Senior Staff Nurse - LDR

Job description

The Senior Staff Nurse – LDR is responsible for providing comprehensive, high-quality nursing care to women during labor, delivery, and immediate postpartum recovery. This role requires clinical expertise in managing normal and high-risk obstetric cases, monitoring maternal-fetal wellbeing, assisting during deliveries, and providing leadership and mentorship to junior nursing staff. Key Responsibilities **Clinical Care** - Provide continuous nursing care to antenatal, intrapartum, and immediate postpartum patients - Monitor maternal vital signs, fetal heart rate, and labor progress using electronic fetal monitoring (EFM)/CTG - Assist obstetricians during normal vaginal deliveries, instrumental deliveries, and cesarean sections - Manage emergency obstetric situations (e.g., PPH, fetal distress, eclampsia) per hospital protocols - Administer medications, IV fluids, and epidural/analgesia support as prescribed - Perform initial newborn assessment, resuscitation support, and ensure immediate skin-to-skin/breastfeeding initiation - Provide immediate postpartum recovery care and monitor for complications **Leadership & Coordination** - Supervise and mentor staff nurses, GNM/BSc nursing students, and new joiners - Coordinate patient flow and bed management within the LDR unit - Act as a resource person during emergencies and complicated cases - Ensure compliance with infection control, safety, and quality protocols (NABH/JCI as applicable) - Participate in nursing audits, case discussions, and CME/training sessions **Documentation & Compliance** - Maintain accurate, timely nursing documentation and patient records - Ensure informed consent processes and patient rights are upheld - Adhere to hospital policies, statutory/regulatory nursing standards, and ethical guidelines Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹35,000.00 per month Benefits: - Health insurance - Leave encashment - Paid sick time - Provident Fund Work Location: In person