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

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