Staff Nurse-Emergency Room

The Staff Nurse is accountable for the coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transitions of care. The Staff Nurse supports professional nursing practice across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family. The Staff Nurse will understand, support and promote 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. The Staff Nurse will adhere to and promote the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi and UAE.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates clinical competency in the triage process, including the follow up assessments.
• Demonstrates competence in resuscitation and is familiar with the roles during the resuscitation process of the different patient groups, including the prevention of complications.
• Demonstrates and maintains emergency care knowledge enabling the delivery of a high standard of clinical care to patients.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competence in assessing the complex emergency patient care needs/situations.
• Demonstrates and maintains knowledge and competence in receiving patients brought in by helicopter including safety on the helipad.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competence with the care and management of ventilated patients including the prevention of complications.
• Assessment and Diagnosis: Collects and analyzes assessment data to determine diagnosis/issues; Assesses comprehensive data including but not limited to physical, psychosocial, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual needs and interprets assessment information to derive the diagnosis or issues as defined by the patient's condition.
• Planning and Outcomes Identification: Identifies expected outcomes and develops a plan that addresses health promotion, health restoration, and health maintenance to attain expected outcomes.
• Implementation and Coordination of Care Delivery: Implements the plan of care in partnership with the patient, family, and healthcare team members in a timely manner.
• Health Teaching and Health Promotion: Utilizes teaching strategies appropriate to the individual patient's condition and learning needs.
• Evaluation: Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes and the patient/family's understanding of and response to the plan of care.
• Evidence-Based Practice and Research: Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
• Leadership: Demonstrates leadership behaviors in practice settings, across the profession, and in the community.

Desired Candidate Profile

• 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.
• AND valid/current national license.
• AND BLS.
• ACLS, PALS relevant to area of specialty.

Experience:

• Required: NLT 2 years clinical experience post qualification in appropriate setting.

Employment Type: Full Time

Company Industry: Medical, Medical Devices

Department / Functional Area: Doctor, Nurse, Paramedics, Medical Research

Keywords: Advanced Cardiac Support, Urgent Care Nurse, Critical Care Nurse, Patient Assessment, Critical Thinking