Registered Nurse - Derma OPD

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - Derma OPD at NMC Healthcare. The post holder will provide clinical nursing care within the dermatology outpatient department, working collaboratively with the healthcare team to deliver safe, compassionate, and individualized patient care.

Company Overview

NMC Healthcare is committed to providing clinical excellence through safe, compassionate, and individualized care to every patient, every time. The organization operates according to core nursing values of Safety, Excellence, Ethics, Trust, and Collaboration.

Role Purpose

To exemplify clinical excellence and support NMC Healthcare's Nursing Mission and Values by delivering safe, compassionate care; advocating for patients; maintaining transparency; recognizing patient uniqueness; contributing to outstanding patient experience; engaging in a learning culture; and leading healthcare change. The post holder will uphold the NMC Nursing Strategy while working across the dermatology outpatient department and collaboratively with other team members.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment & Care Planning

• Perform systematic patient assessment, reassessment, and collect pertinent data about the patient's health or situation.
• Understand and analyze the assessment information and data.
• Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient's planned care.
• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient's family members.
• Record vital signs, recognize, address, and escalate all abnormalities.

Clinical Care Delivery

• Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment.
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.
• Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions.
• Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions.
• Provide wound care management.
• Assist in medical procedures, invasive or non-invasive, as needed.
• Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Neonatal Resuscitation.

Patient & Family Support

• Provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
• Facilitate the process of safe patient admission, transfer, and discharge.

Professional Development & Practice Management

• Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
• Manage their own professional re-licensure.
• Employ strategies to promote patients' health and a safe environment.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.

Team Collaboration

• Work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists and allied health in various settings.
• Work collaboratively with other team members to uphold and live the NMC Nursing Strategy.

Qualifications & Experience

• Hold an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates require.
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.

Skills & Competencies

• Communicate clearly and effectively in English, both spoken and written.
• Use the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation with organizational and administrative competency.
• Work as part of an interprofessional team.
• Communicate effectively in Arabic (desirable).

Additional Information

• Must be willing to work across departments when necessary.