Staff Nurse - Female General Ward
Job Details :
To assess patient needs, plan, implement and evaluate the plan of patient care for the Ob/Gyn patients. Direct junior and auxiliary team members Provide safe quality ethical nursing care in accordance with the Hospital, international and federal standards and regulations
Summary of Main Duties:
• Actively participates in upholding and promoting the vision and culture of University Hospital Sharjah (UHS).
• Complies with all UHS policies, procedures, and fire regulations.
• Participates in all aspects of the International Accreditation program to assist UHS in attaining and maintaining international accreditation standards.
• Performs nursing practice in line with the facility, MOH, JCI, and FDON policies, procedures, and standards.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the nursing care of each patient, considering the patient’s individuality, abilities, culture, and right to choose.
• Prioritizes patients’ individual needs and delegates aspects of nursing care to other nursing team members within his/her scope of professional practice.
• Performs nursing care in response to the patient’s needs, treatment plan, and nursing care plan, supported by nursing knowledge and current best practice.
• Assists physicians with examinations, procedures, and other processes related to direct patient care.
• Documents the nursing care of each patient from admission to discharge in accordance with the facility medical record and documentation policy.
• Assists and provides documented patient and family health education, based upon the individual nursing care plan of the patient.
• Ensures the patient environment is safe for patients and staff by utilizing infection control practices, adhering to International Patient Safety Goals, and following facility health and safety policies.
Requirements/Skills :
• Collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team and acts as a patient advocate to ensure quality care is delivered.
• Adheres to the safe administration of medication policy within the facility, administering prescribed medications, including narcotics, as per scope of practice.
• Monitors the condition of patients and reports any changes to appropriate personnel.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to patients’ comfort and privacy and expresses interest in their progress.
• Utilizes and ensures maintenance of equipment and instruments, reporting any damages or equipment malfunctions to the Bio-Medical department and nurse in charge immediately.
• Participates in nursing continuous quality improvement initiatives, in-service education programs, unit meetings, and committee functions as assigned by the nurse in charge.
• Initiates emergency safety practices and fire safety measures as necessary.
• Reports all incidents through agreed channels and chain of command, ensuring the incident report is completed, submitted to the nurse in charge, and any immediate action required is taken.
• Maintains unit stock/consumables and crash cart stock in accordance with facility policy on medication expiry dates and safe location of consumable items.
• Maintains and adheres to patient confidentiality at all times.
• Responsible for attendance at yearly mandatory training as scheduled on the mandatory training calendar.
• Responsible for professional clinical practice and is actively involved in updating knowledge through educational activities.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned (within scope of practice).
• The employment terms and conditions for this position are specified in the individual’s Employment Contract.
Position Requirements/Qualifications:
1. Required:
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing holding a BSc Nursing / Diploma of Nursing (not less than 3 years study duration).
• Minimum 2 years post-graduation experience with at least 1 year in current specialty (Obstetrics and Gynecology).
• BLS certificate.
2. Desirable:
• NRP.
3. Licenses/Registration:
• Current license in country of origin.
• UAE Ministry of Health License.
• BLS certificate.
4. Position Criteria:
• 2 years post-graduate experience.
• Computer literate, familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel.
• Must be fluent in written and spoken English; spoken Arabic is an advantage.
5. Advantage:
• Previous UAE experience.
• Experience in a commissioning environment.
• Experience working in an internationally accredited hospital (JCIA).
• Participated in Preceptors/Education programs.
6. Other Skills/Abilities:
• Knowledge of current evidence-based nursing practice.
• Proven success in collaborating with peers & colleagues and working in a diverse multi-cultural environment.
• Basic data management & analytical skills.
