Registered Nurse - Homecare

Role Overview

Registered Nurse - Homecare at NMC Healthcare. The role provides direct patient care to both adult and pediatric patients in home care settings, delivering clinical practice with high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations from admission through discharge.

Role Purpose

To deliver comprehensive nursing care to clients in home and educational facility settings, monitoring health status, administering treatments, coordinating with physicians and family members, and maintaining accurate clinical documentation while ensuring infection control and patient safety.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Assessment & Monitoring

• Monitor and record vital signs and report abnormal values to treating physicians.
• Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, and problems for reporting and discussion with supervisors, case managers, or medical doctors.
• Report and record medical events, procedures, and other medical parameters.

Care Delivery

• Administer prescribed medications.
• Monitor intravenous infusions and parenteral therapies.
• Provide care for clients with tracheostomy, gastrostomy, and colostomy.
• Carry out nursing care for clients with pacemaker, peritoneal dialysis, and clients on ventilator.
• Deliver nursing care to clients with hemiplegia, paraplegia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, terminally ill, and elderly patients.
• Provide care for newborns, pre- and post-partum mothers.
• Care for clients who are physically challenged and those requiring special care at home or in educational facilities.
• Manage wound care to prevent exacerbation of pressure ulcers.

Mobility & Social Support

• Deliver simple exercises and assist with ambulation.
• Accompany clients to social gatherings, hospitals, other treatment facilities, and outdoors.

Documentation & Coordination

• Prepare clinical and progress notes.
• Coordinate services and act as liaison between treating physician, other personnel, clients, and family members regarding changes in the client's condition.
• Counsel clients and families in meeting nursing and related needs.

Teaching & Supervision

• Participate in in-service programs.
• Supervise and teach other nursing personnel.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing in home country.

Certification & Licensure

• Current valid registration in country of training and/or country of last employment.
• Eligible for DOH / DHA / MOH licensing.
• Active Basic Life Support training.

Experience

• Two to five years working experience as a Registered Nurse.

Preferred Qualifications

• Critical care qualification.
• Pediatric qualification (for pediatrics RN).
• ACLS (for adult patients).
• PALS (for pediatric patients).
• Teaching and assessing qualifications.

Skills & Competencies

• Homecare and clinical skills.
• Bedside manner.
• Infection control.
• Nursing skills and physiological knowledge.
• Administering medication.
• Medical teamwork.
• Multi-tasking.
• Listening and verbal communication.
• Health promotion and maintenance.
• Able to speak Arabic.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to patients served.

Additional Information

• A registered nurse is recognized as a responsible and accountable professional with the Department of Health (DOH).