Staff Nurse - Pediatric Clinic

Role Overview

Staff Nurse - Pediatric Clinic at American Hospital Dubai. This position provides comprehensive nursing support in pediatric clinical settings, including assistance with various medical procedures, diagnostic testing, assessments, and patient care activities specific to infants, toddlers, and pediatric patients.

Role Purpose

To deliver age-specific, patient-centered nursing care in pediatric clinical settings, utilizing the nursing process to meet the physical and psychological needs of infants, toddlers, and pediatric patients and their families.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care & Assessment

• 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

Care Planning & Coordination

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
• Coordinate and plan critical care/clinical pathway and prioritize care based on individual needs
• Revise the care plan as necessary
• Initiate appropriate transfer plan

Clinical Procedures & Support

• Support with Aerosol Treatment
• Assist with Bili Check Procedure
• Aid in Circumcision Process
• Aid in Enteral Feeding Tube Insertion
• Assist with HbA1c Testing
• Support in Health History Interview and Pediatric Physical Assessment
• Assist with point-of-care testing for Influenza Diagnosis in Ambulatory Settings
• Aid in Point of Care Testing for Rapid Strep Test
• Support with Vaccine Administration
• Aid in Pediatric Visual Screening
• Assist with Blood Culture Sample Collection in Pediatrics
• Aid with Ketone Meter Usage
• Assist in Nasopharyngeal Specimen Collection in Pediatrics
• Support in Infant Oral Care
• Support in Toddler Oral Care
• Aid in Oral Drug Administration for Infants
• Assist with Oro nasopharyngeal Suctioning
• Support with Throat Swab Collection

Safety & Medication Management

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

Documentation & Compliance

• Document all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards
• Assume responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education (fire, safety, infection control and others)
• Perform clerical duties when needed

Quality & Professional Development

• Ensure completion of unit competencies (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 critical care nursing competencies (basic)
• Maintain mandatory educational requirements
• Participate in ongoing educational activities
• Participate in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities (data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, medication error reporting)

Team & Organizational Engagement

• Participate in staff meetings and unit committees/projects
• Participate in developing and achieving unit goals
• Perform additional duties when required

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (minimum three years full-time course duration), OR Degree in Nursing (minimum two years course duration) with Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, or Australia
• Minimum of two years of recent post-graduate experience in Pediatric nursing
• Valid License/Registration to practice in home country and/or country of last employment (where applicable)
• Minimum valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice

Special Requirements for UAE Nationals

• Graduates of UAE or non-UAE universities are exempted from the experience and clinical training requirements for the applied title
• Must submit a copy of birth certificate and the mother's family book

Special Requirements for Non-UAE National Graduates from UAE Universities

• Required to successfully complete six months of clinical training post-graduation in an APS health facility (except for Registered and Assistant Nurse titles)

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
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification