:To provide general nursing care and leadership, working collaboratively with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Will promote and restore patient's health as they plan, provide, delegate, evaluate and coordinate comprehensive nursing care using the nursing process for patients of all ages, gender, cultures, and background; provide physical and psycho-social support to patients and their families/friends.Responsibilities:Key Responsibility Areas Activities
Operations - Ethical Practice

• Collects information on patient status from a variety of sources using assessment skills including observation, communication and physical assessment.
• Completes Nursing Initial Assessment on all assigned patients at the time of entry to the Inpatient department. Pain assessment MUST be documented as per policy.
• Plans care needed during the In-Patient visit.
• Sets priorities when planning and giving care.
• Initiates prompt nursing interventions bases on changes in the patient condition, age and circumstances,
• Is adept and knowledgeable with the use of specific equipment used in the assigned department.
• Is a developing clinical expert within the In-Patient department
• Ensures timely and accurate documentation of all patients records according to CS standards and policies.
• Anticipates, recognizes and manages emergencies, and unsafe situations/practice, and initiates appropriate and timely intervention.
• Influences and facilitates change within the department in order to improve standards of care.
• Performs all duties in a professional and confidential manner

Customer Service

• Adhere to the Clinics/Hospital's mission of providing: Faster-Better-Friendlier-Safer Service.
• Adhere to the CS telephone standards.
• Always maintains patient's privacy and confidentiality of information and records.
• Ensures customer satisfaction oriented environment for patients, family and other customers within In-Patient department.
• Facilitates cooperation and communication between nursing staff, medical staff and all other departments in order to ensure maximum patient and staff satisfaction.

Business Management

• Utilizes supplies and equipment effectively to meet the needs of the patients.
• Participates in regular stock inventory each year.
• Practice measures that are cost effective in relation to supplies and other resources.
• Notifies Nursing Team Leader / DoN of all important, administrative, and clinical issues involving the In-Patient department.

Staff Management

• Prioritizes work schedule to meet the needs of the patients
• Enhances the working environment through teamwork and mutual respect of others.
• Motivates and encourages self and others to achieve team, and organizational goals.
• Act as preceptor for new nursing staff.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills when making judgements, managing conflict and solving patient care problems/issues.
• Demonstrates initiative and confidently contributes to the decision-making process.
• Promote and fosters a no blame culture when dealing with incident reporting.

Communication

• Follows the established communication channels in the Nursing department.
• Ensures exchanges of information and ideas among nurses in the In-Patient department are undertaken in an honest, direct and respectful manner.
• Maintains a professional communication manner when dealing with outside agencies and departments including the DHA and the Ministry of Health.
• Ensure a rapid communication system in Notification of Infectious diseases to the Nursing Team / Director of Nursing / Infection Control Link Nurse.
• Ensure adequate and appropriate feedback to all staff from outside meetings and committees.
• Communicates as required in a timely and constructive manner.
• Ensures all channels of communication: incident reporting, maintenance / IT/ Biomed requests, Time and attendance requirements are adhered to

Other Responsibilities

• Facilitates current trends in nursing and utilizes research-based practices.
• Identifies health education needs of patient/family and develops health education methods.
• Participate in ongoing in-service training includes mandatory competency tested health, safety and infection control programs.
• Always demonstrates professional accountability and responsibility.
• Complies with the Nursing Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct for CS, Emirates Nursing Association (Emirates Nursing Council) , and DHA
• Works within the established Scope of Practice for registered Nurses.
• Maintains own staff development folder to record all educational activities and professional growth related to evidenced based practice and critical incidents.
• Maintain registration with Nursing licensing board and DHA.
• Maintains current knowledge in Clinical Practice.
• Participates in annual performance review and identifies professional and personal goals to be achieved during the following 12 month including completion of the staff development portfolio.
• Care for self and for their colleague's health, safety and well-being, awareness and contribution to healthy and safe occupational environment.
• To report on time to the assigned shift and be flexible to move to another area/department if needed. The duty schedule will be 12 hours per day (day/night shift) on a rotational basis between other staff based on the operational requirements.

Qualifications:Qualifications Required

• Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent. (3 years GNM with DHA RN License is acceptable)

Experience

• Minimum 1-2 years of nursing experience in In-patient department, preferably in Plastic Surgery.

Skills & Competencies Required

• Innovative with strong service focused approach, interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
• Must possess skills to maintain proper therapeutic relationship
• Confident and competent to attend all the cases
• Ability to create a welcoming atmosphere and put people at ease
• Ability to encourage patients to develop good preventative care habits
• Ability to quickly identify problems and determine effective treatments
• Computer literacy

Attributes

• Maintain good appearance and proper demeanor at work.
• Safety conscious, motivated, able to manage pressure, takes initiative.
• Is service oriented and customer focused

Language Skills Fluent in English & Arabic (preferable)
6. LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• DHA License as Registered Nurse
• Valid BLS Certificate

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