Registered Nurse- NICU

Job Description

•    Always uphold the reputation of the nursing profession.
•    Act as a positive role model for all nursing and support staff.
•    Must have insight of own behaviour and in 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 Code of Conduct, Scope of Practice and licensure as per the regulator.
•    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 re-licensure is managed in a timely manner.
•    Always maintain patient confidentiality.
•    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 Early Warning System escalation process and American Heart Association emergency algorithms.
 

Responsibilities

•    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, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
•    Understand and analyse 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 interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient’s bystanders.
•    Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities.
•    Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
•    Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
•    Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
•    Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation etc.
•    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`s admission, transfer and discharge.
•    Competent with all the mandatory and unit specific competencies supported and assigned on the Elsevier platform to ensure adherence to evidence Based practices.
•    Demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols relevant to the department
•    Participate in ongoing programs and certification to support professional growth and maintain clinical competency.
•    Comply with unit Scope of Service.
•    Complete care and safety of allocated neonates.
•    Able to care critically ill, unconscious, or ventilated neonates
•    Accurate monitoring of vital signs, hemodynamics, and oxygenation.and recording of patient condition.
•    Report any abnormality in patient condition immediately to the medical staff and escalate as and when required.
•    Competent in all aspects of neonatal nursing care.
•    Assist to resuscitate an asphyxiated newborn.
•    Consult and cooperate with medical staff on the care of the mother and baby.
•    Care for relatives’ need and emotions through stressful situation and bereavement.
•    Perform duties based on professional ethics, assuring privacy and maintaining confidentiality.
•    Safe custody and administration of drugs/narcotics as per hospital policy.
•    Educate the family regarding the growth and development, milestones, feeding, disease, medication, pain management etc. and according to the identified individual need, provide educational materials if available.
•    Promote and teach breastfeeding.
•    Perform competency in point of care testing and ensure quality requirements.
•    Able to handle all equipments in the unit 
•    Ensure all equipment is maintained in good working order, reporting any fault to Nurse Manager/Engineering.
•    Ensure complete ward requirements, stock verification and inventories
•    Recognize and respond promptly to code situations (e.g., Code Blue).
•    Maintain detailed and accurate documentation in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record)and physical flow charts
•    Maintaining Unit specific and general nursing Competencies by Elsevier.
 

Qualifications

•    Have an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates.
•    Manage their own professional re-licensure.
•    Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card. 
•    Be willing to work across departments and on call when necessary