Registered Nurse - ER (Sharjah)

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - ER at NMC Healthcare in Sharjah. The post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient needs while maintaining focus on patient health, wellbeing and safety within the scope of practice.

Role Purpose

Provide and coordinate emergency patient care across all age groups and diverse conditions, performing rapid assessments, administering life-saving interventions, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based emergency nursing care.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment & Planning

• 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.
• Perform rapid patient assessments and prioritize care using triage acuity tool.
• Care for patients across all age groups with diverse conditions including medical, surgical, obstetric, psychiatric, neonatal, and paediatric emergencies.
• Critically monitor patients for changes in conditions and intervene as needed.

Care Coordination & Planning

• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient's bystanders.
• Work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings.
• Provide updates to patient's families about their condition and care plan.
• Facilitate the process of safe patient admission, transfer and discharge.
• Ensure continuity of care during interdepartmental or interfacility transfers.

Clinical Interventions & Procedures

• Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities.
• 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.
• Insert and manage IV lines, central lines, and other emergency access devices.
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.

Emergency Response & Life Support

• Administer emergency medications and treatments including defibrillation, CPR, and advanced airway management.
• 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.
• Recognize and respond to life threatening conditions promptly.
• Assist in cardiac arrests and stroke care.
• Assist physicians in emergency procedures such as intubation, chest tube insertion, suturing and lumbar puncture.
• Stabilize critically ill patients for admission to the ICU or transfer to another facility.
• Prepare and maintain sterile fields for emergency procedures.

Equipment & Technology Management

• Operate and monitor equipment such as cardiac monitors, ventilators and infusion pumps.
• Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
• Ensure emergency equipment is functional and supplies are adequately stocked.
• Ensure all equipment is maintained in good working order, reporting any fault to Nurse Manager/Engineering.
• Maintain readiness for mass casualty incidents or disaster situations.

Infection Control & Safety

• Follow strict infection control protocols to handle emergencies involving contagious diseases or hazardous exposure.
• Employ strategies to promote patients' health and a safe environment.
• Adhere to hospital policies and department specific protocols.

Communication & Collaboration

• Communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary team, including physicians, radiology, and laboratory staff for rapid diagnostics and care.

Professional Development & Training

• Participate in ongoing programs and certifications to support professional growth and maintain clinical competency.
• Be competent with all the mandatory and unit specific competencies supported and assigned on Elsevier platform to ensure adherence to evidence-based practices.
• Complete and maintain all assigned competencies on the Elsevier platform to ensure adherence to evidence-based practices.
• Perform clinical and procedural competencies as per department requirements, guided by competency checklists available on the Elsevier platform.
• Demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols relevant to the emergency department.
• Train or mentor new staff in emergency protocols and procedures.
• Participate in ongoing emergency specific trainings including BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, and PROMPT certification.

Quality & Operations

• Participate in quality improvement initiatives for the Emergency Department.
• Comply with unit Scope of service.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to meet the operational needs of the department.

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.
• Manage own professional re-licensure.
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.

Skills & Competencies

• Ability to manage high stress situations with critical thinking and decision making.
• Demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols relevant to the department.
• Willingness to work across departments and on call when necessary.

Additional Information

• Participate in ongoing programs and certification to support professional growth and maintain clinical competency.