Registered Nurse - Opc

Job Description

• Responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
• Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment. They work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings.
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Meet the essential mental and physical health needs of people of all ages and conditions, including those under end-of-life care.
• Perform systematic patient assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
• Diagnosis
• Understand and analyze the assessment information and data
• Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Outcomes Identification
• Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care.
• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the medical team.
• . Planning
• Define the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients, and families.
• Maintain and update the technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
• Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory exams.
• Intervention & Implementation
• Develop a plan of care for each patient.
• Assess and manage all patient populations with appropriate intervention.
• Insert, manage, and discontinue intravenous catheters and intraurethral catheters.
• Record vital signs, recognize, and address abnormalities.
• Perform essential life support (BLS)
• Support patient with personal care activities such as feeding, dressing, and performing hygiene.
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.
• Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions.
• Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions.
• Provide wound care management.
• Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed.
• Collect blood samples and other body fluids specimens for laboratory work.
• Operate and monitor medical equipment.
• Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission and discharge.
• Transfer patient safely into and out of bed and chair
• Provide patient care while maintaining the basic principle of medicine of “do no harm.
• Record details and symptoms of the patient medical history and current health
• Promote patient optimum health and wellbeing.
• Identify patients' care requirements and implement the identified and expected patient`s plan.
• Participate in decision-making concerning patients’ care as well as coordinate their care with other healthcare professionals and facilities.
• Maintain a safe environment using quality assurance and risk management strategies.
• Provide a safe environment for patients and staff, including implementing infection control procedures.
• Participate in continuous healthcare related quality improvement activities.
• Reflect on practice outcomes and make changes to practice when appropriate.
• Evaluates patient’s treatment outcome.
• Engage in proper documentation relevant to patient’s care.
• Assists specialists / consultants in the specific procedures done in the OPD.
• Performs the initial assessment of the patients
• Demonstrates priority setting or triage skills and timeliness in responding to patient’s needs
• Demonstrates competency in providing nursing care and performing procedures for patients of all ages including medications and vaccinations.
• Maintains and updates all relevant patient documentations/medical records as per hospital policy and procedures.
• Responsible for maintaining cleanliness of the department as per infection control and waste management policy of the hospital
• Demonstrates vigilance in identifying patients with communicable diseases and following the appropriate isolation technique for such patients
• Responsible for attending and documenting ambulance call as per hospital policy
• Maintains confidentiality of patient’s records.
• Assess the patient and family education needs and provide health education.
• Follows the reporting mechanisms /chain of command in the Nursing Department. Ensuring patient care issues are correctly and quickly reported.
• Takes responsibility for professional clinical practice and is actively involved in updating and continuing education.
• Competent with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation technique and participates as a member of Code Blue team hospital wide
• Participates as a member of the Code Black team as per hospital policy
• Demonstrates an economical approach to the utilization of equipment’s and supplies while assisting the Charge Nurse to maintain an appropriate ward stock.
• Responsible for daily checking of crash carts and emergency equipment’s’ as per hospital policy
• Responsible for appropriate storage and maintaining inventory of medications including high alert medications and narcotics as per hospital policy
• Responsible for appropriate storage and maintaining inventory of Hazmat items including the MSDS as per hospital policy
• Assists with transfer of patients within the health care facilities and serves as transport nurse for patients during ambulance transport.
• Responsible for performing the daily / weekly ambulance check as per the checklist
• Demonstrates sound knowledge and participates in fire safety, patient safety, infection control and the other necessary precautions as per hospital policy.
• Takes responsibility for the unit in the absence of the Charge Nurse as assigned
• Demonstrates strict adherence to all hospital policies and procedures
• Carries out other duties as instructed by the Nursing Shift Supervisor / Nursing Director.
• Responsible for implementing health and safety measures related to the Pandemic for themselves and others by their actions or omissions, and continue the provision of health-care during a pandemic
• Responsible to comply with the managements instructions and policies, i.e. follow safe work practices, use equipment, wear protective equipment, participate in training, and report hazards or injury, etc.
• Responsible to monitor their own health and immediately report any issues of concern to their HOD.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
• Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment. They work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings.
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Meet the essential mental and physical health needs of people of all ages and conditions, including those under end-of-life care.
• Perform systematic patient assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
• Diagnosis
• Understand and analyze the assessment information and data
• Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Outcomes Identification
• Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care.
• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the medical team.
• . Planning
• Define the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients, and families.
• Maintain and update the technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
• Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory exams.
• Intervention & Implementation
• Develop a plan of care for each patient.
• Assess and manage all patient populations with appropriate intervention.
• Insert, manage, and discontinue intravenous catheters and intraurethral catheters.
• Record vital signs, recognize, and address abnormalities.
• Perform essential life support (BLS)
• Support patient with personal care activities such as feeding, dressing, and performing hygiene.
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.
• Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions.
• Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions.
• Provide wound care management.
• Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed.
• Collect blood samples and other body fluids specimens for laboratory work.
• Operate and monitor medical equipment.
• Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission and discharge.
• Transfer patient safely into and out of bed and chair
• Provide patient care while maintaining the basic principle of medicine of “do no harm.
• Record details and symptoms of the patient medical history and current health
• Promote patient optimum health and wellbeing.
• Identify patients' care requirements and implement the identified and expected patient`s plan.
• Participate in decision-making concerning patients’ care as well as coordinate their care with other healthcare professionals and facilities.
• Maintain a safe environment using quality assurance and risk management strategies.
• Provide a safe environment for patients and staff, including implementing infection control procedures.
• Participate in continuous healthcare related quality improvement activities.
• Reflect on practice outcomes and make changes to practice when appropriate.
• Evaluates patient’s treatment outcome.
• Engage in proper documentation relevant to patient’s care.
• Assists specialists / consultants in the specific procedures done in the OPD.
• Performs the initial assessment of the patients
• Demonstrates priority setting or triage skills and timeliness in responding to patient’s needs
• Demonstrates competency in providing nursing care and performing procedures for patients of all ages including medications and vaccinations.
• Maintains and updates all relevant patient documentations/medical records as per hospital policy and procedures.
• Responsible for maintaining cleanliness of the department as per infection control and waste management policy of the hospital
• Demonstrates vigilance in identifying patients with communicable diseases and following the appropriate isolation technique for such patients
• Responsible for attending and documenting ambulance call as per hospital policy
• Maintains confidentiality of patient’s records.
• Assess the patient and family education needs and provide health education.
• Follows the reporting mechanisms /chain of command in the Nursing Department. Ensuring patient care issues are correctly and quickly reported.
• Takes responsibility for professional clinical practice and is actively involved in updating and continuing education.
• Competent with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation technique and participates as a member of Code Blue team hospital wide
• Participates as a member of the Code Black team as per hospital policy
• Demonstrates an economical approach to the utilization of equipment’s and supplies while assisting the Charge Nurse to maintain an appropriate ward stock.
• Responsible for daily checking of crash carts and emergency equipment’s’ as per hospital policy
• Responsible for appropriate storage and maintaining inventory of medications including high alert medications and narcotics as per hospital policy
• Responsible for appropriate storage and maintaining inventory of Hazmat items including the MSDS as per hospital policy
• Assists with transfer of patients within the health care facilities and serves as transport nurse for patients during ambulance transport.
• Responsible for performing the daily / weekly ambulance check as per the checklist
• Demonstrates sound knowledge and participates in fire safety, patient safety, infection control and the other necessary precautions as per hospital policy.
• Takes responsibility for the unit in the absence of the Charge Nurse as assigned
• Demonstrates strict adherence to all hospital policies and procedures
• Carries out other duties as instructed by the Nursing Shift Supervisor / Nursing Director.
• Responsible for implementing health and safety measures related to the Pandemic for themselves and others by their actions or omissions, and continue the provision of health-care during a pandemic
• Responsible to comply with the managements instructions and policies, i.e. follow safe work practices, use equipment, wear protective equipment, participate in training, and report hazards or injury, etc.
• Responsible to monitor their own health and immediately report any issues of concern to their HOD.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Current license in country of origin and with DOH license to practice in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Minimum 2 years nursing experience after qualification.
• BLS provider
• Good English spoken & written, Arabic language advantageous/desirable but not essential.