Job Description

The staff will be responsible for handling initial patient assessments and screening, point of care testing and associated administrative tasks. The nurse will also collaborate with doctors on admission, assists the doctors during consultation, procedures and also while performing investigations, education plans & patient instructions, follow up appointment for patients whenever applicable, whoever visits to the OPD.



• Perform his / her duties as per NMC guiding principles and model of care, DHA regulation and other regulatory authorities, accreditation body.
• Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is sensitive to the adult or elderly patient's and family's diversity, preserving their autonomy, dignity and rights.
• Provide culturally appropriate patient focused nursing care.
• Applies & ensures the international patient safety goals throughout the patient journey and care process.
• Respects patient and applies patient family rights throughout the patient care, with empathy, emotional stability.
• Educates and informs patient on the care process and other relevant information within her scope of practice.
• Conducts an individualized patient screenings, assessment, prioritizing the data collection as per the scope of practices.
• Performs appropriate treatments as ordered by physician in an accurate and timely manner.
• Performs and Assisting therapeutic nursing interventions as per the doctors order such and Dressing and Suture Removal, and assisting doctors for the application and removal of Cast and Splint, aspiration of joints, Intra articular Injections, Strapping of the Joints, and for the Suturing procedures.
• Work closely with doctors to keep patients and their family members updated on test results or treatment recommendations.
• Facilitate and assist in diagnostics, and Collects specimens, instructs patients on specimen collection, transport them and ensure that results are obtained, acknowledged by the doctor.
• Performs clinical nursing procedures, and general therapies and interventions, and treatments as per the scope of practice, hospital policy.
• Administers medication as per rights, adheres to medication management process, indent, labeling, storage, appropriateness review. (APPLICABLE TO ONLY RN).
• Maintain hygiene of the unit by adhering to Sterilization and Disinfection Policy. And adhere to the infection control policies and procedures.
• Adhere to principles of infection control for infectious cases, documents in notification form, infection control log and other relevant documentation as per policy.
• Assure proper consent for patients when applicable as per hospital policy.
• Provides individualized patient/family education customized to the adult or elderly patient and his/her family.
• Documents patient assessment findings, physical/psychosocial responses to nursing intervention.
• Documents relevantly, legibly and precisely as per the documentation policy both in HIS and manual records as appropriate.
• Collaborates with all disciplines, support services and others concerned to deliver the best possible care for the patient.
• Addresses / escalates concerns to the immediate supervisor and ensures that it is resolved.
• Utilizes resources appropriately and efficiently ensuring cost effectiveness.
• Maintains inventory - drugs, including controlled, consumables and supplies, participate in product evaluation whenever necessary.
• Delivers safe patient care consistently, follows the infection control practices consistently.
• By managing their time, effectively multitask and prioritize their responsibilities have a better time completing their duties in a timely manner and maintain confidence in critical situations.
• Applies necessary safety checks, functionality, checks, maintenance checks, precautions while operating medical equipment, including crash cart as per hospital policy.
• Reports all significant relevant information professionally, timely and appropriately including near miss, incidents, issues and concerning patient care and patient safety.
• Demonstrates updated knowledge, reflective practice, critical thinking at all times for safe and high quality patient care.
• Acts & practice consistently activities that enhances Organization reputation.
• Updates self professionally, meet the training requirements, competencies, maintain self-performance log as expected, participate in professional development activities.
• Orients new staff, evaluates peer group and allied staff as per the hospital policy.
• Drives change, innovation, creativity, strategically think, as appropriate to scope of practice.
• Demonstrates ethical and professional behavior with supervisors, colleagues, health care providers, patients and family.
• Demonstrates interest and actively participate in all quality improvement activities as expected by the organization such as KPI, QI projects, Audits, Policies and procedures, reporting incidents and near miss, etc.
• Assess constantly risk and mitigates them, reports as per the hospital policy.
• Contributes to maintain the safety of the patient and environment by identifying risks, hazards, potential harm as per the safety policy of the hospital.
• Extend support to all the processes, directly and indirectly towards patient care, patient satisfaction, organizational requirement such as patient feedback, patient complaints, statistical data, maintaining reports and records.
Readily accepts any other responsibilities assigned by immediate supervisor.
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Skill :-


• Planning & organizing skills.
• Ability to manage and evaluate staff reporting to, peer group.
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency in multi-tasking and handling stressful situations.
• Talent for negotiation and collaboration strong ability to work as a team.
• Time management.
• Cognitive skills as per the position.
• Computer literate.


• Masters in Nursing /Bachelor of Science in nursing / Diploma in nursing.
• Current license from home country, DHA license to practice in Dubai.
• Minimum 2 years of experience, in the relevant area.
• BLS provider, ACLS provider preferable.
• Spoken Arabic language is preferable