Registered Nurse - PICU

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - PICU at King's College Hospital London. This role provides critical care to infants and children up to fifteen years old in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Role Purpose

To deliver high-standard evidence-based critical care to PICU patients while managing complex medical needs, supporting families through their child's intensive care journey, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure secure and effective treatment outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care & Clinical Assessment

• Deliver high-standard evidence-based care to PICU patients.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care needs on an ongoing basis.
• Formulate nursing care plans and evaluate treatment effectiveness.
• Support quality patient care by demonstrating empathy, maintaining patient dignity, and following proper protocols.

Critical Care Management

• Manage patients requiring Level 3 critical care.
• Manage patients with advanced airways and ventilator support.
• Perform advanced airway management.
• Manage ventilation.
• Manage invasive line management.
• Provide inotropic support.
• Manage CVVHDF.
• Manage critical emergencies.
• Obtain and interpret arterial blood gases (ABG).
• Safely manage central lines and arterial lines.
• Provide effective pain management including PCA/PCE.
• Use specialized medical equipment such as ventilators, nitric oxide machines, cerebral function monitors, and therapeutic cooling machines.

Medication & Procedures

• Review physician-ordered medications for appropriateness.
• Prepare and administer medications using aseptic technique.
• Assist physicians in PICU medical procedures.

Infection Control & Safety

• Apply infection control principles at all times.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

Family Support & Communication

• Comfort and support anxious parents, providing clear and sensitive updates on care plans and patient condition.
• Provide accurate and regular updates to patients and relatives in a sensitive and understandable way.
• Offer support to parents ranging from emotional encouragement to advising on child care when they return home.

Compliance & Standards

• Adhere to Dubai Health Authority (DHA) guidelines, clinical guidelines, and all regulatory requirements.
• Uphold high standards of care across all departments.
• Perform any additional duties reasonably assigned by the organization or line manager to meet operational needs and support specific objectives of the department and organization.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Degree in Nursing with minimum two years course duration.
• Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, or Australia.
• UAE Medical Health Authority License.
• Minimum two years of work in a hospital or similar setting.
• Resuscitation Certificate appropriate to the specialty.
• Demonstrable ongoing and active Continuing Personal Development (CPD).

Skills & Competencies

• Proficiency in basic computer applications, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Ability to manage digital documentation and communication effectively.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, patients, and stakeholders.