Staff Nurse - Interventional Radiology
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About the Role
American Hospital Dubai seeks a Staff Nurse for Interventional Radiology. The role involves assisting with various medical imaging procedures, including conscious sedation, nuclear medicine stress tests, and interventional procedures.
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Responsibilities
- Provide age specific patient centered care utilizing the nursing process
- Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem focused, and age specific techniques
- Collaborate with multi disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Assist in administering conscious sedation and monitor patients during procedures
- Aid in conducting and overseeing Nuclear Medicine Cardiac Stress Tests
- Perform renal Creatinine blood test using POCT
- Assist with Gastrostomy tube changes, implanted port management, and PICC line care
- Support in conducting Lumbar punctures, Paracentesis, Percutaneous liver biopsy, and Thoracentesis
- Assist in Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube Insertion and Transjugular liver biopsy
- Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (minimum 3 years full time) or Degree in Nursing (minimum 2 years) with registration from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, or Australia
- Valid license/registration to practice in home country or last employment
- Minimum of Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- Minimum 2 years of recent post graduate experience in Medical Imaging Nursing
- Knowledge of age appropriate care and developmental needs
- Skills in patient and family assessment
- Skills in coordination and planning of care
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Job Description
- Provides support and assistance across a range of medical procedures within the Medical Imaging, including aiding in the execution and monitoring of Nuclear Medicine Cardiac Stress Tests, performing renal Creatinine blood tests using POCT, and assisting in Gastrostomy tube changes or replacements.
- Assists with the insertion, accessing, blood sampling, flushing, locking, and non coring needle removal of Implanted ports, as well as aiding in Lumbar Punctures, Paracentesis, Percutaneous liver biopsies, Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube Insertions, and various tasks related to Peripherally inserted c
- Assists in the administration of Moderate Sedation and supporting procedures like Thoracentesis and Transjugular liver biopsies.
Responsibilities
- 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).
Unit Specific
- Assists in administering conscious sedation as ordered by a consultant for the patient during a Radiology procedure.
- Monitors patients during conscious sedation and document vitals.
- Aids in conducting and overseeing Nuclear Medicine Cardiac Stress Tests.
- Performs renal Creatinine blood test utilizing POCT.
- Supports in executing Gastrostomy tube change or replacement.
- Aids in the insertion of the Implanted port.
- Assists in accessing the Implanted port.
- Helps with Implanted port blood sampling.
- Assists in flushing and locking the Implanted port.
- Aids in removing the Implanted port non coring needle.
- Supports in conducting Lumbar punctures.
- Assists in performing Paracentesis.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (minimum of three (3) years full time course duration) or Degree in Nursing (minimum two (2) years course duration) and Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.
- For 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 book).
- 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 titles).
- Must hold a valid License/Registration to practice in their home country and/or country of last employment (where applicable).
- Must hold a minimum of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice.
Professional Experience
- Minimum of two (2) years of recent post graduate experience in Medical Imaging Nursing.
- Knowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age, appropriateness, and developmental needs of patients.
- Skills in the assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
- Skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritising care based on individual needs.
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