Registered Nurse - PICU

These must be upheld in accordance with the UAE Code of Conduct, Scope of Practice and licensure as per the regulator.
The post holder will:

• Always speak up if safety is a concern
• Treat all patients with kindness, respect and compassion
• Recognize and work within the limits of their own competence
• Take responsibility for their own actions
• Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure patients receives the safest, most effective care possible
• Perform additional duties when required

General Duties and responsibility

• Consult and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Conducts pre and post – operative education as necessary.
• Serves as the communication liaison to family and members of the operating team.
• Ensures that operating on correct patient and the correct procedure id being performed.
• Responds to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol.
• Records all care information concisely, accurately, and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms.
• Initiate corrective action whenever equipment shows adverse malfunction.
• Perform other position –related duties as assigned depending on assignment setting.

Scrub Duties

• Set up the theatre by assembling of equipment’s and supplies based on patient surgical need, surgeon’s preference, and policies of the hospital.
• Demonstrates knowledge of aseptic technique.
• Scrub for surgery according to international standards and hospital hand washing policy.
• Set up the back table and mayo trolley by maintain sterile field including sponge, needles and instrument counts and maintains a clean and orderly operative field for the surgeon to work on.
• Assist the surgical team in gowning and gloving.
• Prepare the surgical site with antiseptic solution.
• Drape the patient with the help of the surgeon.
• Enable setting up of necessary equipment.
• Execute time out policy with team members.
• Correctly identifies patient, procedure, and surgical site.
• Maintain sterility throughout the surgery.
• Coordinate with the circulating nurse for the initial and final counting of sponges, sutures, needles, and instruments before closure. If there is a missing item, notifies the surgeon and nursing in-charge immediately.
• Maintain instruments by proper handling, washing, disinfecting. Checking and packing in the designed sets for CSSD.

Circulatory Duties

• Ensure proper supplies, equipment’s and instrumentation’s are available for surgical procedures.
• Receive the patient, checks that all documents are complete and checks all parameters as per preoperative checklist.
• Validate patient’s name, surgical procedure, and surgeon before shifting to respective theatre.
• Position the patient according to surgical procedure.
• Assist the scrub nurse in preparing necessary equipment, instruments and consumables.
• Executes time out policy with surgical team members.
• Together with the scrub nurse, count instruments, gauze, mops, blades and needles and documents in the white board as well as in the preoperative nursing record.
• Continuously supervise aseptic technique throughout the procedure.
• Accept and consciously applies emergency measures when needed. Demonstrate competence in Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation Technique.
• Stay with the patient during extubation until the patient is shifted to the recovery room.
• Complete all the documentation needed.
• Demonstrates the following: 

Document in the patient file. 
Complete the OT surgical checklist (Time-Out). 
Assist in theatre cleaning following surgery, including proper disposal of used supplies and sharps, cleaning of equipment’s and setting up theatre for the next surgery. 
Collect and replaces consumables to Operation Theatre store before and after surgery.
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Essential: the post holder must

• Have an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates.
• Manage their own professional re-licensure.
• Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.
• Be willing to work across departments and On Call when necessary.
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (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.
• Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic