Patient Care Service – Page 3

Revised Job Responsibility of Nursing Personnel under WBNS

Revised job responsibilities of different categories of nursing personnel under WBNS, Department of Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt. of West Bengal according to annexure – I, II, III, & IV.
Nursing Superintendent – Duties & Responsibilities

Nursing Superintendent will act as the Liaison Officer between the Institution concerned and the Directorate of Health Services and other Nursing Officer of other Institution.
Deputy Nursing Superintendent – Duties and Responsibilities

Deputy Nursing Superintendent is second in command in the Nursing Administration of the hospital. She will be responsible for management and supervision of nursing services of the various department of the hospital.
Ward Sister – Duties and Responsibilities

Ward sister is the first level supervisor and team leader of the unit. She is directly accountable to the Nursing Superintendent through Deputy Nursing Superintendent for ward management and patient care.
Staff Nurse – Duties and Responsibilities

Staff Nurse is the first level professional Nurse in the hospital set up. She will be skilled nurse, giving expert bed side care to patient and executing special technical duties in the special areas like OT, ICU etc.
Nurse Practitioner in Midwifery – Duties & Responsibilities

Nurse Practitioner in midwifery will be responsible for promotion of health of women throughout their life cycle with special focus on adolescent childbearing years menopausal and their new born and children.
Duty Hours of Medical Officers, Staffs providing Patient Care Service

Governor is pleased to authorize the Superintendent of the different hospitals to adjust the hours of duty of Medical Officers of their institutions on specified days in the week or by rotation to run the indoor and other services on Sundays/notified holidays. On such holidays the indoor, emergency and other services will be provided through…
Mandatory Prescription of Drugs in Generic Names in OPD/ IPD

All the Out patient departments, Indoor Patient departments, Polyclinics of all Government Hospitals and all other public health facilities, prescriptions shall be made out in generic name of drug.
Restructuring and Reorientation of OPD & Emergency Departments

In accordance with the recommendations of the Expert Group, it has been decided to restructure and reorient the OPD and the Emergency Departments in IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.