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Dar Al Shifa Hospital

<p><div><div><div><div><p><b>Purpose and Scope of the Job</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p>The staff nurse provides direct and indirect age specific care for assigned patients in medical surgical nursing units per scheduled shifts. The staff nurse is primarily responsible for professional performance and safe patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients involving families. It includes but not limited to, managing adult and pediatric patients with medical and/or surgical cases, managing patients&rsquo; pre and post partum, pre and post surgeries. The staff nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and fiscal patient care outcomes, and in accordance with established institution's policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of practice. Participates in PI projects, and collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired outcomes. Utilizes knowledge of human development stages, and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care. Abides by the accreditation requirements and international standards. Supports the mission and vision of the Dar Al Shifa Hospital (DASH) and the Nursing Department.</p><br>
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<div><div><p><b>Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p>1</p><br>
</div><div><p>Provide age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process:</p>
<ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.</li>
<li>Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.</li>
<li>Collaborate with other disciplines through multidisciplinary meetings and care conferences to facilitate patient care and operations.</li>
<li>Analyze the assessment data, derive nursing interventions, set priorities according to patients needs, formulate a plan of care, implement and evaluate the outcome.</li>
<li>Ensures patient privacy.</li>
<li>Maintain confidentiality of patient information.</li>
<li>Initiate appropriate discharge plan.</li>
<li>Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.</li>
<li>Document all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.</li>
<li>Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.</li>
<li>Keep all equipment ready for use.</li>
<li>Follow Preventive Maintenance for unit equipments.</li>
<li>Accountable for the use of patients&rsquo; and hospital&rsquo;s resources.</li>
<li>Accountable for the patient, the organization, the profession and self.</li>
<li>Perform clerical duties when needed.</li>
</ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li>Assume responsibility for meeting accreditation required mandatory education, e.g., fire, safety, infection control and others.</li>
<li>Ensures quality and patient safety practices are followed</li>
<li>Provides or promotes patient and family- centered care.</li>
<li>Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs. .</li>
<li>To provide emotional support to relieve patient fear and anxiety.
</li><li>Facilitate continuity, secure transition and coordination of care between healthcare settings.</li>
<li>Provide physical comfort, information and education and allow access to own care plan.</li><br>
</ul></div></div><br>
<div><div><p>2</p><br>
</div><div><p>Perform major functions pertinent to a Med/Surgical/general staff nurse:</p>
<ul><li>Demonstrate required assessment and therapeutic skills.</li>
<li>Abide by the Standards of care and practice.</li>
<li>Provide basic life support when needed.</li>
<li>Implement and monitor infection control measures.</li>
<li>Administer medications, monitor desirable and undesirable effects and intervene appropriately.</li>
<li>Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition.</li>
<li>Deliver pre-operative and post-operative patient care.</li>
<li>Apply safety measures related to patient care.</li>
<li>Operate all unit required equipment safely.</li>
<li>Manage patients with infectious diseases when applicable.</li>
<li>Manage pediatric patients with infectious diseases when applicable.</li>
<li>Manage obstetric / GYN patients when applicable
</li><li>Perform special procedures pertinent to OB/GYN unit including: breast care, use of breast pump, perineal care, and application of ice packs to perineum or episiotomy, sitz bath, vaginal douche.</li>
<li>Provide pre -natal and post-natal care</li>
<li>Provide care for newborns/ pediatrics as needed
</li><li>Participate in quality initiatives and quality improvement activities for improving the unit standards of quality provided.</li>
<li>Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety.</li>
<li>Report daily occurrences and unusual incidents to the head nurse/ team leader on timely manner without delay.</li><br>
</ul></div></div><br>
<div><div><p>3</p><br>
</div><div><p>Provide patient and family education by:</p>
<ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Assessing patient and family readiness and identifying learning needs.</li>
<li>Leading/encouraging multidisciplinary approach for patient&rsquo;s discharge.</li>
<li>Developing and implementing the teaching plan utilizing patient education manual.</li>
<li>Evaluating the teaching-learning process.</li>
</ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li>Documenting patient and family education.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></p>

Staff Nurse - Inpatient

<p><div><div><div><div><p><b>Purpose and Scope of the Job</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p>The Emergency Department staff nurse provides direct and indirect age-specific care for assigned patients in Emergency Room (ER) setting per scheduled shifts. The ER staff nurse is primarily responsible for professional performance and safe patient care. The ER staff Nurse performs triage, organizes patient flow through the emergency unit, and prioritizes care based on patient needs and manages patient presenting with different cases including medical, surgical, Obstetrics and age specific groups (Pediatrics, Geriatrics, etc). ER staff nurse assumes responsibility of all assigned tasks when DASH Emergency Disaster Preparedness Plan is activated. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients involving families. It includes, but is not limited to, emergency care, cardiac resuscitation and monitoring. The ER staff nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and fiscal patient care outcomes, in accordance with established DASH and unit specific policies, procedures, guidelines, Professional Practice and standards of practice. Participates in PI projects, collaborates and coordinates patient care with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient desired outcomes. Utilizes knowledge of human development stages, legal issues and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care. Abides by accreditation and international standards.
</p><p>Supports the mission and vision of the Dar Al Shifa Hospital (DASH) and the Nursing Department.</p><br>
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<div><div><p><b>Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p><b>1</b></p><br>
</div><div><p>Provide age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process:</p>
<div><ul><li>Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
</li></ul><ul><li>Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Collaborate with other disciplines through multidisciplinary meetings and care conferences to facilitate patient care and operations.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Analyze the assessment data, derive nursing interventions, set priorities according to patients needs, formulate a plan of care, implement and evaluate the outcome.
<ul><li><div><ul><li>Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information all the time.</li>
<li>Initiate appropriate admission, discharge or transfer plan.</li>
<li>Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.</li>
<li>Document all relevant data in the medical record/ ER forms according to hospital/departmental standards.</li>
<li>Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.</li>
<li>Ensure that preventive maintenance is performed on time and all equipment are ready for use.</li>
<li>Accountable for the use of patients&rsquo; and hospital&rsquo;s resources.</li>
<li>Accountable for the patient, the organization, the profession and self.</li>
<li>Perform clerical duties when needed.</li>
<li>Assume responsibility for meeting accreditation required mandatory education, e.g., fire, safety, infection control and others.</li>
<li>Report daily occurrences and unusual incidents to the head nurse/team leader on timely manner without delay.</li>
<li>Ensure quality and patient safety practices are followed</li>
<li>Provide or promotes patient and family- centered care.</li>
Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs.<br>
<li>
</li></ul></div></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></div><br>
<div><div><p><b>2</b></p><br>
</div><div><p>Perform major functions pertinent to an ER &ndash; Staff Nurse:</p>
<ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Triage and assign patients to ER areas as per the DASH-ER triage policy.</li>
<li>Demonstrate required assessment and therapeutic skills.</li>
</ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul><ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Abide by the standards of care and practice</li>
<li>Demonstrate competence with BLS, ACLS and PALS
</li><li>Provide holistic care to patients including but is not limited to, dealing with all types of emergencies: neurological, cardiovascular, orthopedic, ophthalmic, ENT, endocrine, abdominal, GYN, emergency delivery, genitourinary, psychiatric, toxicological, pediatric, hematological, head and spinal cord injuries, multiple trauma, limb/life saving, shock, burn, child abuse, still birth and neonatal death.</li>
<li>Implement and monitor infection control measures.</li>
<li>Initiate and handle peripheral Intra Venous lines for administering of fluids and medications.</li>
<li>Administer vasoactive and thrombolytic drugs and other medications as per doctor&rsquo;s order.</li>
<li>Deliver pre-operative patient care for emergency surgeries.</li>
<li>Apply safety measures related to patient care.</li>
<li>Operate all unit required equipment safely.</li>
<li>Assist physicians with special procedures, including but not limited to, insertion of central line, application/removal of cast, suturing, peritoneal and gastric lavage, chest tube insertion, paracentesis, pleural tap, lumbar puncture, cut down, dressing application for burn cases, application of cervical collar, vaginal examination and dilatation and curettage.
</li><li>Monitor cardiac rhythm, detect arrhythmias, and manage accordingly.</li>
<li>Follow ER protocols in managing mass casualties, and disaster planning according to DASH Emergency Disaster Preparedness Plan.</li>
<li>Manage medico-legal issues appropriately (i.e. Death on Arrival (DOA), suicidal attempts, etc).</li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></p>

Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

<p><div><div><div><div><p><b>Purpose and Scope of the Job</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p>The Labor Room Staff Nurse provides direct and indirect care for assigned patients in labor and delivery unit per scheduled shifts. The Labor Room Staff Nurse is primarily responsible for professional performance and safe patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients and their families across the health care continuum and involving families. It includes but not limited to, assisting physicians during delivery, taking care of the neonates immediately post-partum and assists physicians during C sections. The Labor Room Staff Nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and fiscal patient care outcomes, in accordance with established institution's policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of practice. Participates in PI projects, and collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired outcomes. Carries out planned activities to promote Excellence in care. Utilizes knowledge of human development stages, and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care. Abides by accreditation standards and international standards. Supports the mission and vision of the Dar Al Shifa Hospital (DASH) and the Nursing Department.</p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p><b>Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p>1</p><br>
</div><div><p>Provide age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process:</p>
<ul><li>Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem focused, and age-specific assessment techniques</li>
<li>Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.</li>
<li>Collaborate with other disciplines through multidisciplinary meetings and care conferences to facilitate patient care and operations.</li>
<li>Analyze the assessment data, derive nursing interventions, set priorities according to patients needs, formulate a plan of care, implement and evaluate the outcome</li>
<li>Initiate appropriate transfer plan.</li>
<li>Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.</li>
<li>Document all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.</li>
<li>Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.</li>
<li>Accountable for the use of patients&rsquo; and hospital&rsquo;s resources.</li>
<li>Accountable for the patient, the organization, the profession and self.</li>
<li>Perform clerical duties when needed.</li>
<li>Assume responsibility for meeting required mandatory education, e.g., fire, safety, infection control and others.</li>
<li>Ensure quality and patient safety practices are followed</li>
<li>Provide or promotes patient and family- centered care.</li>
Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs.<br>
<li>
</li></ul></div></div><br>
<div><div><p>2</p><br>
</div><div><p>Perform major functions pertinent to a Delivery and Operative Suite-Staff Nurse:
</p><ul><li>Demonstrate required assessment and therapeutic skills.</li>
<li>Abide by the standards of care and practice.</li>
<li>Provide basic life support when needed.</li>
<li>Implement and monitor infection control measures.</li>
<li>Administer medications, monitor for desirable or undesirable effects and intervene appropriately.</li>
<li>Deliver pre-operative and post-operative patient care.</li>
<li>Apply safety measures related to patient care.</li>
<li>Operate all unit required equipment safely.</li>
<li>Perform routine admission to Labor Room.</li>
<li>Provide care to patients in labor rooms.</li>
<li>Respects cultural and religious practices of patients.</li>
<li>CTG interpretation.</li>
<li>Identifies and manages life sustaining physiological functions in unstable patients
</li><li>Contacts anesthesia when /if patient is ready for epidural, contacts physician at appropriate time.</li>
<li>Ensure patient is in proper position for delivery and monitoring equipment&rsquo;s is functioning properly.</li>
<li>Aids doctor with drapes, gloves gowns etc; hands doctor delivery instruments as needed during birthing process.</li>
<li>Deliver immediate and regular postpartum care.</li>
<li>Perform transfer of patients to postpartum unit(s).</li>
<li>Assist physicians in special procedure pertinent to obstetric specialty: NST, OCT, laminaria insertion, epidural anesthesia, removal of shirodkar, tubal ligation, and artificial rupture of membranes.</li>
<li>Monitor protocol of tocolysis, contraction and FHR (Fetal Heart Rate).</li>
<li>Follow protocol for therapeutic abortion and placenta management.</li>
<li>Provide care to patients during Caesarian section including functioning as a scrub nurse/ circulating nurse and baby nurse.</li>
<li>Provide care for the high risk pregnancy patients including, care of the pre-eclamptic and eclamptic patients, care of patients with vaginal bleeding, care of the cardiac pregnant patient, care of the diabetic patient.</li>
<li>Provide nursing care specific to labor room including, care of the mother, care of a full term newborn, care of the still birth or neonatal death.
</li><li>Abide strictly to the procedure of babies&rsquo; identification.</li>
<li>Cover for Assistive Reproductive Technique unit after being trained and as requested.</li>
<li>Implement and document patient and family education according to patient education manual.
</li><li>Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety of patients and care givers.</li>
<li>Participate in quality initiatives and quality improvement activities for improving the unit standards of quality provided.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></p>

Staff Nurse - Labor & Delivery

<p><div><div><div><div><p><b>Purpose and Scope of the Job</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p>The Nursery Staff Nurse provides direct and indirect care for assigned patients in neonatal care setting (normal nursery) per scheduled shifts. The Nursery Staff Nurse is primarily responsible for professional performance and safe patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients across the health care continuum while involving families. It includes but not limited to, providing neonatal specific care and assisting mothers with breastfeeding. The Nursery Staff Nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and fiscal patient care outcomes, in accordance with established DASH policies, procedures, guidelines, Professional Practice and standards of practice. Participates in PI projects, and collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired outcomes. Utilizes knowledge of neonatal period and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care. Abides by accreditation requirements and international standards. Supports the mission and vision of Dar Al Shifa Hospital (DASH) and the Nursing Department.<br>
</p></div></div><br>
<div><div><p><b>Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p>1</p><br>
</div><div><p>Provide newborn care utilizing the nursing process:</p>
<ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Perform comprehensive newborn assessment.</li>
<li>Reviewe prenatal records to identify risks for the newborn</li>
<li>Involve the parents and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.</li>
<li>Collaborate with other disciplines through multidisciplinary meetings and care conferences to facilitate patient care.</li>
<li>Analyze the assessment data, derive nursing interventions, set priorities according to newborn needs, formulate a plan of care, implement and evaluate the outcomes.</li>
 <li>Develops care plan that promote, facilitate and maintain newborn wellness</li>
<li>Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.</li>
<li>Assess situations and make critical decisions.</li>
<li>Document all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/ departmental standards.</li>
<li>Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and newborn care.</li>
<li>Accountable for the patient, the organization, the profession and self.</li>
<li>Perform clerical duties when needed.</li>
<li>Assume responsibility for meeting accreditation required mandatory education, e.g., fire, safety, infection control and others.</li>
<li>Ensure quality and patient safety practices are allowed</li>
<li>Provide or promotes patient and family &ndash; centered care</li>
<li>Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs</li><br>
</ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div><br>
<div><div><p>2</p><br>
</div><div><p>Perform major functions pertinent to a Normal Nursery &ndash; Staff Nurse:</p>
<ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Admit newborn to normal / intermediate care nursery.</li>
<li>Abide by Standards of care and practice.</li>
<li>Respects cultural and religious practices of patients/Parents</li>
<li>Ensures all physicians order for newborn are noted and carried out according to hospital standards/policies.</li>
<li>Transfer newborns from/to the unit, and NICU.</li>
<li>Demonstrate required assessment and therapeutic skills.</li>
<li>Provide basic life support when needed.
</li><li>Provide support to parent&rsquo;s/ care givers as needed.</li>
<li>Implement and monitor infection control measures.</li>
<li>Administer medications, monitor for any desirable or undesirable effects and intervenes appropriately.</li>
<li>Ensure that newborns are provided with appropriate nutrition.</li>
<li>Monitors bonding between mother and baby.</li>
<li>Assist mothers with breastfeeding techniques and encourage / Assist with breastfeeding or feeding choices</li>
<li>Ensure care environments remain safe and baby friendly.</li>
<li>Apply safety measures related to patient care.
</li><li>Abide strictly to the procedure of babies&rsquo; identification and infant security.
</li><li>Operate all unit required equipment safely.</li>
<li>Provide care for babies post circumcision. By provide a complete pre circumcision checklist and post circumcision care.</li>
<li>Provide proper education to parents.</li>
<li>Assisting physicians during medical examinations and treatment plan of newborns. And Includes reporting on changes in patient condition.</li>
<li>Conduct hearing screening test on newborns.</li>
<li>Involves and educate family in implementing best practices for newborn care.</li>
<li>Completes unit specific competency checklist and competency requirements.</li>
<li>Promotes a positive working environment.</li>
<li>Participate in quality initiatives and quality improvement activities for improving the unit standards of quality provided</li>
</ul></div></li><li>Ensures quality and patient safety practices are followed</li>
<li>Provides or promotes patient and family- centered care.</li>
Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs.<br>
<li>
</li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div><br>
<div><div><p>3</p><br>
</div><div><p>Provide family education according to patient education manual by:</p>
<ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Assessing family readiness and identifying learning needs.</li>
</ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul><ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Developing and implementing the teaching plan.
</li><li>Leading/ encouraging multidisciplinary approach for patient&rsquo;s discharge.</li>
<li>Evaluating the teaching-learning process.</li>
<li>Documenting family education.</li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></p>

Staff Nurse - NICU

<p><div><div><div><div><p><b>Purpose and Scope of the Job</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p>The Critical Care Staff Nurse provides direct and indirect age-specific care for assigned patients in critical care setting per scheduled shifts. The Critical Care Staff Nurse is primarily responsible for professional performance and safe patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients across the health care continuum involving families. It includes, but is not limited to, hemodynamic and cardiac monitoring, management of patients with cardiac manifestations, on vasoactive medications and mechanical ventilation and management of patients with complex medical and surgical conditions. The Critical Care Staff Nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and fiscal patient care outcomes in accordance with established institution's policies, procedures, guidelines, Professional Practice and standards of practice. Participates in PI projects, and collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired outcomes. Utilizes knowledge of human development stages, and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care. Abides by accreditation requirements and international standards. Supports the mission and vision of Dar Al Shifa Hospital (DASH) and the Nursing Department.<br>
</p></div></div><br>
<div><div><p><b>Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards</b></p><br>
</div></div><br>
<div><div><p>1</p><br>
</div><div><p>Provide age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process:</p>
<ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.</li>
<li>Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.</li>
<li>Collaborate with other disciplines through multidisciplinary meetings and care conferences to facilitate patient care and operations.</li>
<li>Analyze the assessment data, derive nursing interventions, set priorities according to patients needs, formulate a plan of care, implement and evaluate the outcome.</li>
<li>Ensures patient privacy.</li>
<li>Maintain confidentiality of patient information.</li>
<li>Initiate appropriate discharge or transfer plan.</li>
<li>Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.</li>
<li>Document all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.</li>
<li>Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care. Accountable for the use of patients&rsquo; and hospital&rsquo;s resources.</li>
<li>Follow Preventive Maintenance for unit equipment&rsquo;s.</li>
<li>Accountable for the patient, the organization, the profession and self.</li>
<li>Ensure quality and patient safety practices are followed</li>
<li>Provide or promotes patient and family- centered care.</li>
<li>Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs.
</li><li>Perform clerical duties when needed.</li>
<li>Assume responsibility for meeting accreditation required mandatory education, e.g., fire, safety, infection control and others.</li>
<li>Ensure quality and patient safety practices are followed</li>
<li>Provide or promotes patient and family- centered care.</li>
Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs.<br>
<li>
</li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div><br>
<div><div><p>2</p><br>
</div><div><p>Perform major functions pertinent to a Critical Care - Staff Nurse:
</p> <ul><li>Demonstrate required assessment and therapeutic skills.
 <ul><li><div><ul><li>Abide by standards of care and practice.</li>
 <li>Demonstrate competence in ACLS and BLS.</li>
 <li>Provide holistic care to patients with cardiac disorders including intubated patients</li>
 </ul></div></li></ul></li></ul><p>with different Oxygen therapy modalities.</p>
 <ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Implement and monitor infection control measures.</li>
 <li>Administer thrombolytic and vasoactive medications as well as regular
</li> </ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul><p>medications.</p>
 <ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition.</li>
 <li>Deliver pre-operative and post-operative patient care.</li>
 <li>Apply safety measures related to patient care.</li>
<li>Operate all unit required equipment safely including pacemaker batteries, central and patient rooms monitor and telemetry.
</li>Assist physicians with special procedures, including but not limited to, insertion of central , venous catheter, Dialysis catheter, PA catheter, pacemaker, cardio version, trans-esophageal echo, Dobutamine stress echo, chest tube insertion, thoracentesis, peri-cardiocentesis and Intra- Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP).<br>
<li>
</li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div><br>
<div><div><p>3</p><br>
</div><div><p>Perform nursing activities pertinent to Cardiac Care &amp; Intensive Care Unit, including but is not limited to: management of patient on mechanical ventilator and non-invasive ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring (CO, CVP, PCWP, PAP), defibrillation, central line and PA catheter care, care of patient pre and post cardiac catheterization and Angioplasty, Care and monitoring of patient on hemodialysis, IABP monitoring and care, care of patient with temporary and permanent pacemaker, monitoring of abdominal pressure, surgical and non-surgical wound management, and accompany patients to diagnostic procedures and stay with them except in procedures where anesthesia team is present.</p>
<ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Monitor cardiac rhythm, detect arrhythmias, and manage accordingly.</li>
<li>Withdraw of blood from arterial line as ordered.</li>
<li>Communicate with multidisciplinary team members and family for end-of-life.</li>
<li>Respond to hospital codes after 1-year experience in critical care areas.</li>
<li>Participate and show responsibility for improving the unit standards of quality provided.
</li><li>Show responsibility for participating in department level PI activities and disseminate to unit colleague.</li>
<li>Share in the identification of areas for improvement in the unit.
</li><li>Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety.</li><br>
</ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div><br>
<div><div><p>4</p><br>
</div><div><p>Provide patient and family education by:</p>
<ul><li><div><ul><li><div><ul><li>Assessing patient and family readiness and ability to learn.</li>
<li>Identifying learning needs and objectives.</li>
<li>Developing and implementing the teaching plan utilizing patient education manual.</li>
<li>Evaluating the teaching-learning process.</li>
</ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li>Documenting patient and family education.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></p>

Staff Nurse - Critical Care

<div><p><b>Job Description</b></p><br>
<p></p>
<p><b><i>Job Scope:
</i></b></p><p>Handles all obstetrics and gynecology work in emergency, labour room, O.T. and inpatient wards according to policies and procedures of the Department.</p>
<p><b><i>Job Responsibilities:</i></b></p>
<ul><li>Examines all the patients of OBS/GYN emergencies at the ER(Hospital's patients and those referred from outside doctors).</li>
<li>Performs and master the first aid management of different OBS/GYN emergencies according to policies and procedures.</li>
<li>Notifies the Consultant or Specialist on duty about the details of clinical data if the Patient needs admission and discusses with him the plan of management.</li>
<li>Notifies the Consultant of Pediatrician about any high risk pregnancies before admission.</li>
<li>Manages the women in labour referring the partograph.</li>
<li>Notifies immediately any delay of progress in labour fetal problems or any other complications that may arise during labour, to the Consultant in charge in the patient&rsquo;s file.</li>
<li>Notifies the paediatrician about any high risk deliveries to attend before the delivery in a reasonable time.</li>
<li>Notifies the anaesthesia department about the patient's desire for epidural anaesthesia.</li>
<li>Registers the data of the outcome of labour in the patient&rsquo;s file regarding the maternal and fetal outcome by the time and date.</li>
<li>Examines (vaginally)all patients after closure of episiotomy to be sure no packs are left.</li>
<li>Writes the treatment plan for all patients post-partum before transfer to the ward.</li>
<li>Handover of labour cases between the two shifts in all clinical details.</li>
<li>Communicates with O.T. staff to know the next day list of OBS/GYN and gynecology Operations during the afternoon shift.</li>
<li>Assists in the operations either outside doctors or hospital consultants.</li>
<li>Registers or checks that the operative details, histopath reports and treatment plan for every patient immediately post-operative.</li>
<li>Performs a routine ward round for all patients knowing the in complaints and according to policy and procedures of individual case.</li>
<li>Registers the clinical data and any change in treatment instructions in the patients file. (Writing the time and date).</li>
<li>Do the ward round at least once in routine cases and according to special instructions in certain cases (according to policyand procedures)<br>
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<b><i>Job Requirements:</i></b><br>
 Education and Experience</li>
</ul><ul><li>MBBS and Master Degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology
</li><li>Minimum 1 year of experience post Master Degree in relevant specialty<br>
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<b><i>Job-Specific/Technical Skills</i></b></li>
<li>Good communication skills.</li>
<li>Knowledge of Required Organizational practices/patient safety standards.
</li><li>Command over professional code of ethics, medical bylaws.</li>
<li>Knowledge of evidence based Age specific/ Population specific patient care clinical guidelines accepted by the hospital.</li>
<li>Culturally competent (Kuwaiti patients&rsquo; culture and beliefs).</li>
<li>AHA certified Basic Life support provider.<br>
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<b><i>Other Preferences</i></b></li>
</ul><ul><li>Female</li></ul></div><p></p>

Registrar - Obs & Gyne

Hadi Clinic

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