Staff Nurse - Medical & Surgical ICU (Madinat Zayed Hospital)
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About the Role
SEHA is seeking a Staff Nurse for the Medical & Surgical ICU at Madinat Zayed Hospital. The role involves providing age-appropriate patient care, critical thinking, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.
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Responsibilities
- Provide age appropriate patient care according to the Nursing Scope of Practice
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in accordance with organisational policy
- Administer medications according to organisation policies and procedures
- Identify significant changes in patient conditions and initiate appropriate action
- Participate in quality improvement activities and maintain a safe environment
- Supervise practical nurses, junior staff and student nurses
- Act as preceptor to new staff as required
- Maintain confidentiality and security of patient, family, and organisation information
Requirements
- NLT 2 years clinical experience post qualification in appropriate setting
- Experience requirement waived for graduates of UAE nursing colleges/universities after completion of internship
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Job Description
- Understands, supports and promotes the mission, vision and values of Organization.
- Provides age appropriate patient care according to the Nursing Scope of Practice as defined by the regulatory body.
- Adheres to and promotes the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi.
- Promotion of health and delivery of health education.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assumes accountability and responsibility for own practice.
- Utilises evidence based practice in the provision of care.
- Coordinates individualized care from point of first contact throughout the episode of care.
- Identifies significant changes in patient conditions, initiates appropriate action.
- Prioritizes patient care based on ongoing assessment of patient needs.
- Participates in the referral process and utilizes available resources.
- Demonstrates service excellence and acts as a patient advocate.
- Facilitates a climate of mutual understanding and appreciation of cross cultural differences.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to provide patient and family centred care.
- Administers medications according to organization policies and procedures.
- Is accountable and responsible to practice within the Ministry of Health and HA AD Narcotic Policies.
Communication
- Maintains confidentiality and security of patient, family, and the organisation information.
- Responsible for documentation and participates in the use of information technology and electronic medical records.
- Facilitates effective communication between the patient, family and the interdisciplinary health care team.
- Liaises with other health care providers as necessary for appropriate and timely interventions.
- 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.
- 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.
- Monitors and assists in evaluating unit operation and services to correct problems.
- Participates in interdisciplinary teams and Performance Improvement Projects.
- Actively contributes to the organizations’ culture of patient safety.
- Ensures provision of a clean and safe working environment.
- Complies with International and HAAD patient safety goals.
- Actively promotes and complies with the organisation’s Infection Control policies.
- Identify, manage and report incidents to immediate supervisor and to physician as required.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Develops and maintains own Professional Portfolio as per HA AD policy.
- Obtains accredited and non accredited Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Units.
General
- This job description is not definitive and following periodic review may be subject to change.
- The staff nurse will also be expected to contribute to the wider corporate and organisational development needs.
- The staff nurse will be expected to ensure compliance with the requirement of the Health and Safety regulations of the hospital.
- Upholds the organisation customer service standards at all time.
Qualifications
- NLT 2 years clinical experience post qualification in appropriate setting.
- Experience requirement waived for graduates of UAE nursing colleges/universities after completion of internship.
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