Staff Nurse - Emergency - (Al Sila Hospital)
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About the Role
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City is hiring a Staff Nurse for the Emergency department at Al Sila Hospital. The role involves patient assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, as well as leadership and supervision of junior staff.
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Responsibilities
- Responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care in accordance with organizational policy.
- Administer medications according to organization policies and procedures.
- Respond to all levels of emergencies according to organizational policies and procedures.
- Supervise practical nurses and practical midwives, junior staff and student nurses.
- Participate in quality improvement activities and performance improvement projects.
- Provide patient and family education.
Requirements
- Nursing qualification and licensure
- Experience in emergency nursing
- Ability to supervise practical nurses and student nurses
- Knowledge of HA AD Narcotic Policies and Procedures
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Leadership
- Demonstrates a professional commitment to patients and fellow health care professionals.
- Demonstrates sound critical thinking, conflict management and problem solving ability.
- Promotes and supports a collaborative practice model.
- Promotes an interdisciplinary team approach based on mutual respect and direct communication between health professionals.
- Participates in annual performance reviews of self and others.
- Acts as role model and mentor to fellow nursing staff.
- Actively participates in organizational change in a constructive manner.
- Supervises practical nurses and practical midwives, junior staff and student nurses to ensure the provision of safe and effective patient care.
- Acts as a preceptor to new staff as required.
- Performs in charge duties as delegated.
Clinical Practice
- Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care in accordance with the organisations policy and procedures and the unit scope of service.
- Assumes accountability and responsibility for own practice and does not carry out tasks beyond level of competence.
- Utilises evidence based practice in the provision of care.
- Coordinates individualized care from point of first contact throughout the episode of care, incorporating discharge planning in the plan of care.
- Identifies significant changes in patient conditions, initiates appropriate action and reports to immediate supervisor or physician as appropriate.
- Prioritizes patient care based on ongoing assessment of patient needs.
- Participates in the referral process and utilizes available resources for the provision of comprehensive care to patients and families as per organisational policy.
- Demonstrates service excellence and acts as a patient advocate to support the patient s rights and dignity at all times.
- Facilitates a climate of mutual understanding, and appreciation of cross cultural differences inherent in a multicultural society.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to provide patient and family centred care.
- Administers medications according to organization policies and procedures. Understands actions of medication and contraindications, evaluates patient s response and identifies side effects and initiates appropriate action.
- Is accountable and responsible to practice within the Ministry of Health and HA AD Narcotic Policies and Procedures.
Communication
- Maintains confidentiality and security of patient, family, and the organisation information in accordance with the confidentiality policy.
- Responsible for documentation and participates in the use of information technology and relevant electronic medical records.
- Facilitates effective communication between the patient, family and the interdisciplinary health care team as required.
- Liaises with other health care providers as necessary to ensure appropriate and timely interventions for patients and for discharge planning.
- Actively participates in meetings, rounds and case conferences in the role of primary nurse.
- Provides comprehensive clinical handover and reports as required to ensure patient safety.
- Ensures that nursing documentation is compliant with organization policies and procedures.
- Ensures documentation reflects a continuous, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of all patient care events.
- Establishes and maintains professional boundaries with patients and members of the health care team.
Performance Improvement/Risk Management
- Participates in quality improvement activities by assisting with the development of standards, implementation and review of policies, procedures, guidelines, evaluation of indicators and reporting of outcomes and trends.
- Monitors and assists in evaluating unit operation and services in order to correct problems, improve systems and ensure safe patient care.
- Participates in interdisciplinary teams and Performance Improvement Projects for the evaluation and improvement of processes and clinical practice.
- Actively contributes to the organizations culture of patient safety.
- Ensures provision of a clean and safe working environment that minimizes risks to patient, visitors, other staff, and self. Identify faulty / defective equipment / furniture; remove from service and report to immediate supervisor for action.
- Complies with International and HAAD patient safety goals.
- Actively promotes and complies with the organisation s Infection Control policies and procedures.
- Identify, manage and report incidents to immediate supervisor and to physician as required. Completes appropriate documentation according to organization policy.
Education
- Assess patient and family education needs, plan for and provide education and evaluate outcome.
- Provides a suitable environment that supports patient and family learning.
- Ensures patient and family are provided with comprehensive information and resources to meet their health care needs.
- Engages in health promotion activities in the healthcare organization and community.
Professional Responsibilities
- Promotes a suitable learning environment for staff, acts as mentor/ preceptor as needed.
- Supervises and teaches other staff as needed.
- Completes mandatory and unit specific competencies and demonstrates ongoing competence.
- In conjunction with, but not limited to, the Manager / Charge Nurse / CRN, identifies own professional learning needs and develops an annual learning plan.
- Demonstrates improvement in clinical practice as a result of application of new theoretical knowledge.
- Initiates or participates in Nursing and or other disciplines research that contributes to continual improvement in standards of care.
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