General:

• Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process:

  • Performs patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.

  • Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.

  • Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.

  • Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.

  • Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs. Revises the care plan as necessary.

  • Initiates appropriate transfer plan.

  • Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.

  • Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.

  • Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.

  • Performs clerical duties when needed.

  • Assumes responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education (e.g. fire, safety, infection control and others).

  • Participates in staff meetings and unit committees/projects.

• Participates in developing and achieving unit goals.

• Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff.

• Performs safe handling and administrating of Narcotic/Controlled and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.

• Ensures completion of unit competencies i.e. pain management, and utilization of Emergency department devices.

• Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.

• Completes yearly, the critical care nursing competencies (basic).

• Participates in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities (data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, medication error reporting etc.).

• Participates in ongoing educational activities.

• Maintains mandatory educational requirements.

• Performs additional duties when required.

Unit Specific:

• Performs nursing interventions/procedures per established standards of care (Competency List “Green Book”) policy and procedures including but not limited to:

  • Assisting with antepartum external cephalic version.

  • Conducting Apgar scoring.

  • Performing bladder catheterization during labour.

  • Assisting in an emergent cesarean birth.

  • Performing neonatal resuscitation in the delivery room.

Preceptor’s Responsibilities (when applicable):

• Completes the Preceptor workshop and meets the criteria indicators for the preceptor role on the unit. 

• Plans, implements and evaluates the individualized competency-based orientation in collaboration with the orientee, nurse manager, and clinical resource nurse.

• Provides appropriate feedback on time to orientee and Nurse Manager. 

• Provides objective documentation to the nurse manager utilizing the American Hospital Dubai's established standards of care (Competency List “Green Book and Blue Book”).