Bindumol Joseph

• Ensure delivery of safe and cost effective care to patients in accordance with policies.
• Streamlined nursing operations for increased efficiency by optimizing staff scheduling and resource allocation.
• Provide leadership and serve as a resource person in provision of patient management and dialysis centre activities.
• Ensure effective and efficient operation of the dialysis centre.
• Provide direction and guidance to staff.
• Appraise and evaluate staff performance.
• Prepare budget to ensure effective management. and ensure effective management of staff and resources.
• Assist in staff development of problem solving and decision making skills
• Liaise/ communicate effectively with internal and external stake holders.

· To supervise and participates in nursing procedure and treatments to the highest standards in accordance with standard of practice.

· Ensure accurate nursing records are maintained and comprehensive nursing reports are given and received.

· To establish effective communication with patient and be assertive to their individual needs as well as to their relatives.

· To keep updated of clinical practices by attending seminars and workshops and participating in changes as recommended by professional bodies.

· Schedule patent for dialysis according to the priority, special precautions etc.

· Pre dialysis blood investigations as per order

· Commencement and termination of dialysis according to the standard of practice

· Pre dialysis assessment and Continues monitoring of patients throughout dialysis session and manage accordingly

· Management of acute complication during dialysis

· To follow physician’s rounds and carry out prescribed treatments and changes made

· Patient and family education regarding, care of vascular access, diet management, infection control, fluid intake management etc.

· Administration of medications

· Documentation and record keeping as per JCI standard Assist in writing standard work instructions (SWI) specific to renal Centre to make sure all healthcare professionals are adhere to same recommended practices and assist in revising SWI as needed.

· Over all in charge of the shift to oversee all the duties during the shift and assist the colleagues accordingly

· POCT trainer to train and assess nurses on blood sugar monitoring and audit other wards to ensure the standard practices are followed.

· Infection control link nurse of the unit to ensure all healthcare workers are complaint to the recommended practices to prevent and control any infection and conduct training and assessment periodically, attend monthly infection control meeting and update the staffs, audit other wards to ensure the standards are maintained

· In charge of the staff training : organize in-service education weekly by doctors, nurses, venders, and other special departments , update and maintain the training records, conduct training and competency assessment for staffs annually as per hospital recommendation

· Precept new nurses and guide the junior nurses

· Stock inventory an ordering

· Commencement , monitoring and termination of dialysis

· Prevention ,early detection and management of complications

· Record keeping as per ISO requirements

· Health education for patients and relatives related to access care, nutrition, phosphate control, fluid management, anemia management etc.

· Nutritional assessment and management

· Diabetic assessment and management

· Daily maintenance of Dialysis machines and RO system

· Dialyzer Reprocessing & Monthly Report monitoring and maintenance of reprocessing system

· Assessing vascular access by using transonic system refer for interventions accordingly

· In charge of the shift

· New Patient’s orientation to dialysis program

· In-service, staff education and training junior

· Blood investigations and evaluation

· Stock and Inventory management

· Quality control