Registered Nurse OT NMC Royal Hospital Abu Dhabi

Registered Nurse in OT at NMC Healthcare in NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, UAE will always put the health, wellbeing and safety of their patient first as they assess, plan, implement and evaluate their needs. To support and demonstrate their NMC Nursing Mission, Vision and Values. The post holder will work collaboratively with other team members, will uphold and live the NMC Nursing Strategy in order to provide safe and outstanding care to their patient, relatives, friends and significant others all the time, every time. This is an Intermediate level full time job. And salary can range between 5000-9000 AED/month.

Responsibilities of Registered Nurse

• Be responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
• Assess and identify patients’ needs and implement and monitor the patient’s medical plan and treatment. They will work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings.
• Perform systematic patient assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
• Understand and analyze 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.
• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the medical team.
• Record vital signs, recognize and address abnormalities.
• Define the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients, and families.
• Maintain and update the technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
• Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory exams.
• Perform essential life support (BLS).
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.
• 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.
• Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission and discharge.
• Dons & adheres to operating room attire according to policy and procedure.
•  Prepares room and assembles instruments & equipment based on patient’s surgical needs.
• Demonstrate knowledge of aseptic technique.
• Correctly identifies patient and surgical site.
• Checks thoroughly the pre-operative checklist of patient; including completion of required diagnostic & laboratory procedures.
• Monitors patients’ vital signs in the pre-operative area and post-operative recovery room.

What you will do more

• Demonstrates skill in performing the duties of scrub nurse and circulating nurse
• Provides safety to patient, to self & the whole surgical team by adopting safety protocols like ‘Time Out’.
• Counts Surgical items audibly, and views items concurrently with another individual when counting, and recognizes that one of the individuals performing the count should be the RN circulator.
• Recognizes that, when possible, surgical counts during a procedure should be performed by the same two individuals.
• Verifies correct recording of the surgical counts of soft goods, sharps, miscellaneous items, and items placed in the wound in a location that is visible to the surgical team (e.g., the white count board).
• Implements correct practices for the prevention of infection, practicing strict aseptic technique & maintenance of sterile field.
• Assist the surgeon and anesthetist during the operation and ensure appropriate handling of the specimen obtained during surgery.
• Implement the hygiene, sterilization, asepsis and disinfection protocols and procedures at all times, before, during and after operations, to ensure the safety conditions of patients and staff.
• Participate in care and maintenance of endoscopes, electrosurgical unit, microscopes, drill systems, phacco machine, endoscopes and other specialized equipment, ensuring an agreed standard of decontamination at all times including accurate records of traceability of all equipment.
• Demonstrate skill in surgical hand wash and appropriate knowledge of the infection control practices pertaining to operating theatre.
• Competent in monitoring of patients post anesthesia.
• Ensure that patients recovering from anesthesia receive optimum care and is able to demonstrate complete knowledge in the usage of Aldrete scoring.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient’s records and updates all relevant patient documentation / medical records as per hospital policy and procedure.
• Demonstrates competence in Cardio – Pulmonary Resuscitation technique.
• Strictly adheres to the waste segregation and disposal as per hospital policy.

OSHAD

• Comply with all OSH and infection control policies, standards and procedures and cooperate with hospital management to comply with those requirements.
• 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.

Requirements for Role of Registered Nurse

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing / Diploma in Nursing.
• Have an appropriate license to work as a nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority (DoH, DHA) with all the qualification and experience this mandates.
• Minimum 2 years nursing experience after qualification.
• Evidenced experience/expertise in the clinical field in which they are employed.
• Have basic life support qualification (within past 24 months)

Skills And Knowledge Desired

• Manage their own professional revalidation.
• Have an active interest in the clinical field in which they are employed.
• Be willing to work across departments when necessary.
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written)
• Evidenced ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the HIS platform.

Registered Nurse NMC Royal Hospital Abu Dhabi

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