Registered Nurse - Homecare

Our Nursing Vision: At NMC Healthcare, we are committed to providing clinical excellence through safe, compassionate, and individualized care to every patient, every time.

Our Nursing Mission: To exemplify clinical excellence, every NMC nurse will seek to:

• Do the right thing

• Be the patient’s advocate

• Be open and transparent

• Deliver safe, compassionate care

• Recognize the uniqueness of each patient

• Contribute to an outstanding patient’s experience

• Engage with and contribute to, a learning culture

• Lead and influence changes in healthcare

Our Nursing Values: We will achieve this through our core values:

• Safety

• Excellence

• Ethics

• Trust

Collaboration

. Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Assessment

• Conduct scheduled home visits (typically within 48–72 hours and again between days 7–14 post-discharge) and additional visits as clinically indicated.

• Perform comprehensive maternal assessment:

• Uterine involution, lochia characteristics, and perineal/caesarean wound healing.

• Bladder and bowel function, hydration, and nutrition.

• Breast examination, milk production, and breastfeeding technique evaluation.

• Screen for postpartum blues, depression, or anxiety using validated tools (e.g., EPDS).

• Perform comprehensive newborn assessment:

• General appearance, tone, temperature, feeding pattern, and elimination.

• Growth monitoring: weight, length, and head circumference plotted on WHO growth charts.

• Check umbilical cord healing, skin condition, and signs of jaundice or infection.

• Identify and escalate any maternal or neonatal red flags promptly to the obstetrician, neonatologist and paediatrician.

• Ensure completion of required neonatal screenings (hearing, metabolic, and others per DOH policy).
  

2. Health Education, Empowerment, and Family Support

• Provide individualized education on:

• Exclusive breastfeeding techniques and positioning.

• Safe infant sleep, cord care, hygiene, and immunization schedule.

• Maternal self-care, nutrition, rest, emotional wellbeing, and physical recovery.

• Deliver culturally sensitive counselling, respecting family beliefs and privacy.

• Guide families on danger signs requiring urgent hospital review.

• Promote partner/family involvement in newborn and maternal support.

• Reinforce importance of family planning and postpartum follow-up appointments.
  

3. Documentation, Communication, and Reporting

• Record all assessments, vital signs, education, and interventions in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and community nursing register.

• Ensure secure handling of patient data in compliance with DOH Health Information and Cybersecurity Policy.

• Submit daily/weekly visit summaries and incident reports to the Nurse Manager.

• Maintain effective communication and case handover with hospital-based teams, including obstetricians, paediatricians, lactation consultants, and quality officers.

• Participate in data submission for DOH KPIs, including visit timeliness, maternal satisfaction, and breastfeeding rates

. Quality, Safety, and Infection Control

• Conduct home visits in compliance with infection prevention and control standards.

• Utilize checklists for Postnatal Risk Assessment and Home Visit Safety Protocols.

• Participate in clinical audits, incident reporting, and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) projects.

• Contribute to departmental quality indicators such as:

  Timely visit completion rate ( 95%)

  Patient satisfaction 90%

  Exclusive breastfeeding at 14 days 75%

• Support risk management through early identification of complications and appropriate escalation.

5. Professional Development and Competency

• Maintain valid DOH licensure and certifications in BLS, PROMPT, and NRP.

• Engage in continuous professional development (CPD) focused on maternal-child health, lactation management, and community outreach.

• Participate in hospital in-service training, drills, and competency assessments.

• Mentor junior nurses or students in postnatal and community nursing practice.

• Demonstrate leadership in patient advocacy and evidence-based care.
  

6. Teamwork and Collaboration

• Coordinate with the maternity, Pediatric, Neonate and community outreach teams to ensure seamless care transition from hospital to home.

• Liaise with social workers, dietitians, and mental health professionals when psychosocial or nutritional support is required.

• Contribute to program meetings, case reviews, and interdisciplinary discussions.

Support hospital initiatives on maternal health promotion and community engagement

Essential: the post holder must

• Education Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or Midwifery from an accredited institution.

• Licensure Valid Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DOH) license as Registered Nurse / Midwife.

• Experience Minimum 2 years in maternity, obstetric, or community nursing practice.

• Training PROMPT, NRP, Postpartum Care, and Lactation Support mandatory.

• Language Proficiency in both English and Arabic.

• Skills Clinical assessment, documentation, communication, empathy, patient education, and cultural competence.

• IT Competence EMR systems.

• Have an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates.

• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.

• Be willing to work in related departments when necessary.

• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English & Arabic (spoken and written)
  

DESIRABLE: The post holder should have :

• Evidenced ability to work as part of an inter-professional team.

Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation