Registered Nurse - NICU (Sharjah)

•    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.
 

The post holder will always work within the scope of practice, putting the health, wellbeing and safety of their patient first as they assess, plan, implement and evaluate their needs.

•    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.