Staff Nurse - Maternal Newborn TP

Role Overview

Staff Nurse - Maternal Newborn TP at American Hospital Dubai. The role provides direct and indirect age-specific care for assigned patients in the Maternal Newborn Unit per scheduled shifts, with responsibility for professional performance and safe patient care across the healthcare continuum involving families.

Role Purpose

Deliver nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and care coordination for maternal and newborn patients. Abide by Joint Commission International (JCI) requirements, including International Patient Safety Goals, national and international standards.

Key Responsibilities

Patient-Centered Care & Nursing Process

• Provide age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process.
• Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
• Conduct continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• 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.
• Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
• Document all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital and departmental standards.

Unit Operations & Safety

• Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.
• Perform clerical duties when needed.
• Maintain a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Perform safe handling and administrating of Narcotic, Controlled, and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.

Compliance & Education

• Assume responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education including fire, safety, infection control and others.
• Ensure completion of unit competencies including pain management and utilization of Emergency Department devices.
• Maintain clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.
• Complete yearly the critical care nursing competencies (basic).
• Participate in ongoing educational activities.
• Maintain mandatory educational requirements.

Quality & Professional Development

• Participate in staff meetings and unit committees and projects.
• Participate in developing and achieving unit goals.
• Participate in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities including data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, and medication error reporting.
• Perform additional duties when required.

Clinical Nursing Interventions

• Implement phototherapy for patients as part of treatment.
• Conduct postnatal physical assessments for mothers.
• Utilize radiant warmer or incubator for neonatal care.
• Operate a resuscitaire for neonatal resuscitation.
• Administer sucrose to neonates for various medical reasons.
• Perform nursing interventions and procedures per established standards of care policy and procedures as outlined in the Competency List "Green Book."

Preceptor Responsibilities (when applicable)

• Complete the Preceptor workshop and meet the criteria indicators for the preceptor role on the unit.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate the individualized competency-based orientation in collaboration with the orientee, nurse manager, and clinical resource nurse.
• Provide appropriate feedback on time to orientee and Nurse Manager.
• Provide objective documentation to the nurse manager utilizing American Hospital Dubai's established standards of care including Competency List "Green Book" and "Blue Book."

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing with a minimum of three (3) years full-time course duration, OR Degree in Nursing with a minimum two (2) years course duration and Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, or Australia.
• Minimum of two (2) years of recent post-graduate experience in Maternal Newborn Nursing.
• UAE nationals 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).
• 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 a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice.

Skills & Competencies

• Knowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age, appropriateness, and developmental needs of patients.
• Skills in the assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritizing care based on individual needs.