Narayana Health, one of India's largest and World's most economical healthcare service providers is set to emerge as a global industry model for its ability to reconcile quality, affordability, scale, transparency, credibility and sustainable profitability. From 300 beds hospital in 2001, Narayana Health has grown to a 6900 beds healthcare conglomerate in 2014 with 26 hospitals present in 16 Cities within the country and also has International Presence in Cayman. NH has been known for its cost- cutting approach and ranked 36th among World's 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Companies in 2012. NH has also been a proud recipient of Frost & Sullivan India Healthcare Excellence Awards 2012 in the category Healthcare Service Provider Company of the Year and FICCI Health Care Excellence Award 2012 for Addressing Industry Issues. Job Purpose: Manage and ensure optimum performance of the unit in terms of Customer satisfaction and operational efficiencies. Job Responsibilities: PATIENT CARE • Overall planning of nursing care of the patient in the unit. • Maintaining cleanliness & sanitation of the unit. • Rendering direct care to seriously ill patients as & when situation arises. • Taking handover from the night shift in-charge. • Taking bed to bed rounds. • Supervising dietary arrangement & proper serving of diet. • Taking care of the health teaching programme to the patients & their relatives in her unit. • Co-ordinating patient care with other team members. • Assisting doctors at the time of their rounds. • Specially responsible for the care of acutely ill & seriously ill patients of the unit. WARD ADMINISTRATION • Preparing duty roster of the staff nurses & student nurses. • Checking the attendance of all nurses of the unit. • Allocating the bed to the nurses of each shift. • Maintaining stock of equipment, medicines & linen. • Indenting for supplies required for the running of the unit. • Ensuring disposal of waste, prevention of misuse & loss of articles & medicine. • Reporting any case of indiscipline, theft or loss to the higher management. • Coordinating the orientation programme of the new staff, students & making arrangement for continuous on-the-job training. • Making arrangement for keeping patient belongings in a safe custody as per laid down policy of the hospital. • Supervising, guiding & directing the work of the nurses. • Maintaining daily census. • Coordinating with other departments for ease of operation. • Taking care of the practical part of the nursing training. • Assisting to organize health teaching programme for patients & their relatives. • Organize ward teaching programme for staff nurses & students. • Taking care of the in service classes & nursing research programmes. Candidate Requirements: • Strives to develop good relations with other departments and ensures teamwork and co-operation amongst staff • Actively promotes practices that save company resources and minimize wastage • Willingness and initiative in acquiring knowledge, updating skills and technology or professional competency • Able to work under pressure and stressful situations while handling multiple tasks. • Excellent documentation skills. • Professional oral and written communication skills; must be able to interact and communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization, as well as communicate with tact, diplomacy, and a high level of cultural sensitivity • Strong attention to detail. • Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.