Registered Nurse - Homecare

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - Homecare at NMC Healthcare. This role provides direct patient care to both adult and pediatric patients in the homecare setting, delivering clinical practice and evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations from admission through discharge.

Role Purpose

To deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to patients of all ages in the homecare environment. The registered nurse is a responsible and accountable professional recognized by the Department of Health, ensuring appropriate, age-specific care and serving as a clinical liaison between patients, families, and treating physicians.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Assessment & Monitoring

• Monitor and record vital signs and report abnormal values to treating physicians.
• Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress and problems for discussion with supervisors, case managers or medical doctors.
• Report and record medical events, procedures and other medical parameters.

Direct Patient Care

• Administer prescribed medications.
• Monitor intravenous infusions and parenteral therapies.
• Provide care to clients with tracheostomy, gastrostomy and colostomy.
• Carry out nursing care for clients with pacemakers, peritoneal dialysis and clients on ventilators.
• Deliver nursing care to clients with hemiplegia, paraplegia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, terminal illness and elderly patients.
• Provide care to newborns, pre and post-partum mothers.
• Care for physically challenged clients and those requiring special care at home or in educational facilities.
• Perform wound care to prevent pressure ulcer exacerbation.

Rehabilitation & Mobility Support

• Deliver simple exercises and assist with ambulation.
• Accompany clients to social gatherings, hospitals, other treatment facilities and outdoors.

Coordination & Communication

• Prepare clinical and progress notes.
• Coordinate services and act as liaison between treating physicians, other personnel, clients and family members regarding changes in client condition.
• Counsel clients and families on meeting nursing and related needs.
• Participate in in-service programs.

Supervision & Teaching

• Supervise and teach other nursing personnel.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing in country of training.

Experience

• Two to five years working experience as a Registered Nurse.

Certification & Licensure

• Current valid registration in country of training and/or country of last employment.
• Eligible for DOH, DHA or MOH licensing.
• Active Basic Life Support training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Critical care qualification.
• Pediatric qualification (for pediatrics RN).
• ACLS (for adult patients).
• PALS (for pediatric patients).
• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Skills & Competencies

• Homecare and clinical skills.
• Bedside manner.
• Infection control.
• Nursing skills.
• Physiological knowledge.
• Administering medication.
• Medical teamwork.
• Multi-tasking.
• Listening and verbal communication.
• Health promotion and maintenance.
• Arabic language proficiency.

Additional Information

• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served.
• Eligible to work with both adult and pediatric patient populations.