NMC Healthcare is actively recruiting qualified and devoted candidates for the position of a Nurse Educator. The selected aspirant will work at NMC Bareen International Hospital, MBZC, Abu Dhabi, UAE. This job was posted by NMC on 16 October 2023. All interested candidates who fulfil the under mentioned criteria are encouraged to apply for this role.

Job Purpose of A Nurse Educator

Instructs and trains nursing staff, helping them develop and maintain their clinical and professional skills.

Duties of A Nurse Educator

• Identifies training needs of each staff, plans, prepares and implements an ongoing education program for all nursing staff and evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
• Supports an environment that allows staff to acquire skills, identify and develop new ideas and ensures commitment to organizational goals.
• Provides leadership in support of quality initiatives and promotion of healthy workplace environment.
• Builds relationships with staff, peers and colleagues to support interdisciplinary and inter departmental planning aimed to improve patient outcomes.
• Liaises effectively with other healthcare providers both internal and external to the Organization.
• Facilitates effective communication between patient, family and interdisciplinary healthcare team as required.
• Monitors and evaluates the quality of nursing care provided.
• Actively participates in accreditation activities.
• Audits compliance with organizational documentation standards.
• Supports and participates in ongoing educational programs within the nursing department.
• Assesses the learning needs of all staff through training need analysis.
• Prepares an annual training calendar as per the learning requirement of staff.
• Monitors the level of compliance with mandatory education for all staff in the concerned Department.
• Monitors the competency-based orientation programs for nursing staff to improve the of Skills and knowledge.
• Prepares educational programme/activities based on emerging challenges, issues, trends and needs in nursing.

What You’ll Do More?

• Regularly meets the Nursing in-charge of specific departments to assess their learning needs.
• Involve the staff in selecting, planning and evaluating educational activities.
• Develops and maintains clinical competency checklists as per requirement of each clinical Area.
• Train and monitor the staff in mandatory competencies and department specific Competencies.
• Develops and implements new competencies for various clinical areas as and when needed.
• Liaises with a multidisciplinary team for educational activities.
• Provides clinical supervision to the staff.
• Periodically audits nursing assessment forms and care plans of patients for continuity of Care.
• Conducts organized, timely nursing rounds to assess current situation of the patients.
• Acts as clinical/managerial resource for In-charge nurses and all nursing staff.
• Acts as an advocate for patients and nurses.
• Actively participates in the nominated hospital committee meetings.
• Conducts HOD accredited and non-accredited Continuing Nursing Education programme.
• Work accordance with the documented OSH procedures and instructions, specific responsibilities.
• Be familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures.
• Notifying OSH Hazards, incidents, Near misses and issues and assistance with the preparation of risk assessments, incident reports.
• Comply with Waste management procedures and policies.
• Attend applicable OSH/Infection control training programs, mock drills and awareness programs.
• Use of appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.

Who Can Apply?

Qualification

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Diploma in Nursing from an accredited university.

Certification & Licensure 

• MSC/BSC nursing, certification course in BLS, ACLS.
• Registered Nurse, DOH Licensed.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of clinical experience with minimum of 2 years as Nurse Educator.

Knowledge and Skills Desired

• Knowledge of relevant anatomy, physiology, and evidence-based practices
• Ability to express oneself in the areas of communication verbal, written, non-verbal.
• Demonstrates knowledge of current computer system used in the organization.
• Demonstrates effective delegation skills and completeness assignment accurately and on time.
• Demonstrates adherence to safety and risk management policies.

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