Nursing Supervisor-Riyadh-(207274)

Role Overview

Nursing Supervisor at Nahdi in Riyadh. This role leads the nursing team during assigned duty spans, ensuring nursing and personal care for clinic patients according to individual needs and capabilities.

Role Purpose

Lead the nursing team to maintain daily nursing and personal care delivery to clinic patients. Provide medical and nursing care, offer emotional support to patients and families, manage paperwork, assist physicians with diagnosis, deliver follow-up care, enforce infection control and hygiene standards, and manage medical equipment and consumable stock levels.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care and Patient Support

• Disinfect clinical surfaces and equipment at the beginning of the day and after each patient.
• Greet patients to the examination room.
• Take and document medical history from patients.
• Screen patients for risk of fall, nutritional deficiency, and functional risk.
• Triage patients at the emergency room to categorize their emergency status.
• Perform minor wound dressings.
• Monitor patients under observation.
• Prepare and administer intramuscular and intravenous medications under aseptic conditions.
• Escort patients in ambulance.
• Assist physicians in performing patient examinations and procedures.
• Withdraw blood from patients for laboratory investigations in the emergency room.
• Provide advice and emotional support to patients and their families.

Infection Control and Safety

• Closely follow infection control guidelines for managing patients and their body fluids.
• Ensure infection control and hygiene guidelines and codes are adhered to and applied.

Stock and Equipment Management

• Monitor stocks of consumable material to ensure uninterrupted supply.
• Keep inventory of medical equipment.
• Manage stock levels and readiness of all medical equipment and consumable materials needed in the clinics.

Supervision and Team Leadership

• Orient newly recruited nurses to the organization.
• Ensure availability of required nursing workforce on a daily basis.
• Supervise the work of registered nurses.
• Perform annual appraisals for nurses.
• Work together with the medical director to ensure quality patient care.
• Serve as a member of the community advisory committee.

Qualifications & Experience

• BSc. in Nursing from a recognized nursing college.
• 5 years post-graduation experience.
• 2 years as a nurse manager in a clinical setting.

Skills & Competencies

• Healthcare Information System proficiency.
• English fluency in speaking and writing.
• Arabic fluency in speaking and writing.

Additional Information

• Work environment: 100% indoors.
• Working schedule: 6 working days per week, 1 day off.
• Working hours: 8 net working hours according to shift schedule approved by head of department.