Nurse NICU in University Hospital Sharjah

Nurse NICU in University Hospital Sharjah is responsible to assess patient needs, plan, implement and evaluate the plan of patient care in the NICU. Direct junior and auxiliary team members Provide safe quality ethical nursing care in accordance with the Hospital, international and federal standards and regulations.

Responsibilities of Nurse NICU in University Hospital

• Collaborates with the Multi-disciplinary team and acts as patient advocate to ensure quality care is delivered
• Adhere to the safe administration of medication policy within the facility, administering prescribed medications, including narcotics as per scope of practice
• Monitors the condition of patient 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, equipment malfunctioning 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 nurse in charge
• Initiates emergency, safety practices and fire safety measures as necessary
• Reports all incidents through agreed channels and chain of command, ensuring Incident report is completed, submitted to nurse in charge and any immediate action required taken
• Maintains unit stock/consumables, 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 to yearly mandatory training as scheduled on 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)

Qualifications

• BSc Nursing, not less than 3 years study duration
• Minimum 2 years post-graduation experience as a Nurse NICU
• BLS certificate
• NRP

Licenses/Registration

• Current license in country of origin
• UAE Ministry of Health License
• Within three months of employment
• BLS certificate
• NRP certificate

Position criteria Other Skills/Abilities

• 2 years post graduate experience
• Computer literate familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel
• Must be fluent in written and spoken English, spoken Arabic an advantage
• Previous UAE experience
• experience in a commissioning environment
• experience of working in International accredited hospital (JCIA)
• Participated in Preceptors/Education programs

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