Clinical Nurse- Pediatrics Emergency Department

JOB SUMMARY

The Clinical Nurse is responsible for competently providing safe and effective direct care. The Clinical Nurse assesses care needs, plans, implements and evaluates programs of care to include patients and families. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for ensuring that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, aligned to Sidra Standards of Practice. The Clinical Nurse participates in the supervision, orientation and training of staff and is responsible for education of patients, families and students. The Clinical Nurse is professionally accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer.

Job Specific Skills and Abilities:

ESSENTIAL:

• Effective communication skills
• Excellent team player
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
Fluency in written and spoken English

Population: Neonate, infant, toddler, pre-school age, school age, adolescent, young adults

Care environment: Care of assigned population in an urgent care/emergency/trauma care setting

KEY COMPETENCIES:

Competencies to be assessed as outlined in the Pediatric ED unit orientation and competency booklets. These competencies include but are not limited to:

• Growth and development, Birth - adult
• Head-to-toe assessment, recognition of the unwell child
• IV fluid management
• Phlebotomy
• Capillary blood sampling
• Specimen collection
• Care planning
• Emergency medication preparation and administration
• Nutritional requirements and enteral Feeding
• Pain assessment and management
• Risk screening and management
• Skin integrity
• Wound assessment and management
• Cardiorespiratory monitoring
• Care of the acute trauma patient
• Procedural sedation
• Tissue adhesive wound closure
• Nurse-Initiated medication administration
• Triage using the Emergency Severity Index system
• Splinting
• Tissue adhesive wound closure
• Staple removal
• Suture removal
• Accessing central line
• Incubator, radiant warmer and infant resuscitation system use
• Phototherapy care and management
• Hemodynamic monitoring Invasive and Non-invasive
• Airway management and oxygen delivery system
• Cardiac Electrical Management (i.e. Defibrillation, Pacing, Cardioversion, AED, etc.)