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Dental
Surgeon
He is the
in charge of Dental department and will be responsible for its related
administrative works.
It should be noted that nothing is fixed regarding duties and
any duty can be imposed on any doctor according to needs and availability
for proper and smooth running of the hospital.
The
details of duty of various categories of stuff are given below
Chief
Matron
will :-
Supervise
the work of the hospital staff and ensure that the instructions left behind
by the medical officers in respect of Indivisual patients are correctly
carried out. She is responsible for proper cleanliness and maintenance of
the hospital, both inside and out side, and matters related to hospital
linen, patient’s clothing, beds, furniture, etc. She will also look after
direct arrangements for the patients. She will be in-charge of the T&P, dead
stock register and consumable stores register of the hospital. She shall
assist MD/CMS/MS in organisation and smooth conduct of periodic refresher
courses and continuing medical education of nursing staff and other
Para-medical workers of the hospital. She shall exercise control of all
hospital staff placed under her administrative control & be responsible for
maintaining discipline amongst them and initiate DAR proceedings as and when
required.
Matron
:
Matrons will perform the same duties as assigned to nursing
sisters expect those earmarked for supervisory functions.
Duties of Matrons earmarked for supervisory functions:
i)
Supervise the work of nurses, dressers, hospital attendants,
sweepers and other subordinate staff.
ii)
Maintain discipline amongst nursing and other staff.
iii)
Maintain a check on the attendance of hospital and nursing
staff and that the staff are employed their legitimate duties.
iv)
Ensure that the nursing facilities provided by the nurses are
of a high order and the orders which are issued by the Medical Officers are
carried out by the nurses properly and in time.
v)
Go on rounds with the Medical Officers to ensure that all the
instructions given by them are carried out.
vi)
Accompany the Chief Medical Director, Government medical
officials, or distinguished guests during their visits to the hospital.
vii)
Be responsible for proper cleanliness and maintenance of the
hospital compound, outdoor departments, wards, operation theatre, pharmacy,
dressing room, kitchen and other hospital establishments.
viii)
Ensure cleanliness of all hospital linen and patients
clothing and keep the dhobi account.
ix)
Be in charge of surgical instruments medical appliances in
the operation theatre and wards, hospital linen, clothes, beds, crockery,
cutlery, furniture, utensil, other tools and plants and maintain all ledgers
pertaining to these items.
x)
Place requisition for raw materials either with the
contractor or with kitchen clerk twice a day where there is departmental
catering and see that the diet rations are properly weighed and measured by
cook. Ensure that the diet which is supplied to the patients is properly
cooked and tasteful.
xi)
Place all article requiring condemnation before the Chief
Medical Superintendent/ Medical Superintendent / Divisional Medical Officer
and also take suitable action to procure replacement.
xii)
Assist the Surgeon in the operations, if required.
xiii)
Maintain all records in connection with the nursing side of
the hospital.
xiv)
The matron, while on duty may not absent herself from the
hospital without the knowledge of the Chief Medical Superintendent / Medical
Superintendent / Divisional / Assistant Divisional Medical Officer. A
competent nurse should always be available as in-charge when the matron is
off duty.
xv)
Carry out any other order given by her superiors.
Nursing
Sister
:
i)
She is in-charge of nursing of indoor patients and she will
provide full range of nursing services commensurate with her training and
qualification and the requirement of the patient.
She will :
ii)
Be responsible for dressing of the female patients and for giving treatment
o to gynecological cases, such as douching, plugging ,etc.
iii) Give injections to indoor and out door patients
when called upon by the doctor.
vi) Attend and assist at operations when required.
v) Direct and supervise the sterilisation of all
instruments and dressings.
vi) Formulate accurate and intelligent reports on
ward patients.
vii)
Estimate the requirements of ration for diets for the
following day. She will take and verify thumb impression/ signatures of the
patients on the diet bills as a token of receipt of diet and will enter the
scale of diet on the diet bill.
viii)
She that the visiting hours are strictly observed.
ix)
Ensure that every courtesy and help is accorded to the
patient’s relatives and visitors to the ward.
x)
Accompany Chief Medical Superintendent / Medical
Superintendent / Medical Officer in charge of the ward on their daily
rounds.
xi)
Maintain the ward stock of dressings and drugs.
xii)
Be responsible for the safe custody of poisons. The stock
must be maintained and checked daily.
xiii)
Be in charge of the linen issued to her for her ward. If
there is only one nurse in a hospital/health unit, she will in addition, to
be responsible for the safe custody of hospital linen, crockery, cutlery,
utensils, surgical and medical appliances and furniture and dead stock of
the ward and shall see that they are kept in good condition and replaced
when necessary. Take monthly inventory of linen and equipment and report all
missing articles to the concerned Medical Officer.
xiv)
Maintain all records and registers pertaining to the wards
properly when she is the only nurse.
xv)
Supervise the work of group ‘D’ staff and ensure the
cleanliness of the ward and / or the operation theatre.
xvi)
Perform any other duty ordered by the concerned Medical
Officers & Matrons.
Staff
Nurse :
will perform the same duties as indicated against item (3) above.
Note
:
THE
OPERATION THEATRE NURSE
will
be responsible for
(a)
Assisting the surgeon during routine & emergency operations.
(b)
Ensuring adequate supply of medicines, ligatures, dressings,
and operation theatre linen.
(c)
The cleanliness and proper maintenance of the operation
theatre, surgical instruments, equipment, and for reporting their defects
to the Medical Officer.
(d)
Supervision of the sterilisation of dressing gowns, towels,
instruments, gloves etc.
(e)
Preparation of splints; and repair of operation theatre
linen.
(f)
Discipline of and performance of duties by the operation
theatre staff
(g)
Any other duty as ordered by the concerned Medical Officers &
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