SENIOR TUTOR OF COLLEGE OF NURSING

Job Summary:-

Tutor works under Lecturer vice Principal/Principal of College of Nursing and conduct
teaching, guidance and counselling & assist in research activities.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Participates in determination of educational purposes & policies in consultation with
the Lecturer /vice Principal/Principal.
2. Contributes to the development & implementation of the philosophy & purposes of the
totaleducation program.
3. Identifies the needs of the learners in terms of the objectives of the program by utilizing
records ofprevious experience, personal interviews, tests & observations.
4. Planning of clinical teaching programme with the cooperation & collaboration of clinical
staff.
5. Teaching of all nursing subjects by using various teaching strategy with assistance from
othermembers of the teaching staff.
6. Guidance to students in methods of study and use of reference book and library.
7. Helps the learner with special problems to seek & use additional help as indicated.
8. Uses incidental & planned opportunities for teaching.
9. Encourages continuous growth & development towards maturity.
10. Promotes continuous growth & development towards maturity.
11. Conduct of periodical & terminal tests.
12. Assure that the assignments of students are fulfilled.
13. Organize seminars, panel discussions, debates etc.
14. Maintains and uses adequate and accurate records.
15. Prepare and channelize clear and concise reports.
16. Participate in the formulation and maintenance of comprehensive record systems.
17. Assist in preparing annual reports of college of Nursing.
18. Visits hospital wards & departments & other clinical field regularly.
19. Arrange initial & periodical health examinations & maintenance of health records.
20. Make periodic visit to student's room to make sure that the practice personal hygiene.
21. Organize social & recreation programme for the students.
22. Initiates and participates in research studies for improvement of educational programme.
23. Maintain inventory of classroom's supplies &equipments.
24. Any other duty that may be assigned to her/him from time to time relating to nursing
education.

Job Summary

He/ She works under the direction of the department head and assists him in
administration, instruction and guidance activities.

Instruction

 Identifies the needs of the learners in terms of the program by utilizing the
records of previous experience, personal interviews, tests and observation.

 assists the learners in identifying their needs.

 Participates in formulation and implementation of the philosophies and objectives of the

post.

 Selects and organizes learning experiences which are in accordance with these objectives.

 Plans with the educational unit with nursing service and allied groups.

 Ascertains, selects and organizes facilities equipment and materials necessary for learning.

 assists the learners in using problem solving process.

 Measures and describes quality of performance objectively.

 prepares clear and concise reports.

 Share information about learner‘s needs and achievements with others concerned.

 Measures effectiveness of instruction by use of appropriate devices.

 Increases knowledge and skill in own curriculum area.

 Devices leaching methods appropriate to objectives and content.

 Participates in teaching and supervising the courses of undergraduate students.

 Participates in curriculum development, evaluation and revision.

 Guide in research projects for undergraduate students.

 Acts as a Counsellor for staff and students.

 maintains various records.

 Conducting and participating in department meetings and attending various meetings.

 participating in Administration activities of department.

Guidance and Counseling

1. Gives guidance with own field of competence.

2. Helps the learner to grow in self understanding.

Research

 Assist in initiating and participating in studies for the improvement of educational

program.

 Identifies the problems in which research is indicated or potentially desirable.

 Make data available concerning learners and concerning methods of teaching and
evaluation.

 Continues to develop competence in problem solving process.

 Cooperate in and/ or initiates group activity in development and evaluation of studies.

 Utilizes the findings of research.

SENIOR TUTOR OF COLLEGE OF
NURSING
DUTIES OF NURSING SUPERINTENDENT:

A nursing superintendent supervises the nursing staff. The nursing superintendent,

who is also called the director of nursing, is responsible for the running and
supervision of a nursing department. Depending on the size of the facility, she may control
subsidiary departments, such as housekeeping. Nursing superintendents generally report to
the hospital director or medical director of their facility.

Supervise nursing staff

The top priority of a nursing superintendent is to ensure that the nursing staff members
are providing the best care for patients. She makes sure that individual nurses and nurses
aides are carrying out care plans and ensures that communication between shifts
happens smoothly and thoroughly. The superintendent also monitors stock and supplies
to make sure that nurses have the equipment they need to provide quality care.

Oversee hiring and training

The nursing superintendent is responsible for the hiring and training of new staff. She
must search for nurses that complement the existing team, design training programs
and make sure that nursing instructors and trainers are adequately preparing new staff for
the workplace. Often this includes hearing an evaluation of new nurses from the floor staff
during the training period.

Patient care

Although the nursing superintendent does not have a high level of direct patient care,
she is responsible for the well-being of patients at the facility. This means that the
superintendent must monitor nurses' care and the attitude and health of the patients. In
cases where the family requests alternate care, the nursing superintendent must hear
the request and make the final decision.

Create work schedules

Each pay period, the nursing superintendent is responsible for setting the work schedules
for the entire department. She must take into account holidays, hear requests for time off, and
create a schedule that gives the appropriate number of hours to each nurse. As part of the
process, the nursing superintendent assigns duties and floor responsibilities to each nurse.
DUTIES OF ASSISTANT NURSING
SUPERINTENDENT
DUTIES OF ASSISTANT NURSING SUPERINTENDENT:

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

1. Take responsibility for a group of activities or subcontractors and manage the work
to be done. Provide liaison between field engineering, estimating, and subcontractors to
ensure compliance of construction with drawings and specifications.

2. Assist in planning work schedule, determining manpower levels, materials

quantities, equipment, requirements, etc. Are maintained, including field engineering and
construction activities.

3. Monitor work performance and productivity of crafts to ensure project rules,

procedures, safety requirements, etc. are maintained.

4. Advise senior level supervision and project management of potential problems,

work interferences, schedule difficulties, etc. Assist in circumventing/resolving such
problems as required.

5. Maintain liaison with other departments, i.e., Purchasing, Accounting, Engineering, etc.
As required to support construction schedule. May provide assistance to the Superintendent
in resolving problems.

6. Perform additional assignments per supervisor‘s direction

NURSING ADVISOR TO GOVT.
OF INDIA
 NURSING ADVISOR TO GOVT. OF INDIA

Job Summary:

The purpose of the post is to facilitate continuing professional development of Registered

Nurses in Independent care settings in Shropshire, including individuals own homes. The
post holder will be responsible for identification of educational and development needs
within the Independent Care Sector workforce, enabling the workforce to successfully
maintain their current registration and to continually raise the quality of standards of nursing
care delivered throughout Independent Care Settings. This will additionally enable
Proprietors and Managers of Independent Care Homes in the identification of professional,
educational and organizational aspects of nursing care for all employees for whom they are
responsible, thus ensuring that professional registration regulations are met, and that care
homes are able to meet Healthcare Standards and continually raise standards in line with the
importance placed upon clinical governance in Independent Sector settings.

The post holder will scope the requirements ,design, develop, commission, coordinate and
evaluate appropriate educational programmes, and will manage Continuing Professional
development interventions which are required to meet the current and future Independent
Care sector workforce requirements.
The post holder defines how the expected results are achieved.
The post holder is guided by principles and broad occupational policies or regulations and
will be the lead specialist in the provision of training programmers for nurses within the
Independent sector.

Key relationships:

Maintain and enhance effective communication channels and collaborative working

relationships with staff at all levels within Shropshire Partners in Care (SPIC) Telford and
Wrekin and Shropshire County Primary Care Trusts, and with Senior Staff within the Acute
Trusts within Shropshire, other organisations across Shropshire, e.g. Telford and Wrekin
Borough Council and Shropshire County Council, with universities, and with national experts
and providers of learning in the UK.
Key elements of the post:

1. Lead specialist responsible for the effective planning, commissioning, design, delivery,
evaluation and facilitation of learning, training and development programmes to meet the
educational and skills development requirements of Registered Nursing staff working in
the defined area.

These programmes will be chosen from a range of options and will include all registered
staff employed in the Shropshire Care Homes and in domiciliary Care Agencies in
Shropshire which provide nursing services and will be for nursing staff from
approximately 44 Care Homes and also nursing staff in Care agencies in Shropshire.
Responsibility includes ensuring the outcomes are defined, the content of the
programme is successfully negotiated, outcomes are achieved and the programmes are
effectively evaluated, with changes made to improve performance and share good
practice.

Promote a critical approach to Nursing practice by providing highly specialised

professional advice and support and participate in relevant working groups.
This may require design and delivery of highly specialised training and advice e.g.
management of infusion pumps requiring highly developed physical skills, knowledge of
legal issues, knowledge of drug interactions and accurate dosages.
2. Provide leadership for the promotion and conduct of nursing within a specialist
practitioner context.
3. Working within a clinical governance and Care Standards framework, actively influence,
promote and develop healthy and productive joint and multi-disciplinary working
between Primary Care and Independent Care Settings.
4. Prepare and deliver complex and contentious reports which may need to be presented to
large groups of staff as appropriate e.g. Admissions avoidance linked to secondary care,
in order to promote the modernisation of practice, reduction in clinical risk and
improvement in patient care.
5. Maintain and develop professional links and networking with outside agencies, individual
and higher education establishments, in order to facilitate the development of effective
and safe evidence-based clinical practice.
6. Responsible for regular audit, monitoring and evaluation of training programmes e.g.
monitoring the quality of training providers, the effectiveness of learning programmes.
7. Raise clinical standards in line with Clinical Governance and Care Standards
expectations;
8. Facilitating with professional advice regarding Clinical Practice standards.
9. Development of the evidence-based clinical aspects of training.
10. Responsible for the development and implementation of local clinical guidelines or
standards for the defined area and contributes to policy which impacts outside own area
e.g. care pathways and the associated policies.
11. Promotion and development of clinical support and mentorship;
12. The post holder will be expected to maintain clinical expertise through identified ongoing
learning and development;
13. The post holder will have the ability to deal with occasional indirect exposure to highly
unpleasant conditions e.g. body fluids.

Responsibilities:

Workforce Development
1. Develop and facilitate an appropriate Independent Shropshire-wide Independent
sector Nurse Forum and working sub groups arising from this.
2. Participate in the development of the defined nursing workforce by development of an
effective Clinical Supervision/Support strategy for nurses. Lead where appropriate the
relevant working groups;
3. Create close working partnerships with the identified clinical governance leads and in the
facilitation of clinical audit, protocols/ local clinical guidelines and standards in
Independent Care Home practice areas common to community nursing, using the
developing skills and resources available;
4. Maintain a credible and robust personal profile providing guidance and leadership to all
Independent Care Home nursing staff reporting professional concerns to the Independent
Care Home management;
5. Produce an annual report of progress of the post.
Education
1. To develop and maintain the ongoing training needs analysis of Nurses within
Independent Care Settings; to identify the current and future educational requirements in
the short, medium and long term (up to 5 years) to ensure that the future workforce
development requirements are met.
2. Ensure an annual programme of training is maintained and developed in the context
of emerging requirements, working in collaboration with appropriate colleagues.
3. Contribute to development of educational bids and initiatives as they arise;
4. To identify and implement the change management interventions to implement
effective learning programmes within the organisations, e.g. promoting learner
engagement and overcoming barriers in understanding. To deal with distressing and
emotional circumstances which may result from resultant role redesign or reporting of
professional concerns, through various methods of verbal and written communication.
5. Responsible for designing and implementing training needs analysis across
Independent care settings in response to changes to developments in professional
practice, clinical guidelines and regulatory guidance.
6. To analyse and interpret the training needs analyses and implement appropriate
training and development programmes to meet the requirements of professional practice,
clinical guidelines and regulatory guidance.

Professional Development
1. To have expert skills in order to plan, develop, deliver and co-ordinate Continuing
Professional Development programmes necessary to develop the current workforce and
to plan for the future workforce in light of emerging workforce trends and the national
and local agenda e.g. Safe blood transfusions, Nutrition in the Independent Care Sector
2. To facilitate on Continuing Professional Development Training Programmes, e.g.
Blood Transfusion, Clinical Supervisee Training, Tissue Viability, PEG Feeding.
3. To offer advice, to motivate and reassure staff within the Independent Care
Homes/agencies to complete appropriate educational programmes.
4. To plan, develop and design the content of training packs and learning materials.

5. To analyse and identify areas where professional development and modernisation

interventions may be appropriate, gathering complex information from a wide range of
potentially conflicting sources to establish solutions e.g. extension of professional roles.
6. To represent SPIC as appropriate in interpretation and implementation of national
guidelines in areas of specialist clinical expertise based on theoretical knowledge and
clinical experience.
7. Responsible for designing and delivering creative and innovative presentations using
various media to audiences of varying sizes (up to 160 on occasions).
8. Responsible for determining the most appropriate way of presenting data in terms of
content, relevance and format of presentation to best meet the needs of the audience.

Management Responsibility
1. To plan and implement methods to monitor, analyse and interpret data, identifying
trends (e.g. attendance of staff at Training events) and relate this to financial data;
analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from audits
2. Informs the formulation and development of policies and protocols relating to
professional practice of various disciplines within the organisations, e.g. blood
transfusion, Tissue Viability.
3. Responsible for interpreting and explaining national, regional and local policy,
relating to professional practice to Senior Managers, their staff groups.
4. To manage projects which impact on various departments ensuring that the projects are
well organised, within clear timescales and project plans are implemented and evaluated
e.g. tissue viability.
5. Responsible for chairing meetings as appropriate.
6. Maintain and develop own CPD and Professional development.
7. Undertake any other duties as may be required by the service.

This job description is intended to be indicative of the role, and may be amended to take
account of changing circumstances in the service or department, following discussions with
the post holder.
REGISTRAR OF NURSING
COUNCIL
 REGISTRAR OF NURSING COUNCIL

Functions

 To establish and monitor a uniform standard of nursing education for nurses

midwife, Auxiliary Nurse- Midwives and health visitors by doing inspection of the
institutions.

 To establish and monitor a uniform standard of nursing education for nurses

midwife, Auxiliary Nurse- Midwives and health visitors by doing inspection of the
institutions.

 To recognize the qualifications under section 10(2)(4) of the Indian Nursing Council
Act, 1947 for the purpose of registration and employment in India and abroad.

 To give approval for registration of Indian and Foreign Nurses possessing foreign
qualification under section 11(2)(a) of the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947.

 To prescribe minimum standards of education and training in various nursing

programmes and prescribe the syllabus & regulations for Nursing programs.

 Power to withdraw the recognition of qualification under section 14 of the Act in

case the institution fails to maintain its standards under Section 14 (1)(b) that an institution
recognised by a State Council for the training of nurses, midwives, Auxiliary Nurse
Midwives or health visitors does not satisfy the requirements of the Council.

 To advise the State Nursing Councils, Examining Boards, State Governments and
Central Government in various important items regarding Nursing Education in the
Country.

 To regulate the training policies and programmes in the field of Nursing.

 To recognise Institutions/Organisations/Universities imparting Master’s Degree/

Bachelor’s Degree/P.G. Diploma/ Diploma/Certificate Courses in the field of Nursing.

 To Recognise Degree/Diploma/Certificate awarded by Foreign Universities/

Institutions on reciprocal basis.

 To promote research in Nursing.

 To maintain Indian Nurses Register for registration of Nursing Personnel.

 Prescribe code of ethics and professional conduct.

 To improve the quality of nursing education

Power Duties

1 To maintain the Register and the List, and to provide for the registration and enlistment of
nurses.
2 To hear and decide appeals from any decision of the Registrar.
3 To prescribe a code of Ethics for regulating the professional conduct of nurses.
4 To reprimand a registered or an enlisted nurse, or to suspend or remove him from the register or
the List, as the case may be, or to take such other disciplinary action against him as may, in the
opinion of the council, necessary or expedient.
5 To hold examinations and to make all necessary arrangements for such examinations.
6 To prescribe the courses of training leading to the examinations held by the council, and to
charge fees for such examinations.
7 To prepare publish and prescribe textbooks and to publish statements of prescribed courses of
study.
8 To grant certificates and diplomas and marks of honour.
9 To award stipends, scholarships, medals, prizes and other rewards.
10 To recognise institution for the purpose of training and giving instruction for the courses
leading to the examination held by the council, or to cancel such recognition.
11 To regulate the conditions under which institutions for the nursing of the sick, maternity or
child welfare may be affiliated to the council.
12 To provide for the inspection of recognised and affiliated institutions, and to require such
institutions to furnish such information as may be necessary.
13 Subject to the approval of the state government, to receive donations and to determine the
conditions of acceptance of donations
14 To exercise such other power and perform such other duties and functions as are laid down this
Act, or as may be prescribed.
NURSE MANAGER
Nurse Manager

Nurse Manager Job Responsibilities:

Promotes and restores patients' health by developing day-to-day management and long-term
planning of the patient care area; directing and developing staff; collaborating with
physicians and multidisciplinary professional staffs; providing physical and psychological
support for patients, friends, and families.

Nurse Manager Job Duties:

 Identifies patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential
and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.

 Maintains nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.

 Maintains nursing operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program,

operational, and personnel policies and procedures.

 Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division's
philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state
nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring
health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments.

 Maintains nursing staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training nurses and
auxiliary staff.

 Completes patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff;
following up on work results.

 Maintains nursing staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining

employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.

 Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and

spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.

 Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching and

counseling patient, friends, and family and reinforcing their understanding of disease,
medications, and self-care skills.
 Provides information to patients and health care team by answering questions and
requests.

 Resolves patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.

 Maintains safe and clean working environment by designing and implementing

procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from other health care
professionals.

 Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control

policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and
controlled substance regulations.

 Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by monitoring confidential

information processing.

 Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department

records.

 Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling

expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

 Ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency

equipment availability; completing preventive maintenance requirements; following
manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining
equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques..

 Maintains nursing supplies inventory by studying usage reports; identifying trends;

anticipating needed supplies; approving requisitions and cost allocations.

 Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops;

reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in
professional societies.

 Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating

information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-
solving methods.

 Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Nurse Manager Skills and Qualifications:
Judgment, Supervision, Informing Others, Nursing Skills, Creating a Safe, Effective
Environment, Hospital Environment, Medical Teamwork, Listening, Pain Management,
Administering Medication, Adult Health