Registered Nurse - OBGYN Ward

Registered Nurse – OBGYN Ward

Job Description

These must be upheld in accordance with the UAE NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Practice (MoHaP). The post holder will:

• Always speak up if safety is a concern
• Treat all patients with kindness, respect and compassion.
• Recognize and work within the limits of their own competence
• Take responsibility for their own actions
• Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure patients receives the safest, most effective care possible.
• Perform additional duties when required

Education and Training

• Ensure relevant training and competency is undertaken to deliver care safely
• Maintain up-to-date mandatory training requirements
• Follow the clinical pathways set out by the NMC Elsevier platform
• Follow and comply with the NMC Competency Framework, relevant to their role profile
• Be willing to learn new clinical skills
• Support and supervise pre-registration and new nurses and Health Care Workers when required
• Participate in teaching, mentorship and preceptorship programs when required
• Participate in clinical supervision
• Participate in Performance Improvement Plans when requiredShare knowledge and skill with others, in order to improve patient care and service
• Ensure they are skilled, trained and competent before using any medical device.
• Involve patients in their own healthcare and recovery through education, awareness and positive reinforcement.

Quality Assurance

• Speak up, if something isn’t right.
• Maintain awareness of and comply with, the NMC Policies and Procedures
• Participate in all activities related to DoH & NMC Quality Improvement when required
• Understand the Regulatory standards and which of them apply to their daily working practice
• Continually seek to improve the service of and care delivery for patients and their families
• Report and notify all untoward/serious and near miss incidents to your direct line manager and then through the Sapphire/incident reporting system in a timely way
• Cooperate with all investigations and audits when requested to do so in the interest of developing a learning culture and seeking to improve care and service
• Promote customer service based on NMC patient satisfaction results.
• Share great practice

Professional

• Uphold the reputation of the nursing profession at all times
• Act as a positive role model for all nursing and support staff
• Must have insight of own behaviour on 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 NMC Code of Conduct
• 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 revalidation is managed in a timely manner
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
• 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 EWS 2 escalation process and emergency algorithm.

Equality and Diversity

The post holder is required to promote equality in service delivery and employment practices. All employees must comply with NMC equality and diversity policies, procedures and initiatives

Infection Prevention and Control

IPC is everyone’s responsibility. All staff are required to read and implement the NMC IPC Policy and Strategy in an effort to maintain the highest possible standards of cleanliness at all times, thus reducing the risk of infection in patients, staff and visitors. The strictest hand hygiene, 5 moments of hand hygiene, bare below the elbows and environmental care, will be expected of all staff, including the post holder, at all times.

Safeguarding Children

NMC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Please refer to Federal Law No. 3 of 2016 (Wadeema’s Law)

Registered Nurse will

• 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 and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
• Understand and analyze 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 medical team
• Record vital signs, recognize and address abnormalities
• Define the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients, and families.
• Maintain and update the technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice
• Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory exams
• Perform essential life support (BLS)
• 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 admission and discharge.

OSHMS activities

• Comply with reasonable OSH instructions, policies, and safe working procedures
• Use of appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.
• Be familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures.
• Not willfully or recklessly endanger anyone’s health and safety.
• Assist with the preparation of risk assessments.
• Report OSH Hazards, incidents, Near misses and issues.
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycling of waste as much as possible.
• Attend all OSH trainings, awareness programs, and mock drills.
• Participates in the OSHMS audits and inspections, ensuring standards are maintained.

ADHICS

• Adhere to information systems policies and procedures as required by Health Care Organization.
• Ensure that documentation in the health record reflects accuracy, integrity and authenticity.
• Follow security and privacy policies and procedures to the use of networks, including intranet and Internet
• Follow confidentiality and security measures to protect electronic health information.
• Maintain data integrity and validity within an information system.
• Report any possible breaches of confidentiality in accordance with organizational policies.
• Apply departmental and organizational data and information system security policies
• Use basic word processing, spreadsheet and desktop presentation applications as applicable to your work.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Windows operating environment.
• Demonstrate use of email, addressing, forwarding, attachments, netiquette

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL: The post holder must:

• Have an appropriate license to work as a nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority (DoH) with all the qualification and experience this mandates.
• Manage their own professional revalidation
• Have basic life support qualification (within past 24 months)
• Have an active interest in the clinical field in which they are employed
• Be willing to work across departments when necessary
• Be willing to take on Team Lead roles within their department when necessary.
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written)

DESIRABLE: The post holder should have:

• Evidenced experience/expertise in the clinical field in which they are employed
• Evidenced ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the HIS platform for clinical documentation
• Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic