Locum Staff Nurse - Homecare | Dubai, United Arab Emirates

AMERICAN HOSPITAL • Full-time • Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates • 3w ago

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.

Unit Specific:

Develops individualized care plans based on the nursing diagnosis, with updated revisions according to evaluation and re-assessment findings. Activities of daily living e.g. hygiene needs are considered in daily care planning.
Sets priorities and plans implementation of patient care; implementation of care is completed in a timely, organized manner and follows American Hospital Dubai's nursing standards and policy and procedure. Activities of daily living e.g. hygiene needs are supported.
Demonstrates attention to discharge planning; discharge planning that is addressed on admission, ongoing and as care plans are modified. Discharge and transfer procedures are completed in a timely and complete manner.
Provides accurate, complete, and prompt reports on patient care conditions and response to treatment utilizing the standardized Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR). Collaborates effectively as a multidisciplinary team member.
Ensures nursing documentation is informative, complete, accurate, concise, and legible which follows the American Hospital Dubai and Joint Commission International Accreditation's standards and reflects the nursing process from assessment through evaluation.

Qualifications:

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 a Medical-Surgical speciality
Private hospital experience preferred
Knowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age, appropriateness and developmental needs of patients
Skills in assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs
Skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritising care based on individual needs
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification is essential

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