Client / Facility Type: Long-term care home and assisted-care facility

Minimum Education: GNM or B.Sc. Nursing from a recognised institution, with valid nursing registration. BLS training is preferred, and additional geriatric-care, dementia-care, wound-care or palliative-care exposure will be an advantage.

Years of Experience: 2-5 years of nursing experience in a hospital ward, long-term care home, rehabilitation centre, nursing home or home-care environment.

Job Overview

Our client in Chennai requires a Geriatric Care Nurse for a long-term care home serving elderly patients who require structured nursing support, medication supervision, mobility assistance, chronic-disease monitoring and respectful daily care. This role is suited to a nurse who is patient, observant and comfortable caring for older adults with multiple health conditions, limited mobility, post-hospital recovery needs or memory-related challenges. The nurse will work closely with doctors, senior nurses, physiotherapists, caregivers and families to maintain safe routines and improve quality of life for residents.

Detailed Job Description

Assess residents at the start of each shift, review handover notes, monitor vital signs, observe changes in mobility, appetite, pain, sleep pattern, behaviour and general condition, and escalate concerns early to the duty doctor or nursing supervisor.
Administer oral medicines, injections, nebulisation, wound-care support, prescribed treatments and routine nursing interventions safely, while maintaining accurate medication charts and following facility policy on storage, timing and documentation.
Support elderly residents with daily nursing needs such as hygiene supervision, pressure-sore prevention, feeding support, hydration monitoring, toileting assistance, fall-prevention routines and safe movement between bed, chair and walking aids.
Maintain detailed nursing records, incident notes, intake-output charts, pain scores, skin-integrity observations, fall-risk checks, care-plan updates and family communication notes so that every shift has a clear clinical record.
Coordinate with physiotherapists for mobility plans, with doctors for clinical reviews, with diet teams for nutrition support, and with caregivers for safe daily routines that respect dignity and privacy.
Educate families about warning signs, medicines, mobility precautions, follow-up visits, nutrition, wound care and the importance of consistent routines for elderly patients.
Follow infection-control measures, hand hygiene, PPE use, equipment cleaning, biomedical waste segregation and isolation precautions where required, especially for vulnerable older residents.
Respond calmly to falls, breathing difficulty, fever, altered sensorium, chest discomfort, low oxygen saturation, dehydration or sudden deterioration, and ensure timely clinical escalation and documentation.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should be compassionate, punctual, emotionally steady and comfortable working with elderly patients who may need repeated reassurance. The nurse should understand fall prevention, dementia-friendly communication, safe transfer techniques, pressure-area care and family-sensitive communication. Final selection, salary, shifts and joining formalities will depend on the employer's interview process and credential verification.

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