Registered Nurse - Endoscopy

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - Endoscopy at NMC Healthcare. The post holder will work within the scope of practice, putting the health, wellbeing and safety of their patient first as they assess, plan, implement and evaluate their needs.

Role Purpose

To deliver expert specialist nursing care in the endoscopy setting, develop a learning culture among nursing staff, serve as a subject matter expert on the interprofessional team, and maintain the highest standards of patient safety and care quality.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Practice & Patient Care

• Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment.
• Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient's health or situation.
• Understand and analyse 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 bystanders.
• Support patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
• Employ strategies to promote patients' health and a safe environment.
• Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed.
• Support the process of safe patient admission, transfer and discharge.

Clinical Expertise & Professional Development

• Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
• 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, Neonatal Resuscitation etc.

Leadership & Quality

• Be a role model and always seek to improve the safety and quality of care delivered to patients in the specialist field.
• Develop and maintain a learning culture amongst nurses, particularly in the specialist field in which they work.
• Support and lead audit and data collection in their area of specialisation for KPIs and benchmarking.

Team & Education

• Be a member of the interprofessional team as a subject matter expert in his/her field of specialization.
• Support the nurse educator with training programs, training needs analysis within the specialised field.

Qualifications & Experience

• Current appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandate.
• Post-graduate specialist qualification, diploma, degree, or masters in the specialty.
• Previous experience within the specialist field.
• Completed relevant competencies within the specialist field.

Skills & Competencies

• Able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written).
• Able to communicate effectively in Arabic (desirable).

Additional Information

• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.
• Manage own professional re-licensure.
• Willing to work across departments when necessary.