Staff Nurse - Medical & Surgical ICU
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About the Role
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City is seeking a Staff Nurse for the Medical & Surgical ICU to provide age-appropriate patient care, lead and supervise nursing staff, and participate in quality improvement.
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Responsibilities
- Provide age appropriate patient care according to the Nursing Scope of Practice
- Supervise practical nurses, junior staff, and student nurses to ensure safe patient care
- Participate in quality improvement activities and performance improvement projects
- Administer medications and monitor patient responses
- Document patient care in electronic medical records
Requirements
- Valid nursing license to practice in Abu Dhabi
- Experience in ICU or critical care nursing
- Strong leadership and supervisory skills
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Overview
- 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.
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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Understands actions of medication and contraindications, evaluates patient's response.
Communication
- Maintains confidentiality and security of patient, family, and organization information.
- Responsible for documentation and participates in use of information technology and electronic medical records.
- Facilitates effective communication between patient, family and interdisciplinary health care team.
- Liaises with other health care providers as necessary.
- Actively participates in meetings, rounds and case conferences.
- Provides comprehensive clinical handover and reports.
- Ensures nursing documentation is compliant with policies.
- Establishes and maintains professional boundaries.
Performance Improvement/Risk Management
- Participates in quality improvement activities by assisting with development of standards.
- Monitors and assists in evaluating unit operation and services.
- Participates in interdisciplinary teams and Performance Improvement Projects.
- Actively contributes to the organization's culture of patient safety.
- Ensures provision of a clean and safe working environment.
- Identifies faulty equipment and reports.
- Complies with International and HAAD patient safety goals.
- Actively promotes and complies with Infection Control policies.
- Identifies, manages and reports incidents.
Education
- Assesses patient and family education needs, plans for and provides education.
- 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.
Professional Responsibilities
- Promotes a suitable learning environment for staff, acts as mentor/preceptor.
- Supervises and teaches other staff as needed.
- Completes mandatory and unit specific competencies.
- Identifies own professional learning needs and develops an annual learning plan.
- Demonstrates improvement in clinical practice as a result of new theoretical knowledge.
- Initiates or participates in nursing or other disciplines research.
- Develops and maintains own Professional Portfolio as per HA AD policy.
- Obtains accredited Continuing Nursing Education Units in compliance with HA AD.
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