Staff Nurse – Dialysis

Role Overview

Staff Nurse – Dialysis at American Hospital Dubai. This position involves conducting diagnostic tests, administering medications and interventions, and performing hemodialysis procedures.

Role Purpose

The Staff Nurse – Dialysis provides specialized nephrology nursing care utilizing evidence-based practice and the nursing process, delivering age-specific patient-centered care and maintaining safe dialysis treatment environments.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Assessment and Care Planning

• Provide age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process.
• Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
• Perform continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
• Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.
• Coordinate and plan critical care and clinical pathway, and prioritize care based on individual needs.
• Revise the care plan as necessary.
• Initiate appropriate transfer plan.

Collaborative Practice

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• Participate in staff meetings and unit committees and projects.
• Participate in developing and achieving unit goals.

Documentation and Record Keeping

• Document all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital and departmental standards.
• Perform clerical duties when needed.

Safety and Compliance

• Maintain a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Assume responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education including fire, safety, and infection control.
• Maintain mandatory educational requirements.
• Perform safe handling and administration of Narcotic, Controlled, and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.
• Ensure completion of unit competencies such as pain management and utilization of emergency department devices.

Resource Management

• Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.

Professional Development

• Maintain clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.
• Complete yearly critical care nursing competencies (basic).
• Participate in ongoing educational activities.

Quality Improvement

• Participate in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities including data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, and medication error reporting.

Dialysis-Specific Clinical Practice

• Conduct blood tests using the Hemocue device to measure various parameters such as hemoglobin levels.
• Analyze urine samples to assess for the presence of abnormalities or indicators of health conditions.
• Administer appropriate medications and interventions to manage severe allergic reactions following American Hospital Dubai's protocols.
• Recognize and promptly respond to anaphylaxis reactions and hypersensitivity incidents, providing immediate care and treatment.
• Insert vascular access needles into arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) and arteriovenous grafts (AVG) to facilitate hemodialysis treatment.
• Start and perform hemodialysis sessions for patients per American Hospital Dubai's protocols and guidelines.
• Ensure appropriate care and maintenance of hemodialysis catheters to prevent infections and complications, adhering to American Hospital Dubai's protocols.
• Perform necessary assessments such as vital sign monitoring and fluid balance monitoring to ensure the safety and effectiveness of hemodialysis treatment.
• Clean and disinfect hemodialysis machines and equipment following specific protocols to maintain a sterile and safe treatment environment.

Additional Duties

• Perform additional duties when required.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor's degree in nursing with a minimum of three (3) years full-time course duration, OR
• Degree in nursing with a minimum of two (2) years course duration with Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, or Australia.

Professional Experience

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent post-graduate experience in Nephrology Nursing.

Licensing and Certification

• Must hold a valid License or Registration to practice in their home country and/or country of last employment (where applicable).
• Must hold a minimum of valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification is essential.

UAE National Requirements

• UAE nationals, whether graduates of UAE or non-UAE universities, are exempted from the experience and clinical training requirements for the applied title.
• UAE nationals must submit a copy of their birth certificate and the mother's family book.
• Non-UAE national graduates from UAE universities are required to successfully complete six (6) months of clinical training post-graduation in an APS health facility (except for Registered and Assistant Nurse titles).

Skills & Competencies

• Assess patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Coordinate and plan care and prioritize care based on individual needs.
• Render care and services based on age appropriateness and developmental needs of patients.