all records performing to the ward. ROLE AND FUCTION OF NURSING OFFICER
Management of labour room Preparing expectant mother for aseptic safe delivery Conducting the normal deliveries and reports. Attending & assisting the doctors in all obstetrical emergencies Attending & assisting in difficult and abnormal deliveries. Taking care of the newborn and premature babies. Maintaining all records &reports pertaining to labour room. Indenting and procuring necessary drugs, supplies, linen, etc… count…ROLE AND FUCTION OF NURSING OFFICER
MANAGEMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE ICU Indent and procures all the necessary equipment, drugs and o₂ cylinders requires for the units. Operate ECG, EEG, Cardiac resuscitation, etc.. other sophisticated high- tech machines when where needed, or assists the doctors in operating such machines. Count… ROLE AND FUCTION OF NURSING OFFICER
Management of psychiatric unit Assists the doctors in admission and discharge of patients. Prepares patient for ECT, therapies and other procedure. Assists in the management of aggressive ,suicidal patients. Handles their symptoms like grief. Maintains records and reports of the units. Count…ROLE AND FUCTION OF NURSING OFFICER
EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION Helps in orientation of new staffs and students. Teaches and guides the domestic staff like group D Carries out health teaching for individual or groups of patient Participates in clinical teaching, extending full co-operation Provides for and demonstration methods and procedure. Participate in- services education programmes. count…ROLE AND FUCTION OF NURSING OFFICER
Duties and responsibility of nursing education
Duties and responsibility of nursing education Principal college of nursing Professor or vice principal college of nursing Assistant professor, college of nursing Lecturer, college of nursing Nursing tutor\clinical instructor Nurse manager
Educational qualifications General: As prescribed for staff nurse Professional: M.Sc. Nursing or equivalent degree, PhD in nursing or other equivalent doctoral degree Registration: Registered with state nursing council/INC Experience: Should have minimum 12 years teaching and administration experience. PRINICIPAL, COLLEGE OF NURSING
ROLE AND FUNCTION PRINICIPAL, COLLEGE OF CNURSING ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATION STAFF DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION SUPERVISION INSTRUCTION GUIDANCE
ADMINISTRATION Provide the planning the strategies for the establishment of the institution. Frame the Philosophy, aims and objectives for the educational programme. Recognize the current requirement of the educational programme. Identify, apprise and preserve the available resource. Plan, organize the learning experience. COUNT…..ROLE AND FUNCTION PRINICIPAL, COLLEGE OF CNURSING
Organizational Determine the number of positions and scope as well as responsibility of each member of the faculty and the staff. Analysis the job to be done based on the needs of the educational programme. Considering the individual preparation, personal interest and ability in the delegation responsibility. Delegation authority. Maintains a plan of the work -lode among staff member. COUNT…..ROLE AND FUNCTION PRINICIPAL, COLLEGE OF CNURSING
STAFF DEVELOPEMENT AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES: Recommending appointments and the promotion on the basis of qualification and experiences.
Directing the activities of staff working under him or her Encouraging the staff members in their job activities Subscribing and encouraging developmental aspect with reference show the welfare of staff and the students Provide adequate orientation to the staff members Maintaining a correct and acceptable attitude towards staff and learners Promoting staff participation in research. Maintaining physical facilities that are of a good standards. COUNT…..ROLE AND FUNCTION PRINICIPAL, COLLEGE OF CNURSING
COORIDNATION Initiating ways of cooperation Coordinating activities Interpreting nursing education to other related disciplines and to general public. SUPERVISION Ensuring continuous follow-up. Maintaining a comprehensive system of records Maintaining a recognition of educational programme by aggravated educational bodies Preparing the periodic report Preparing and securing approval of an administering the budget . COUNT…..ROLE AND FUNCTION PRINICIPAL, COLLEGE OF CNURSING
INSTRUCTION Planning to participate in educational programme Recognising the needs for continuing education for the self and staff and providing the stimulation of opportunity for such development. Participates as a teacher in educational programme. GUIDANCE Providing and maintaining a programme for recruitment selection and promotion of the students. Encouraging studies research and writing for publication. COUNT…..ROLE AND FUNCTION PRINICIPAL, COLLEGE OF CNURSING
Educational qualifications General : As prescribed for a staff nurse Professional: MSc Nursing/MN or equivalent degree in nursing recognized by the INC, PhD in nursing with any speciality or other equivalent doctoral degree in nursing Registration: Registered with the state nursing council/INC Experience: Should have total 10 years of teaching experience VICE PRINICIPAL OR PROFESSOR , COLLEGE OF CNURSING
Role and functions Administration Instructions Evaluating learner's progress Recording and reporting I nvestigating ways of improving teaching Guidance and counselling Research
ADMINISTRATION ROLE Involve in deserving the rules and regulations and framing of the policies for the college Do suggestions in framing and the application of philosophical views to attend the goals of the educational program Supervise and control the functional activities of staff in the department. ROLE AND FUNCTION OF PROFESSOR , COLLEGE OF CNURSING
EDUCATOR ROLE Rather than is the recruitment of the learners based on the curriculum Helps The students to recognize their needs and recruitment Frame the plan for the learning experiences. Identifies and categories the teaching and the learning experiences according to the goals of the educational program. Ensure identifies and categories the facilities and supplies needed for learning. ROLE AND FUCTION OF PROFESSOR , COLLEGE OF CNURSING
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLOR ROLE Provide an appropriate teaching learning environment. Helps the student to learn the problem solving technique. Applies innovation and suitable teaching learning method . EVALUTOR ROLE Identify the individual differences and the student talent. Applies the appropriate instrument to evaluate their skills. Assist the students to do their own evaluation of their study. Evaluate and narrate the performance of each student . ROLE AND FUCTION OF PROFESSOR , COLLEGE OF CNURSING
DOCUMENTATION ROLE Records and the reports are properly documented till date Documentary records clearly . Record the students activities and achievement. CREATIVITY AND INNOVATOR ROLE Analyses the present education system and learning ability of the students. Introduce the latest technology in teaching and learning. Upgrades the present knowledge using the educational technology. Implement the teaching method the effective in achieving the goals of education. Count..ROLE AND FUCTION OF PROFESSOR , COLLEGE OF NURSING
EDUCATIONAL ADVOCATE’S ROLE Identify the learning problem in the students. Analysis the present teaching learning system. Get cooperation from all the children’s in providing guidance to the students in the learning. Sets up a counselling and guidance unit encouraged the student to attend the educational goal. Assist the students to improve the Technique of self learning Identify dull students providing helping hand in improving their skills in Learning. ROLE AND FUCTION OF PROFESSOR , COLLEGE OF NURSING
Researchers a role Role of researcher’s Identifies any resealable problem that exist in the institution that needs more investigation to improve the standards in teaching and learning. Get the approval from the researchable issues from the management authorities to do the research. Perform the adequate review about the present issues. Develop the tool to appraise the present issues after expert variety and reliability of the tools used. Collect the recorded data using the tool about the present issues in the institution. Count….ROLE AND FUCTION OF PROFESSOR , COLLEGE OF NURSING
Assistant professor Educational qualifications General: As prescribed for staff nurse Professional : MSc Nursing/MN or equivalent degree recognized by the Indian Nursing Council Registration: Registered with the state nursing council Experience: minimum 3 years of teaching experience in a recognized institute
Role and functions assistant professor:
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: GENERAL : As prescribed for a staff nurse PROFESSIONAL: MSc Nursing/MN or equivalent degree in nursing recognized by the INC. REGISTRATION : Registered with state nursing council EXPERIENCE : Should have experience as a staff nurse in government hospital for not less than 5 years. LECTUREE, COLLEGE OF NURSING
LECTUREE, COLLEGE OF NURSING
EDUCATOR ROLE Recognise the student Requirements by reviewing the previous records. Helps the student in understanding the educational goals. Providing the possible suggestion in the application of philosophy of educational goal. Involve in the appraisal of the educational curriculum. Help the student to understand the problem solving technique. Evaluate and explain the student performance objectively. Documents and maintain all the needed records and reports. Perform clear and legible records in reports. ROLE AND FUNCTION LECTUREE, COLLEGE OF NURSING
EDUCATIONAL ADVOCATOR ROLE Provide guidance to the students according to the abilities and skills. Counsel the problem in learning and understand in the subject . RESEARCHER ROLE Identify the educational issue. Research the identified issue that needed the immediate solution. Prepare the tour to investigate the issue. Entrepreneur and analysis the data using the statistics and report the finding. Count.. ROLE AND FUNCTION LECTUREE, COLLEGE OF NURSING
Educational qualifications Central: As prescribed for staff nurse Professional: BSc Nursing (Postgraduate) or MSc Nursing or equivalent examination Registration: Registered with the state nursing council Experience: any fresher candidate NURSING TUTOR/CLINICAL INSRUCTOR, COLLEGE OF NURSING
NURSING TUTOR/CLINICAL INSRUCTOR, COLLEGE OF NURSING
ACADEMIC FUNCTION Responsible for planning an implementation of teaching program. Teaching subject in the curriculum. Overall supervision of clinical teaching program. Maintain the classroom equipment supply and teaching aids. Conduct to the test and evaluate the student assignments. Helps the students with their extra curricular activities. Prepare the teaching material and implement them under the guidance of other teachers. ROLE AND FUCTION OF NURSING TUTOR
ADMINISTRATION AND EVALUTION Assisting in the administration of the school of nursing Supervising student's health, welfare and security Assisting in the selection of students and overall administration Assisting in examinations and tests Supervising living condition of students in the hostel Assisting in the procurement of school supplies and equipment Assisting in library work Assisting in maintaining school records Planning, implementing and evaluating the UG, PG Curriculum ROLE AND FUCTION OF NURSING TUTOR
Educational Qualification: To become a nurse manager, you must attend an accredited university or college and Graduate with a bachelor’s degree in nursing . A nurse manager coordinates and manages a nursing staff. Ensure the effective run of association NURSE MANAGER
ROLE AND FUNCTION OF NURSE MANAGER
Roles refer to a person’s positions within a team. Responsibilities define the task that an employee is expected to perform. It is clearly listening and defining key responsibilities within a job role. SUMMARY
Nursing Personal composed of professional. Nurse as a practitioner and a nursing assistance constitute the largest single body of personnel in a same department unit of the hospital. CONCLUSION
THEORY APPLICATION
Nursing roles and responsibilities in general practice. Author : Leonie walker, jill Clendon , Katherine nelson. Walker (2015), Nursing roles and responsibilities in general practice, it comparative case study review using multiple mixed methods. 3 general practice service were chosen. Provide diversity of location. Health professional are an NP,EN, other staff such as administration staff and practice manager. The result shown that enabling nurse to work to the full extent of their scope along with some adjustment to the models of care. corporation and coordination could force & shortage and improve the patient to care. JOURNAL PRESENTATION