Registered Nurse - NICU (Sharjah)

• Provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and provide 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 • Work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings • Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation • Understand and analyse assessment information and data to determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues • Define predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care • Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient's bystanders • Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities • Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice • Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment • Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations • Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as Basic Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation • Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment • Administer medications and monitor patients for side effects and reactions • Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor for reactions • Provide wound care management • Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed • Facilitate safe patient admission, transfer and discharge • Demonstrate competency with mandatory and unit specific competencies on the Elsevier platform to ensure adherence to evidence based practices • Demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols relevant to the department • Participate in ongoing programs and certification to support professional growth and maintain clinical competency • Comply with unit Scope of Service • Complete care and safety of allocated neonates • Care for critically ill, unconscious, or ventilated neonates • Accurate monitoring of vital signs, hemodynamics, and oxygenation and recording of patient condition • Report any abnormality in patient condition immediately to medical staff and escalate as required • Be competent in all aspects of neonatal nursing care • Assist to resuscitate an asphyxiated newborn • Consult and cooperate with medical staff on the care of the mother and baby • Support relatives’ emotional needs during stressful situations and bereavement • Perform duties based on professional ethics, assuring privacy and maintaining confidentiality • Safe custody and administration of drugs/narcotics as per hospital policy • Educate the family regarding growth and development, milestones, feeding, disease, medication, pain management and provide educational materials as available • Promote and teach breastfeeding • Perform competency in point of care testing and ensure quality requirements • Handle all equipment in the unit and ensure equipment is maintained in good working order, reporting faults to Nurse Manager/Engineering • Ensure complete ward requirements, stock verification and inventories • Recognize and respond promptly to code situations (e.g., Code Blue) • Maintain detailed and accurate documentation in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record) and physical flow charts • Maintain unit specific and general nursing competencies by Elsevier • Appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with required qualifications and experience • Ability to manage own professional re-licensure • Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card • Willingness to work across departments and be on call when necessary • Competency in neonatal nursing and emergency/critical care • Proficiency with EMR documentation and point of care testing • Familiarity with Elsevier competency platform and evidence based practices