Job Description

Nyaya Health Nepal, a Nepal-based NGO, delivers healthcare to underserved communities in Nepal in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Nepal. Mobilizing global health best practices and on-the-ground implementation research, our team envisions a future where everyone is guaranteed universal health coverage as a human right, not a privilege. Our over 200+ staff members in Nepal deliver care to almost 200,000 people through our integrated healthcare approach, which involves the strategic use of technology and data to coordinate care across facilities and the community.

Management Structure:

Reports to: Nursing Incharge

Location: Bayalpata Hospital, Achham

Must Haves:

• Nursing or equivalent degree from a recognized institute and registered in NNC.
• We prefer that you have got at least one year of experience of providing clinical services
• Self-starter and a problem solver with a passion and ability to learn quickly
• Basic computer knowledge

Big 3 Responsibilities:

1. Facilitate direct manager in leading nursing team: (support on making duty rosters, conduct monthly meetings, team’s performance appraisal, regular 1:1 meetings, and identify training needs) 
2. Perform nursing care for patients & maintain a database for quality reporting.  
3. Provide dignified, and evidence-based care to all patients through IPD, ER, OT, and ANC. 

Facilitate direct manager in leading nursing team (support on making duty rosters, conduct monthly meetings, team’s performance appraisal, regular 1:1 meetings, and identify training needs) 

• Prepare duty rosters, work collaboratively with team members to promote quality health care. 
• Supervise, mentor, and guide team; conduct timely 1:1, and provide constructive feedback to the team members for their growth and career development.  
• Mentor team members in relevant medical-surgical skills. 
• Make sure all the team members are following organization SOPs, policies, and procedures. 
• Support line manager in leave management 
• Identify and facilitate training needs within the team  

Perform nursing care for patients & maintain a database for quality reporting.  

• Admit and discharge the patient to/from the IPD, appropriately triage patients based on the severity of illness, and assess patients regularly based on their condition 
• Attend morning rounds with the medical team, and ensure proper nursing care to patients and deliveries. 
• Monitor high-risk patients and report to doctors on duty after coordinating with the Nursing Officer. 
• Provide health education to patients and visitors whenever needed.  
• Conduct regular deliveries independently and assist others as well 
• Ensure proper documentation of medical and surgical interventions  
• Assist in OT, ANC, and Emergency room on a need basis. 
• Make sure the patient's data are adequately recorded, secured, and reported. 
• Attend on-call duties in OT and during a disaster.  
• Perform and record vital signs and other relevant measurements (eg I&O, weights, Oxygen saturation, bleeding estimates) on patients daily VS chart or flow sheet 
• Make nursing notes in the chart when needed to inform doctors of important information 
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by doctors, coordinating with a nursing officer. 
• Timely notify the doctor on call with any important changes in the status of the patient, for clarification of any unclear orders, or other circumstances that may affect patients safety and care 
• Provide explanations to the patients of their treatments, their medications and kindly answer their questions 
• Provide teaching, emotional support, and encouragement to the patients 
• Participate in rounds with knowledge of the patient’s current condition, ask questions that the nursing staff has on patient care or condition, keep up the nursing logbook 
• Give and take handover at specified times for a change of shifts 
• Conduct uncomplicated deliveries independently, monitor labor and keep the partograph and notify the doctor of conditions outlined in SOPs or that you think may affect the good outcome of the fetus or mother  

Provide dignified, and evidence-based care to all patients through IPD, ER, OT, and ANC. 

• Attend morning CME and use organizational project management and informative tools like Asana, Rigo, Small Improvement, Gmail, and Nepal EHR. 
• Be proactive in learning new skills of OT, procedures, and anesthesia.  
• Support line manager to conduct a quality assessment of IPD, ANC, and OT and take necessary initiatives for quality improvement.  

The above list of responsibilities is not comprehensive, and the Staff Nurse may be required to take on additional responsibilities, as determined by the line manager.