Lead - Nursing Research

• Certification courses in Research & Statistics

• Publications & paper presentations

Skills Required:-

• Problem solving & analytical skills

• Skills to design & conduct scientific studies

• Editing & Report writing skills

• Communication, Conflict management, Flexibility, Team Building, Customer Focus, Initiative, Developing Others, Diversity, Leadership, Relational Influence

Additional Skills Required: -

Experience : 8 - 10 years

Position Reports To: AVP - Nursing

RESEARCH (PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Guide identified nurses/nurse educators at units to select, design, conduct, analyze & present evidence based nursing studies
• Plan, Organize, Co-ordinate & Conduct weekly scientific nursing forums for presenting EBPs done at units
• Identify & Replicate specific EBPs conducted at units at larger scale & translate the same as Research papers to be published in Indexed Journals
• Participate in internal & external workshops, seminars & conferences as resource faculty
• Identify nurses with research aptitude in the organization & groom & guide to write research articles, papers, presentations
• Publish articles in international indexed journals - 1 per quarter
• Oversee Evidence Based Practice (EBP) studies performed by nurses across units to assure completeness and accuracy adherence to organizational guidelines
• Keep up to date with Internal Ethical Committee requirements and guidelines
• Conduct classes on research methodology/processes, data analyses & presentation
• Provide clinical and administrative nursing support and oversight for research studies based on scope of practice
• Develop and manage budget for research study, and oversee resources including funds, personnel, and equipment as needed
• Oversee and potentially administer medications and treatments per study protocol for out -patient research participants
• Comply with institutional policies, standard operating procedures, and guidelines, and prepare and submit documentation as required by the study protocol, study sponsor, and regulatory authorities

TRAINING

• Co-ordinate & Connect with the Nurse Educators across units to guide, handhold and groom them
• Conduct monthly Nurse Educators meeting to discuss concerns and share ideas
• Responsible for overall training and knowledge and skill upgradation of all nurses of the unit.
• Ensures that the standardized induction schedule is shared to all units and happens for all the new joiners month on month.
• Ensures that the tender care grading exams are conducted for every new joinee at the time of joining.
• Ensures the preceptor development program happens regularly at the units to strengthen the mentors for proper hand-holding of mentees
• Ensures that the Nursing Heads and Nursing Educators adhere to the set standard area-specific skill/ competency matrices to privilege the nurses within the set time frame post-induction.
• Warrant that mandatory monthly unit trainings (CNE & OJT) are conducted at all units as per requirement and process for the same is diligently followed, including pretest, posttest & attendance capture
• Maintain, Monitor & Track the monthly training link to ensure the units comply to the required training hours for all the nurses
• Plan, Organize & conduct various fellowship training programs like Medical Oncology Nursing fellowship, Head & Neck Nursing fellowship as per policy
• Be a faculty to handle various training sessions for the corporate run training programs
• Validate data and analyze data received from units pertaining to training activities, tender care & grading exams, fellowship nominations, fellowship passed out candidates etc.
• Ensure credentialing & privileging is done for all nurses at the time of joining
• Develops and maintains clinical educational resources specialty training modules, oncology training modules, etc
• Develops and introduces innovative and novel methods in T&D
• Foster an environment that supports effective adult learning based on individual/units learning needs and requirements
• Coordinate & work along with unit and corporate L&D to maintain high standards of training and innovative training pedagogies
• Analyze data as and when required to identify gaps/strengths existing and present the same to relevant stakeholders to revise policies & processes

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee the activities pertaining to the units allotted.
• Guide, Support the nursing heads as and when required
• Ensure seamless functioning and delivery of nursing care services of individual units
• Collate, analyze and present data of units as and when required
• Escalate concerns pertaining to nursing faced at unit and facilitate streamlining of process as per policy
• Facilitate sharing of best practices between units and support and team building amongst units
• Ensure and participate in the monthly staff meetings conducted
• Ensure all the monthly trackers are maintained diligently by the unit nursing heads (licensure tracker, CNE tracker, Staff meeting minutes tracker etc)
• Conduct periodic audits of units to identify gaps and evidence adherence to policies and protocols
• Support units for various external audits & accreditation process - NABH, Nursing Excellence etc
• Make unit visits as and when required
• Participate in the weekly NMC connects and ensure units participate diligently

GENERAL COMPETENCIES

• Commitment
• Initiative
• Punctuality
• Adherence to work ethics
• Adherence to grooming standards
• Creative and innovative
• Dependability
• Interpersonal relations
• Team work
• Communication
• Positive & empathetic attitude

Please Note: This is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities but provides a general guideline of the duties assigned to the position. Job descriptions are dynamic and will change depending on the organizational requirement.

Corporate Nursing