Description

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Provides direct patient care and coordinates patient care-related activities using the scientific process of nursing. Nursing care is given to Paediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric populations.

General

• :Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process
• .Performs patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques
• .Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family’s physical and psychological needs
• .Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate
• .Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
• .Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs. Revise the care plan as necessary
• .Initiates appropriate transfer plan
• .Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems
• .Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards
• .Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care
• .Performs clerical duties when needed
• .Assumes responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education (e.g. fire, safety, infection control and others)
• .Participates in staff meetings and unit committees/projects
• .Participates in developing and achieving unit goals
• .Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff
• .Performs safe handling and administrating of Narcotic/Controlled and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures
• .Ensures completion of unit competencies i.e. pain management, and utilization of Emergency department devices
• .Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice
• .Completes yearly, the critical care nursing competencies (basic)
• .Participates in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities (data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, medication error reporting etc.)
• .Participates in ongoing educational activities
• .Maintains mandatory educational requirements
• .Performs additional duties when required

.Satellite Clinic Specific

• :Identifies the patient accurately
• .Identifies and responds to urgent/emergencies appropriately and directs team members
• .Provides Nursing Care to patients before and post-procedure
• .Books patient for appointment, procedure, or treatment according to treatment plan
• .Follows up on patients’ diagnostic tests and coordinate with physicians to inform patients about their results, treatment, or if a follow-up is needed with a physician
• .Keeps consultation rooms stocked and clean before and after the patient has been seen
• .Ensures patient education is provided upon discharge
• .Checks crash cart, refrigeration temperature checklist, etc
• .Reports medical equipment due for Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) monthly
• .Addresses urgent care cases with the physician
• .Addresses all Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tasks on time
• .Calls patients to inform them of approved labs and images and ensure scheduling takes place
• .Updates all patients about the status of their requests
• .Follows up with the insurance coordinators on approvals needed

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QUALIFICATION

• S:Bachelor’s degree in nursing (minimum of three (3) years full-time course duration)
• orDegree in Nursing (minimum two (2) years course duration) and Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Austral
• iaFor UAE nationals graduates of UAE or non-UAE universities are exempted from the experience and clinical training requirements for the applied title. (UAE nationals must submit a copy of their birth certificate and the mother’s family boo
• k)Non-UAE national graduates from UAE universities are required to successfully complete six (6) months of clinical training post-graduation in an APS health facility (except for Registered and assistant Nurse title
• s)Must hold a valid License/Registration to practice in their home country and/or country of last employment (where applicabl
• e)Must hold a minimum of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practi

cePROFESSIONAL EXPERIENC

• E:Minimum of two (2) years of recent post-graduate experien
• ceKnowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age, appropriateness, and developmental needs of patien
• tsSkills in the assessment of patient and family’s physical and psychological nee
• dsSkills in coordination and planning of care and prioritising care based on individual nee
• dsBasic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification is essenti