Registered Nurse - ER

The post holder will: • Always speak up if safety is a concern • Treat all patients with kindness, respect and compassion • Recognize and work within the limits of their own competence • Take responsibility for their own actions • Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure patients receives the safest, most effective care possible • Perform additional duties when required Education and Training: • Ensure relevant training and competency is undertaken to deliver care safely. • Maintain up-to-date mandatory training requirements. • Follow and comply with the NMC Nurse Competency Matrix / Framework, relevant to their role profile. • Be willing to learn new clinical skills and actively contribute to the learning culture through attendance of journal clubs and professional development programs. • Support and supervise pre-registration and new nurses and other health care workers when required. • Participate in teaching, mentorship and preceptorship when required. • Participate in clinical supervision of student nurses, newly graduated nurses, newly hired experienced nurses, return to practice nurses and nurses undergoing cross-training or upskilling. • Participate in Performance Improvement Plans when required. • Share knowledge and skill with others, to improve patient care and services. • Ensure they are skilled, trained and competent before using any medical device. • Involve patients in their own healthcare and recovery through education, awareness and positive reinforcement. Quality Assurance and Governance: • Speak up, if something isn't right. • Maintain awareness of and comply with, the NMC Policies and Procedures • Participate in all activities related to DOH/DHA/MOH/MOHAP and NMC Quality Improvement when required. • Uphold the regulatory and accreditation standards. • Continually seek to improve the service of and care delivery for patients and their families. • Report and notify all untoward/serious and near miss incidents to your direct line manager and then through the incident reporting system in a timely manner. • Cooperate with all investigations and audits when requested to do so in the interest of developing a learning culture and seeking to improve care and services. • Promote customer service based on NMC patient satisfaction results. • Share best practices and quality patient outcomes through audit. • Be aware of the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes measured through Nursing Sensitive Key Performance Indicators and external benchmarks. • Contribute to a positive practice environment, upholding the six standards of ANCC Pathway to Excellence®. Professional: • Always uphold the reputation of the nursing profession. • Act as a positive role model for all nursing and support staff. • Must have insight of own behaviour and in others. • Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care under the indirect supervision of senior nursing staff. • Comply will all aspects of the UAE Code of Conduct, Scope of Practice and licensure as per the regulator. • Refuse to undertake any task for which he/she has not been trained and is not competent to undertake. • Always seek expert help when the demand of care, service or skill, falls outside their capabilities. • Only delegate tasks to those team members who are trained, skilled and competent to undertake such tasks. • Assist in updating clinical policies and guidelines in line with skill and experience. • Assist, engage with and contribute to the professional development of colleagues. • Ensure re-licensure is managed in a timely manner. • Always maintain patient confidentiality. • Ensure timely expert advice or senior nursing support is sought when a patient's condition fails to respond to prescribed treatment. • Manage a deteriorating patient without delay, using the Early Warning System escalation process and American Heart Association emergency algorithms. Essential: the post holder must • Have an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates. • Manage their own professional re-licensure. • Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card. • Be willing to work across departments when necessary. • Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written) DESIRABLE: The post holder should have : • Evidenced ability to work as part of an inter-professional team. • Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation.