Staff Nurse - Endoscopy

The staff nurse is accountable to the Endoscopy Charge Nurse for the delivery of high quality care of the patients at Dallah Hospital. The post holder is responsible for ensuring attainment of agreed clinical standards and professional development supported by colleagues and the Director of Nursing. During the time period for which she is responsible, assesses the overall needs of the individual patients, assists in preparation and implements the nursing care process as indicated to ensure optimal patient care. Day-to-day activities: Providing technical assistance during diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, ensuring safe working practice. Setting, monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care. Working with minimal supervision during endoscopic procedures, admissions and recovery of patients and other related procedures. Maintaining personal contact with patients and relatives, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times. Participating in the care and maintenance of endoscopes and other equipment ensuring an agreed standard of decontamination at all times including accurate records of traceability of all endoscopes at associated equipment. Ensuring the safe discharge of all patients from the endoscopy unit. Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with established standards and regulations. Maintains continuity of care during take-over and handover reports, ensuring that the communication is clear and accurate at all times. Ensures that doctors? orders and patient management plans are followed and that appropriate steps are taken, including immediate notification of the resident on-call, of any deterioration from the expected course of the patient?s condition. Ensures that the appropriate records of the patients? progress are maintained according to the hospital policies and procedures. Ensure the safety of the patient, relatives and staff. Reporting untoward incident / accident / staff sickness to the Sister / Charge Nurse. Maintain current knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age and patient clinical conditions. Calculate, prepare, monitor, discontinue fluids and medication drips. Take an active role in the prevention and control of infection. Contribute to the induction of new staff acting as a mentor when appropriate. Participate in the Quality Improvement Program within her area of responsibilities. Be committed to further development of own clinical skills and knowledge actively seeking learning opportunities as appropriate. Ensures that the record of all drugs, IV fluids, etc, is up-to-date as required by the Pharmacy, and ensures that the rules and regulations governing the storage and custody of scheduled drugs and narcotics are strictly observe at all times. Maintain skill and knowledge in using various medical devices such as ECG machine, Defibrillator, Infusion and Syringe Pump, different types of endoscopes used for endoscopic procedures. Maintain skills and knowledge by participating various nursing education programs, in-service training, nursing symposium, workshops & etc. Ensure that the necessary financial records are maintained for the Finance Department. Staff should be competent as follows: Care of patient undergoing endoscopy. Maintenance and reprocessing standards of endoscopes and accessory equipments. Participate in patient and family education to help patients and families to better understand and participate in their care and make well informed care decisions.This job description is not an exhaustive list of accountabilities and activities. Job incumbents may be required to perform additional job-related tasks and duties as assigned. Two years post-basic experience, six months of which must be in the specialty Previous experience in Middle Eastern healthcare. Good command of English Language Appropriate qualification and statutory nursing registration in the country from where recruited. BSN / RN. Post-basic course qualification in the specialty. Valid BLS, ACLS certificate. adaptability honest and integrity responsible and trustworthy respect for patients confidentiality compassionate and approachable strong work ethic see listed in the competency profile. punctual self-confidence self-motivated