Staff Nurse Emergency Room Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City is looking for a qualified Staff Nurse – Emergency Room to join their team in Abu Dhabi. The hospital announced this job opportunity on January 3, 2024 with the reference number 202. Staff Nurse will be accountable for the coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transitions of care.

Responsibilities of Staff Nurse Emergency Room

• Supports professional nursing practice across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family.
• Understands, supports and promotes the mission, vision and values of SSMC.
• Provides age-appropriate patient care according to the Nursing Scope of Practice as defined by the regulatory body.
• Adheres to and promotes the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi and UAE.
• Assesses comprehensive data including but not limited to physical, psychosocial, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual needs. Interprets assessment information to derive the diagnosis or issues as defined by the patient’s condition.
• Uses evidence-based assessment techniques and instruments in collecting data. Vlidates the diagnosis or issue with the patient, family and healthcare team members as appropriate.
• Prioritizes the data and information collected based on patient’s immediate condition or anticipated needs. Identifies potential risks or barriers to the patient’s health or safety.
• Documents the data and information collected in compliance with established guidelines and reflective of the needs of the patient.
• Identifies expected outcomes and develops a plan that address health promotion, health restoration and health maintenance to attain expected outcomes.
• Involves patient, family and healthcare team members in formulating a culturally appropriate individualized plan of care.
• Applies evidence-based nursing practices in developing the individualized plan of care to attain expected outcomes and continuity of care.
• Modifies the individualized plan of care according to the ongoing assessment and reevaluation of the patient’s response, status, and outcome indicators.
• Documents the expected outcomes as measurable goals in a manner that uses standardized language or recognized terminology.

What you’ll do as Staff Nurse Emergency Room

• Implement the plan of care in partnership with the patient, family and healthcare team members in a timely manner utilizing evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the needs of the patient.
• Perform treatments and procedures according to established procedural guidelines and protocols.
• Administer medications according to organization policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all components of the individualized plan of care, including modifications, are documented in the patient’s health record.
• Communicate relevant information across all levels of care and organizations.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of resource consumption and practices within a cost-effective framework.
• Utilize teaching strategies appropriate to the individual patient’s condition and learning needs.
• Use health promotion to support patients and families in developing skills that promote, maintain, or restore healthy lifestyles and self-management support.
• Seek opportunities for feedback and evaluation of the effectiveness of the strategies used, including teach back.
• Ensure that all components of the health education, relevant to the clinical condition, is documented in the patient health record.
• Evaluate the patient/family’s understanding of and response to the plan of care.
• Utilize systematic and ongoing assessment data to revise nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and the plan of care.
• Involve the patient, family and healthcare team members in the evaluation process.
• Provide a comprehensive clinical handover/report as required to ensure patient safety.
• Attend patient care rounds, communicates, and update the attending healthcare provider on changes in the patient’s condition.
• Communicate with the patient care team about ongoing changes in patient’s plan of care and unit activity.
• Document the reassessment of patient status; patient and family participation and understanding; and the rationale for any revision in the plan of care.

Qualification & Experience

The eligibility criteria for Staff Nurse – Emergency Room is as under:

• Bachelor degree in nursing OR Degree in Nursing (minimum two (2) years course duration) AND Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.
• NLT 2 years clinical experience post qualification in appropriate setting.
• Experience requirement waived for graduates of UAE nursing colleges/universities after completion of internship.

Licensure & Certification

• Valid/current national license.
• BLS certification.
• ACLS, PALS relevant to area of specialty is desirable.

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Operations Administrator Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City