Registered Nurse - Homecare

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - Homecare at NMC Healthcare. This role provides direct patient care to both adult and pediatric patients in homecare settings, delivering high-quality, evidence-based nursing care from admission through discharge.

Role Purpose

Deliver comprehensive clinical nursing care to patients in homecare environments, ensuring high-quality assessments, care planning, implementation, and evaluation appropriate to each patient's age and clinical needs while coordinating services across the healthcare team.

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 reporting and 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 for clients with tracheostomy, gastrostomy, and colostomy.
• Deliver nursing care to 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 for newborns, pre- and post-partum mothers.
• Provide care for physically challenged clients and those requiring special care at home or educational facilities.
• Care for patient wounds to prevent exacerbation of pressure ulcers.

Mobility & Activities

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

Communication & Coordination

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

Qualifications & Experience

Education

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

Experience

• 2 to 5 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 pediatric RN roles).
• ACLS (for adult patients).
• PALS (for pediatric patients).
• Teaching and assessing certification.

Skills & Competencies

• Homecare and clinical skills.
• Bedside manner.
• Infection control.
• Nursing skills.
• Physiological knowledge.
• Administering medication.
• Medical teamwork.
• Multi-tasking.
• Listening.
• Verbal communication.
• Health promotion and maintenance.
• Able to speak Arabic.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served.

Additional Information

• A registered nurse is recognized as a responsible and accountable professional with DOH (Department of Health).