Registered Nurse - OPD (Sharjah)

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - OPD at NMC Healthcare, Sharjah. The post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient needs while working within scope of practice and prioritizing patient health, wellbeing and safety.

Role Purpose

To provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care in the Outpatient Department, educating patients and the public about health conditions while delivering advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment & 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.

Clinical Monitoring & Vital Signs

• Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities.
• 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.

Patient Procedures & Preparation

• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.
• Assist in medical procedures, invasive or non-invasive, as needed.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.

Care Coordination & Safety

• Work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists and allied health professionals in various settings.
• Implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment.
• Employ strategies to promote patients' health and a safe environment.
• Facilitate the process of safe patient admission, transfer and discharge.

Emergency Response

• 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.

Professional Development

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

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 their own professional re-licensure.
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.

Skills & Competencies

• Communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written).
• 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.
• Ability to communicate effectively in Arabic (desirable).

Additional Information

• Be willing to work across departments when necessary.