Head Nurse.Emergency. Nursing Services.Aster Hospital, Al Qusais (Br. Of Aster DM Healthcare FZC)

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

• Serve as a member of the direct patient care team and lead the nursing team, gaining exceptional skills to provide evidence-based comprehensive nursing care
• Ensure the clinical area has an appropriate number of staff and skill mix for the dependency level of the patients for the next 24hrs.
• Follow nursing policies and guidelines in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• Ensure staff awareness and delivery of care based on current best practices.
• Ensure patient and family education is given to all patients.
• Ensure the implementation of all accreditation standards.
• Meet daily all patients and frequently meet VIP, vulnerable, pre&postop, new admission and critically ill patients and ensure appropriate and timely care.
• Organize and coordinate patient care activities including procedures, therapies and tests to achieve desired patient outcome.
• Conduct daily briefing of the staff in threeshifts.
• Play an active role in counter checking in medication administration process, nursing procedure, transportation of special specimens/samples.
• Countercheck and verifies blood and blood products transfusion.
• Ensure staff provide compassionate care to the customers.
• Ensure to maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Identify and articulate effectively patient rights and responsibilities.
• Ensure accuracy and completion of nursing documentation within the timeframe.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing care provided and its documentation.
• Adhere to the Hospital Policies and Protocols at all times.
• Ensure competency of staff if essential skills required for delivering care within the clinical area.
• Actively participate in the implementation of any change in practice within the clinical area.
• Provide all required facilities and atmosphere for the patients which help them speed return from illness.
• Ensure biomedical waste segregation done as per the policy.
• Ensure adherence to infection control practices by staff at all times.
• Ensure timely reporting to Doctor for abnormal reports at all times.
• Accompany Consultant/ Doctor for rounds and procedures.
• Ensure medication management as per the standards by all staffs.
• Follow narcotic policy and be the custodian of the cabinet key.
• Ensure sample safety and blood transfusions safety.
• Ensure adequate CSSD supplies at all times.

Managerial

• Prepare the duty roster with adequate staff in each shifts.
• Ensure availability of adequate manpower, materials, equipment and supplies.
• Ensure that all equipment, furniture and fittings are available in good working order to ensure comfort and safety to patients, visitors and staff.
• Be responsible for the overall administration of the unit assigned.
• Actively participate in staff meetings, relevant committees, debriefing session, meeting with Nursing Leadership etc… and update staff about any policy changes or developments in the hospital.
• Be the first line of reporting for staff and patient concerns.
• Recognize own limitation, seeks advice when unable to solve conflict/problems.
• Ensure effective and efficient use of all department resources.