Staff Nurse (Sakina)

Role Overview

Staff Nurse (Sakina) at SEHA Hospitals, providing age-appropriate patient care in accordance with the Nursing Scope of Practice as defined by the regulatory body, while supporting and promoting the organization's mission, vision and values.

Role Purpose

To deliver safe, effective, evidence-based patient care centered on the individual and their family. To uphold professional nursing standards, promote health education, adhere to the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi, and contribute to a culture of quality improvement and patient safety within the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

• Demonstrate critical thinking, conflict management and problem-solving ability.
• Promote an interdisciplinary team approach based on mutual respect and direct communication between health professionals to provide patient and family-centered care.
• Act as a role model to fellow nursing staff.
• Promote a suitable learning environment for staff and act as mentor or preceptor as needed.
• Supervise practical nurses, practical midwives, junior staff and student nurses to ensure the provision of safe and effective patient care.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of resource consumption and practice within a cost-effective framework.
• Actively participate in organizational change in a constructive manner.
• Perform in-charge duties as delegated.
• Identify, manage and report incidents to immediate supervisor and to physician as required.

Clinical Practice

• Conduct assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures and unit scope of service.
• Demonstrate knowledge and comply with documentation completion in appropriate timeframes according to BE policies and guidelines.
• Navigate Malaffi accurately and efficiently.
• Use the individualized, integrated plan of care to guide and prioritize care throughout the episode, incorporating discharge planning and setting measurable daily goals that are transparent to the patient.
• Assume accountability and responsibility for own practice and not carry out tasks beyond level of competence.
• Utilize evidence-based practice in the provision of care.
• Identify significant changes in patient condition, initiate appropriate action and report to immediate supervisor or physician as appropriate, utilizing early warning scoring tools where appropriate to identify deterioration in a timely fashion and escalate care appropriately as per SEHA policy.
• Demonstrate knowledge in the assessment and reassessment of pain and comply with BE policies, guidelines and documentation in the treatment and escalation of pain management.
• Prioritize patient care based on ongoing assessment of patient needs.
• Participate in the referral process and utilize available resources for the provision of comprehensive care to patients and families.
• Demonstrate service excellence and act as a patient advocate to support the patient's rights and dignity at all times.
• Facilitate a climate of mutual understanding and appreciation of cross-cultural differences inherent in a multicultural society.
• Demonstrate knowledge and compliance with the seven rights of medication administration, high-risk medication and narcotics policy and the medication reconciliation process.
• Practice within the Ministry of Health and HA-AD Narcotic Policies and Procedures and be accountable and responsible for this practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and compliance with the reporting of medication errors, including near misses or adverse drug reactions on Patient Safety Net.
• Respond to all levels of emergencies according to the organization's policies and procedures.

Communication

• Uphold the organization's customer service standards at all times.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate clearly, timely and concisely using appropriate channels respective to the situation.
• Facilitate effective communication between the patient, family and interdisciplinary health care team as required.
• Provide comprehensive clinical handover and reports as required to ensure patient safety and demonstrate understanding of and compliance with SBAR.
• Establish and maintain professional boundaries with patients and members of the health care team.
• Recognize appropriate communication channels respective to the situation.

Performance Improvement and Risk Management

• Participate in quality improvement activities by assisting with the development, implementation and review of policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Actively contribute to the organization's culture of patient safety.
• Monitor and assist in evaluating unit operation and services in order to correct problems, improve systems and ensure safe patient care.
• Ensure provision of a clean and safe working environment that minimizes risks to patients and family.
• Identify risk in the environment, escalate and maintain records of reporting if appropriate.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with isolation precautions and hand hygiene.
• Comply with all annual mandatory Health and Safety training as per BE policy.
• Demonstrate knowledge, understanding of and compliance with International and Department of Health patient safety goals.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor degree in Nursing OR Associate degree in Nursing from Canada or USA with minimum two years course duration.
• Successful completion of the National exam: NCLEX-RN (USA) or Licensing Exam (Canada).