Job Description

Professional: · Always uphold the reputation of the nursing profession. · Act as a positive role model for all nursing and support staff. · Must have insight of own behaviour and in others. · Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care under the indirect supervision of senior nursing staff. · Comply will all aspects of the UAE Code of Conduct, Scope of Practice and licensure as per the regulator. · Refuse to undertake any task for which he/she has not been trained and is not competent to undertake. · Always seek expert help when the demand of care, service or skill, falls outside their capabilities. · Only delegate tasks to those team members who are trained, skilled and competent to undertake such tasks. · Assist in updating clinical policies and guidelines in line with skill and experience. · Assist, engage with and contribute to the professional development of colleagues. · Ensure re-licensure is managed in a timely manner. · Always maintain patient confidentiality. · Ensure timely expert advice or senior nursing support is sought when a patient’s condition fails to respond to prescribed treatment. · Manage a deteriorating patient without delay, using the Early Warning System escalation process and American Heart Association emergency algorithms.

Responsibilities

· Be 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 will work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings.

· Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health

or situation.

· Understand and analyse the assessment information and data.

· Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues.

· Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care.

· Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient

and patient’s bystanders.

· Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities.

· Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.

· Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.

· Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.

· Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life

Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation etc.

· 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.

· Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission, transfer and discharge.

Qualifications

Bsc Nursing