Pediatric Nurse

Job Summary

Responsible for providing safe, high-quality nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients in the PICU. The Staff Nurse will monitor patients closely, administer prescribed treatment and medications, support emergency and critical-care procedures, maintain accurate documentation, and provide compassionate support to children and their families.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to critically ill infants, children, and adolescents.
• Perform continuous assessment and monitoring of patients, including vital signs, neurological status, fluid balance, pain, and clinical changes.
• Monitor patients requiring oxygen therapy, ventilatory support, and other critical-care interventions within the nurse's authorized scope of practice.
• Administer medications, IV fluids, blood/blood products, and prescribed treatments according to hospital protocols.
• Assist physicians during emergency procedures and other critical-care interventions.
• Recognize signs of clinical deterioration and promptly escalate to the treating physician/PICU team.
• Respond effectively during pediatric emergencies and resuscitation.
• Maintain IV lines, central lines, urinary catheters, feeding tubes, and other devices according to applicable protocols and assigned competency.
• Follow strict infection prevention, hand hygiene, isolation, and biomedical waste-management practices.
• Maintain accurate nursing notes, medication records, intake/output charts, and other required clinical documentation.
• Ensure safe and effective shift handover, including the patient's current condition, treatment plan, medication, and pending investigations/interventions.
• Follow medication-safety practices, particularly for weight-based pediatric medications.
• Provide age-appropriate comfort, pain management, and emotional support to pediatric patients.
• Educate and communicate with parents/caregivers regarding nursing care and instructions within the nurse's scope.
• Maintain patient safety, confidentiality, dignity, and privacy.
• Participate in nursing audits, quality-improvement activities, training, and competency assessments.
• Follow hospital policies, nursing protocols, and patient-safety standards.

Required Skills \& Competencies

• Hands-on PICU / Pediatric Critical Care experience
• Pediatric patient assessment and monitoring
• Pediatric medication administration and dosage-safety awareness
• Critical-care documentation
• Effective communication

Preferred Certifications

• BLS – Basic Life Support
• PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support, preferred
• Pediatric critical-care training/competency, preferred

Unit

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Qualification

B.Sc. Nursing / GNM with valid TN Nursing Council registration

Experience

2+ years of nursing experience, preferably with hands-on PICU/Pediatric Critical Care experience

Interested Candidates can share your resume to Sudhakaran_j@apollohospitals.com or call us 70_10_6111_62.

Location

Apollo Hospitals - Proton Cancer Centre, Tharamani, Velachery.

Pay

₹250,000.00 - ₹400,000.00 per year

Benefits

• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Leave encashment
• Provident Fund

Work Location

In person