Job Description

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
 

Responsibilities

•    Be responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
•    Assess and identify patients’ needs and implement and monitor the patient’s medical plan and treatment. They will work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings.
•    Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
•    Understand and analyse the assessment information and data.
•    Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues.
•    Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care.
•    Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient’s bystanders.
•    Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities.
•    Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
•    Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
•    Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
•    Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation etc.
•    Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment. 
•    Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions.
•    Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions. 
•    Provide wound care management.
•    Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed. 
•    Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission, transfer and discharge.
•    Competent with all the mandatory and unit specific competencies supported and assigned on the Elsevier platform to ensure adherence to evidence Based practices.
•    Demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols relevant to the department
•    Participate in ongoing programs and certification to support professional growth and maintain clinical competency.
•    Comply with unit Scope of Service.
•    Complete care and safety of allocated neonates.
•    Able to care critically ill, unconscious, or ventilated neonates
•    Accurate monitoring of vital signs, hemodynamics, and oxygenation.and recording of patient condition.
•    Report any abnormality in patient condition immediately to the medical staff and escalate as and when required.
•    Competent in all aspects of neonatal nursing care.
•    Assist to resuscitate an asphyxiated newborn.
•    Consult and cooperate with medical staff on the care of the mother and baby.
•    Care for relatives’ need and emotions through stressful situation and bereavement.
•    Perform duties based on professional ethics, assuring privacy and maintaining confidentiality.
•    Safe custody and administration of drugs/narcotics as per hospital policy.
•    Educate the family regarding the growth and development, milestones, feeding, disease, medication, pain management etc. and according to the identified individual need, provide educational materials if available.
•    Promote and teach breastfeeding.
•    Perform competency in point of care testing and ensure quality requirements.
•    Able to handle all equipments in the unit 
•    Ensure all equipment is maintained in good working order, reporting any fault to Nurse Manager/Engineering.
•    Ensure complete ward requirements, stock verification and inventories
•    Recognize and respond promptly to code situations (e.g., Code Blue).
•    Maintain detailed and accurate documentation in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record)and physical flow charts
•    Maintaining Unit specific and general nursing Competencies by Elsevier
 

Qualifications

•    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.