Nurse Clinician

Basic Function
Provides a wide range of quality professional nursing care to Labor & Delivery Care Unit & Obstetrics Clinic patients. Functions using the Nursing Process with emphasis on direct patient care and related activities and referring to the Lippincott Manual and Mosby Competencies.

Scope
Working within Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Nursing & Clinical Services Department in Dhahran, Al Hasa, Udhailiyah, Ras Tanura, and Abqaiq.

The Nurse Clinician provides professional nursing care to the patients, receives supervision and direction from the Charge Nurse and Supervisor. Work is performed on any shift, as required, in the Post Labor & Delivery Care Unit & Obstetrics Clinic of the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) facilities.

Work hours are assigned to meet operational needs. Hours may include on-call and scheduled overtime.

Direction is through the unit manager.

Principal Contacts
Daily with patients and their families for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the nursing plan of care; with new hire and newly assigned nursing staff for orientation and integration into the nursing unit; routinely with physicians for carrying out physician orders, assisting with medical procedures, and reporting changes in the patient's condition; ongoing with Charge Nurse for reporting changes in patients' condition and progress related to the plan of care; with technical and other support services within medical for direct patient care, patient flow, and unit maintenance.

Occasional public and community contact through communicating policy changes, revisions, and/or introduction of new work rules.

Occasional with other JHAH and outside services.

Education
3 years International Diploma or Bachelor Degree.

Experience
2 years minimum clinical midwifery experience following licensure/registration in the country of origin, to include one (1) year experience in Labor & Delivery Care unit is required.

Certifications/Other requirements as applicable
Current licensure as a professional registered nurse.
Must be a registered Midwife in home country.

Fluent spoken and written English. Spoken Arabic desirable.