Registered Nurse - OBGYN

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - OBGYN at NMC Healthcare. Location not specified in source.

Company Overview

NMC Healthcare operates under the oversight of the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Health Authority (DHA), Ministry of Health (MOH), and Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) in the UAE. The organization is committed to maintaining quality standards aligned with ANCC Pathway to Excellence® and regulatory accreditation requirements.

Role Purpose

Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care in obstetrics and gynecology, educate patients and families about health conditions, assess and implement treatment plans in collaboration with physicians and allied health professionals, and maintain the highest standards of clinical practice, safety, and professional conduct.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care & Clinical Practice

• Provide and coordinate patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions.
• Provide 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.
• Work with a team of physicians, other health care specialists and allied health professionals 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.
• 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 admission, transfer and discharge.
• Involve patients in their own healthcare and recovery through education, awareness and positive reinforcement.

Emergency & Life Support

• Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation.
• Manage a deteriorating patient without delay, using the Early Warning System escalation process and American Heart Association emergency algorithms.

Safety & Clinical Governance

• Always speak up if safety is a concern.
• Treat all patients with kindness, respect and compassion.
• Recognize and work within the limits of their own competence.
• Take responsibility for their own actions.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure patients receive the safest, most effective care possible.
• Refuse to undertake any task for which they have not been trained and are not competent to undertake.
• Always seek expert help when the demand of care, service or skill falls outside their capabilities.
• Only delegate tasks to those team members who are trained, skilled and competent to undertake such tasks.
• Ensure they are skilled, trained and competent before using any medical device.
• Speak up if something isn't right.
• Maintain awareness of and comply with NMC Policies and Procedures.
• Uphold the regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Continually seek to improve the service of and care delivery for patients and their families.
• Report and notify all untoward, serious and near miss incidents to your direct line manager and then through the incident reporting system in a timely manner.
• Cooperate with all investigations and audits when requested to do so in the interest of developing a learning culture and seeking to improve care and services.
• Be aware of the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes measured through Nursing Sensitive Key Performance Indicators and external benchmarks.
• Ensure timely expert advice or senior nursing support is sought when a patient's condition fails to respond to prescribed treatment.

Education & Professional Development

• Ensure relevant training and competency is undertaken to deliver care safely.
• Maintain up-to-date mandatory training requirements.
• Follow and comply with the NMC Nurse Competency Matrix / Framework, relevant to their role profile.
• Be willing to learn new clinical skills and actively contribute to the learning culture through attendance of journal clubs and professional development programs.
• Support and supervise pre-registration and new nurses and other health care workers when required.
• Participate in teaching, mentorship and preceptorship when required.
• Participate in clinical supervision of student nurses, newly graduated nurses, newly hired experienced nurses, return to practice nurses and nurses undergoing cross-training or upskilling.
• Participate in Performance Improvement Plans when required.
• Share knowledge and skill with others, to improve patient care and services.
• Assist, engage with and contribute to the professional development of colleagues.
• Assist in updating clinical policies and guidelines in line with skill and experience.

Quality Assurance & Quality Improvement

• Participate in all activities related to DOH/DHA/MOH/MOHAP and NMC Quality Improvement when required.
• Promote customer service based on NMC patient satisfaction results.
• Share best practices and quality patient outcomes through audit.
• Contribute to a positive practice environment, upholding the six standards of ANCC Pathway to Excellence®.

Professional Conduct & Standards

• Always uphold the reputation of the nursing profession.
• Act as a positive role model for all nursing and support staff.
• Have insight of own behaviour and in others.
• Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care under the indirect supervision of senior nursing staff.
• Comply with all aspects of the UAE Code of Conduct, Scope of Practice and licensure as per the regulator.
• Ensure re-licensure is managed in a timely manner.
• Always maintain patient confidentiality.
• Perform additional duties when required.

Infection Prevention & Control

• Read and implement the NMC IPC Policy and Strategy to maintain the highest possible standards of cleanliness at all times, thus reducing the risk of infection in patients, staff and visitors.
• Maintain the strictest hand hygiene compliance encompassing 5 moments of hand hygiene, bare below the elbows and environmental care at all times.

Equality & Diversity

• Promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in service delivery and employment practices.
• Comply with NMC equality and diversity policies, procedures and initiatives.

Safeguarding

• Support NMC's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and vulnerable adults.
• Comply with Federal Law No. 3 of 2016 (Wadeema's Law).

Occupational Safety & Health

• Comply with OSHMS instructions, policies and safe working procedures.
• Use appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.
• Be familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures.
• Not wilfully or recklessly endanger anyone's health and safety.
• Assist with the preparation of risk assessments.
• Report OSH Hazards, incidents, near misses and issues.
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle waste as much as possible.
• Attend all OSH Trainings, awareness programs and mock drills.
• Participate in OSHMS audits and inspections, ensuring standards are maintained.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Hold an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates.
• Manage own professional re-licensure.
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.
• Be willing to work across departments when necessary.
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written).

Desirable

• Evidenced ability to work as part of an interprofessional team.
• Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation.
• Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic.

Skills & Competencies

Core Competencies

• Drive Performance and Results (Proficient level).
• Coaching and Mentoring (Developing level).

Full details are available on the employer's original posting.