Registered Nurse Ot
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
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To provide general nursing care and leadership, working collaboratively with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Will promote and restore patient\xe2\x80\x99s health as they plan, provide, delegate, evaluate and coordinate comprehensive nursing care using the nursing process for patients of all ages, gender, cultures, and background; provide physical and psycho-social support to patients and their families/friends.
Operations - Ethical Practice
- Collects information on patient status from a variety of sources using assessment skills including observation, communication, and physical assessment.
- Completes Nursing Time Out Policy on all assigned patients on entry to the Operating Theatre.
- Plans care and instruments needed during the Operating procedure.
- Always ensures maintenance of a sterile field during surgical procedures to include the following: Use of sterile supplies, aseptic technique, surgical scrub, sterile gowning and gloving, standard precautions.
- Initiates prompt nursing interventions bases on changes in the patient condition, age, and circumstances.
- Is adept and knowledgeable with the use of specific equipment used in the Operating Theatre to include the following: General Surgical Instruments, Obstetrics and gynecological Instruments, Ear, Nose and Throat Instruments, Orthopedic Instruments, Urological Instruments, Dental Instruments, Plastic Surgery/Cosmetic Instruments.
- Is a clinical expert within the Operating Theatre
- Ensures timely and accurate documentation of all patients records according to CS standards and policies.
- Anticipates, recognizes, and manages emergencies, and unsafe situations/practice, and initiates appropriate and timely intervention.
- Influences and facilitates change within the department to improve standards of care.
- Promotes an environment that enables patient/colleague safety, independence, quality of life and health, by utilizing risk awareness and management, incident reporting and adhering to the OHS (environment, health, and safety system) within CS. Performs all duties in a professional and confidential manner
Customer Service
- Adhere to the clinic/hospital\xe2\x80\x99s vision, mission, and core values.
- Adhere to the clinic/hospital\xe2\x80\x99s telephone standards.
- Maintains patient\xe2\x80\x99s privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
- Ensures customer satisfaction-oriented environment for patients, family and other customers within Outpatient department.
- Facilitates cooperation and communication between nursing staff, medical staff and all other departments in order to ensure maximum patient and staff satisfaction.
Business Management
- Utilizes supplies and equipment effectively to meet the needs of the patients.
- Participates in regular stock inventory each year.
- Practice measures that are cost effective in relation to supplies and other resources.
- Notifies Nurse In-charge / Manager of all important, administrative, and clinical issues involving the OT department.
Staff Management
- Prioritizes work schedule to meet the needs of the patients
- Enhances the working environment through teamwork and mutual respect of others.
- Motivates and encourages self and others to achieve team, and organizational goals.
- Act as preceptor for new nursing staff.
- Utilizes critical thinking skills when making judgements, managing conflict and solving patient care problems/issues.
- Demonstrates initiative and confidently contributes to the decision-making process.
- Promote and fosters a no blame culture when dealing with incident reporting.
Communication
- Follows the established communication channels in the Nursing department.
- Ensures exchanges of information and ideas among nurses in the OT department are undertaken in an honest, direct and respectful manner.
- Maintains a professional communication manner when dealing with outside agencies and departments including the DHA and the Ministry of Health.
- Ensure a rapid communication system in Notification of Infectious diseases to the OT Nurse Manager / Infection Control Officer.
- Ensure adequate and appropriate feedback to all staff from outside meetings and committees.
- Communicates as required in a timely and constructive manner.
- Ensures all channels of communication: incident reporting, maintenance / IT/ Biomed requests, Time and attendance requirements are adhered to
Other Responsibilities
- Facilitates current trends in nursing and utilizes research based practices.
- Identifies health education needs of patient/family and develops health education methods.
- Participate in ongoing in-service training includes mandatory competency tested health, safety and infection control programs.
- Always demonstrates professional accountability and responsibility.
- Complies with the Nursing Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct for CS, Emirates Nursing Association (Emirates Nursing Council), and applicable health authority.
- Works within the established Scope of Practice for registered Nurses.
- Maintains own staff development folder to record all educational activities and professional growth related to evidenced based practice and critical incidents.
- Maintain registration with Nursing licensing board and applicable health authority.
- Maintains current knowledge in Clinical Practice.
- Participates in annual performance review and identifies professional and personal goals to be achieved during the following 12 month including completion of the staff development portfolio.
- Care for self and for their colleague\xe2\x80\x99s health, safety and well-being, awareness and contribution to healthy and safe occupational environment
Qualifications Required
- Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent. (3 years GNM with DHA RN License is acceptable)
Experience
Minimum 2 years of nursing experience in Operation Theatre
Skills & Competencies Required
- Innovative with strong service focused approach, interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
- Must possess skills to maintain proper therapeutic relationship.
- Confident and competent to attend all the cases.
- Ability to create a welcoming atmosphere and put people at ease.
- Ability to encourage patients to develop good preventative care habits.
- Ability to quickly identify problems and determine effective treatments.
- Computer literacy
Attributes
- Maintain good appearance and proper demeanor at work.
- Safety conscious, motivated, able to manage pressure, takes initiative.
- Is service oriented and customer focused
Language Skills
Fluent in English & Arabic (preferable)
6. LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Valid DHA License as Registered Nurse
- Life Support Certification (BLS/ACLS)
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1662005
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned