Senior Registered Nurse - Endoscopy

Role Overview

Senior Registered Nurse - Endoscopy at NMC Healthcare. The role involves providing and coordinating comprehensive patient care, educating patients and the public about health conditions, and offering emotional support to patients and their families.

Role Purpose

To deliver high-quality nursing care within the endoscopy setting by assessing patient needs, implementing and monitoring medical treatment plans, collaborating with physicians and allied health professionals, and ensuring safe, evidence-based patient outcomes across the patient journey from admission through discharge.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment & Care Planning

• Perform systematic patient assessments and reassessments, collecting pertinent data regarding the patient's health condition.
• Analyse assessment findings and clinical data to support informed decision-making.
• Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and patient care priorities.
• Define expected and predicted outcomes for the patient's plan of care.
• Assess and identify patients' needs, and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, patients, and their families.

Clinical Monitoring & Vital Signs

• Record and monitor vital signs, recognizing, addressing, and escalating any abnormalities promptly.
• Administer medications safely and monitor patients for therapeutic effects, side effects, and adverse reactions.
• Administer treatments such as intravenous (IV) fluids and blood products, while monitoring for any complications or reactions.

Patient Education & Support

• Educate patients and the public about various health conditions.
• Provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.

Procedure & Treatment Support

• Prepare patients for medical examinations, diagnostic procedures, and treatments.
• Assist physicians with invasive and non-invasive medical procedures as required.
• Provide comprehensive wound assessment and wound care management.

Emergency & Life Support

• Perform essential life support procedures within the regulatory scope of practice, including but not limited to Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).

Clinical Knowledge & Safety

• Maintain and continuously update technical and clinical competencies related to nursing practice.
• Interpret and understand diagnostic tests and laboratory investigations.
• Implement strategies to promote patient health, safety, and a therapeutic environment.

Patient Flow & Coordination

• Facilitate the safe admission, transfer, and discharge of patients in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Work collaboratively with physicians and other healthcare professionals or allied health teams in various clinical settings.

Qualifications & Experience

• Hold a valid Registered Nurse license from the relevant regulatory health authority, with all required qualifications and experience.
• Maintain responsibility for maintaining and renewing professional licensure as required by the regulatory authority.
• Hold a valid American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider certification.

Skills & Competencies

• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Demonstrate effective verbal communication skills in Arabic (desirable).
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Possess strong organizational and administrative skills, including proficiency in using Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems for clinical documentation (desirable).

Additional Information

• Be willing and flexible to work across departments as required by operational needs.