• Managing and supervising operational issues in the hospital or center under them. (OPD, Wards, ICU, OT, Day Care Units)
• Managing the duty roster and allocating the staff depending on the workload.
• Assisting the nursing superintendent to put forward nursing policies and protocols and monitoring its adherence by the staff.
• Finding out the problem areas and discussing them with the Nursing Superintendent to develop a practical solution.
• Recording the data required for evaluating the quality indicators and measuring the same.
• Accountable for the equipment’s used in the nursing and clinical care areas.
• Monitoring the resource (linen, consumables, medicine, etc) allocation among different units.
• Encouraging the participation of nursing staff in the training activities.
• Providing on the job training as and when variances observed.
• To go on rounds to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing services.
• Officiates in the absence of Nursing Superintendent.
• Participates in the formulation of Nursing Services, philosophies, objectives and SOPs.
• Assists in the recruitment of Nursing Staff.
• Helps in allocating Nursing personnel to various Nursing Services Departments.
• Keeps records and reports of the Nursing Services.
• Assists in planning and organizing the new units in the hospital.
• Maintains confidential reports & reports of the Nursing Staff.
• Takes regular hospitals rounds.
• Supervises care given in various departments
• Member of several hospital committees, e.g. Infection Control Committee, Pharmacy & therapeutics.
• Interprets the policies & procedures of the hospital care to subordinate staff and others.
• Acts as a liaison officer between the Nursing Superintendent and the Nursing staff of the hospital.
• Assists in the supervision of Nurses’ home, Nurses’ hostel.
• Attends to emergency calls in rotation concerning hospital or hostel problems.
• Audit Code Blue (Actual & Mock drill).
• Review medication errors/adverse reaction/sentinel events.
• Review outcome measures in the hospital.

Educational Functions

• Assists in planning and implementing staff development programmes.
• Guides and counsels nursing staff.
• Arranges orientation programmes for new nursing staff.
• Maintains discipline among nursing personnel

General Duties

• Escorts special visitors, Nursing Superintendent, Medical Superintendent for hospital rounds.
• Arranges and participates in professional and social functions of the staff and students.
• Maintains good public relations.
• Carries out other duties assigned to her by the Nursing Superintendent.