Registered Nurse - OPD

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - OPD at NMC Royal Hospital. The post holder will support the NMC Nursing Mission, Vision, and Values by providing safe, compassionate, and individualized patient care in the outpatient department setting.

Company Overview

NMC Healthcare is committed to providing clinical excellence through safe, compassionate, and individualized care to every patient, every time. The organization operates under core nursing values of Safety, Excellence, Ethics, Trust, and Collaboration.

Role Purpose

To deliver safe and outstanding care to patients and their families in the outpatient department by performing comprehensive nursing assessments, implementing individualized care plans, coordinating patient care across the interprofessional team, and supporting the organization's comprehensive screening program while upholding NMC's Nursing Strategy and values.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment and Care Planning

• Perform systematic patient assessment, reassessment 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 family members.
• Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment.

Clinical Monitoring and Vital Signs

• Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities.
• Monitor patients for any side effects and reactions following medication administration.
• Monitor patients for any reactions following treatment with IV fluids or blood products.

Medication and Treatment Administration

• 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.
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.

Patient Education and Support

• Provide education to patients and the public about various health conditions.
• Provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
• Educate patients and families regarding screening programs.

Life Support and Emergency Care

• 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, and Neonatal Resuscitation.
• Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.

Patient Flow and Admission Management

• Facilitate the process of safe patient admission, transfer and discharge.

Comprehensive Screening Program

• Encourage the desired population to participate in comprehensive screening program.
• Obtain informed patient consent prior to screening.
• Follow up and tracking of screening results to ensure the timeliness and completeness of follow up.
• Follow up with patients as per defined timeframe and encourage patients to follow desired pathway.
• Implement standard processes and pathways as per Department of Health guideline.
• Collect KPI data and monitor desired KPI as per Department of Health guideline.

Clinical Knowledge and Safety

• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
• Employ strategies to promote patients' health and a safe environment.
• Work collaboratively with physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings.

Professional Conduct and Collaboration

• Uphold and live the NMC Nursing Strategy in order to provide safe and outstanding care to patients and patient bystanders.
• Work collaboratively with other team members.
• Be the patient's advocate.
• Be open and transparent.
• Contribute to an outstanding patient experience.
• Engage with and contribute to a learning culture.
• Lead and influence changes in healthcare.

Qualifications & Experience

• Hold an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all qualifications and experience these mandates require.
• Manage own professional re-licensure.

Skills & Competencies

• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.
• Communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written).
• Demonstrate evidenced ability to work as part of an interprofessional team.
• Possess organizational and administrative skills with which to use the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation.
• Communicate effectively in Arabic (desirable).

Additional Information

• Be willing to work across departments when necessary.