Job Description

Responsibilities

General:

• Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process.
• Performs patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
• Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family’s physical and psychological needs.
• Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.
• Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs. Revise the care plan as necessary.
• Initiates appropriate transfer plan.
• Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
• Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.
• Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.
• Performs clerical duties when needed.
• Assumes responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education (e.g. fire, safety, infection control and others).
• Participates in staff meetings and unit committees/projects.
• Participates in developing and achieving unit goals.
• Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Performs safe handling and administrating of Narcotic/Controlled and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.
• Ensures completion of unit competencies i.e. pain management, and utilization of Emergency department devices.
• Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.
• Completes yearly, the critical care nursing competencies (basic).
• Participates in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities (data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, medication error reporting etc.).
• Participates in ongoing educational activities.
• Maintains mandatory educational requirements.
• Performs additional duties when required.

Unit Specific:

• Assists in administering conscious sedation as ordered by a consultant for the patient during a Radiology procedure.
• Monitors patients during conscious sedation and document vitals.
• Aids in conducting and overseeing Nuclear Medicine Cardiac Stress Tests.
• Performs renal Creatinine blood test utilizing POCT.
• Supports in executing Gastrostomy tube change or replacement.
• Aids in the insertion of the Implanted port.
• Assists in accessing the Implanted port.
• Helps with Implanted port blood sampling.
• Assists in flushing and locking the Implanted port.
• Aids in removing the Implanted port non-coring needle.
• Supports in conducting Lumbar punctures.
• Assists in performing Paracentesis.
• Aids in executing Percutaneous liver biopsy.
• Assists in conducting Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube Insertion.
• Helps with Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) blood sampling.
• Assists in performing Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) dressing changes.
• Supports in flushing and locking Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC).
• Assists in administering drugs via Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC).
• Aids in the Administration of Moderate Sedation.
• Assists in conducting Thoracentesis.
• Supports in performing Transjugular liver biopsy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (minimum of three (3) years full-time course duration) or
• Degree in Nursing (minimum two (2) years course duration) and Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.
• For UAE nationals graduates of UAE or non-UAE universities are exempted from the experience and clinical training. requirements for the applied title. (UAE nationals must submit a copy of their birth certificate and the mother’s family book).
• Non-UAE national graduates from UAE universities are required to successfully complete six (6) months of clinical training post-graduation in an APS health facility (except for Registered and assistant Nurse titles).
• Must hold a valid License/Registration to practice in their home country and/or country of last employment (where applicable).
• Must hold a minimum of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent post-graduate experience in Medical Imaging Nursing.
• Knowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age, appropriateness, and developmental needs of patients.
• Skills in the assessment of patient and family’s physical and psychological needs.
• Skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritising care based on individual needs.