Emergency Room RN - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Health eCareers

Description

EssentialResponsibilities

• The Registered Nurse demonstratesproficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, andbehaviors:
• Leadership:
• UpholdsKaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles ofResponsibilities, and applicable state, federal and locallaws.
• Serves as a leader of the health careteam; delegates tasks appropriately, and demonstrates appropriateaccountability.
• Understands own and teammembers scope of practice and escalates issues asappropriate.
• Demonstrates professional,supportive behavior.
• Champions newideas.
• Leads and directs others through thechange process.
• Utilizes communicationstrategies including chain of command and issue escalation, whichresult in intended outcomes.
• Participates inproblem identification and resolution.
• Mentors,orients, and coaches others in unit specific operations and patientcare activities.
• Shares responsibility andauthority with subordinates and holds him/her accountable forperformance.
• Demonstrates ability to problemsolve with other departments in order to assist member problemresolution.
• Prioritizes, delegates, andsupervises work assignments appropriately to ensure completion ofpatient care activities.
• Complies withregulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards ofpractice.
• NursingProcess:
• Develops and/or contributes to theindividualized plan of care that reflects assessment, planning,implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of thatplan.
• Ensures plan shows multidisciplinaryplanning, consultation, and education.
• Ensuresplan is reflective of admission or outpatient database, on-goingfindings, age appropriate care, cultural specific needs, andappropriate acuity.
• Ensures plan is discussedwith patient, family/significant others, and completed in a timelymanner.
• Monitors the patients progress based onthe plan.
• Revises plan on ongoing basis basedon patient condition and evaluation ofprogress.
• Ensures care meets standards ofpractice.
• Ensures effective development andcompletion of discharge plan including discharge barriers andpatient/family education.
• Ensures that patientclearly understands discharge instructions. In outpatient, identifybarriers and needs for patient/family education that willfacilitate the outpatient medical managementplan.
• Ensures patient safety related but notlimited to, medications and procedures utilizing the five rights;patient falls; decubitus prevention and prevention of nosocomialinfections.
• Ensures optimal pain control andpatient comfort; identifies and discusses patient anxieties, fearsor concerns regarding patient condition, treatment ordischarge.
• Ensures that patient understandsmedication purpose, side effects, and administration instructionsin the hospital as well as at the time ofdischarge.
• Patient CareExperience:
• Practices customer servicestandards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, andspecified department.
• Promptly answers calllights, alarms, and patient requests.
• Makesappropriate referrals and facilitates the customers ability toutilize resources.
• Maintains and protectspatient confidentiality
• Ensures clean, orderly,and functional work environment.
• Treats allfamilies of patients with courtesy, respect, kindness andcompassion.
• Provides an optimal patient careexperience by actively listening to the needs of patients andfamily members and taking responsibility for meeting thoseidentified needs.
• Gives patients information ina way they can understand and ensurescomprehension.
• Provides a patient careexperience that exceeds membersexpectations.
• Patient CareExperience:
• Practices customer servicestandards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, andspecified department.
• Promptly answers calllights, alarms, and patient requests.
• Makesappropriate referrals and facilitates the customers ability toutilize resources.
• Maintains and protectspatient confidentiality
• Ensures clean, orderly,and functional work environment.
• Treats allfamilies of patients with courtesy, respect, kindness andcompassion.
• Provides an optimal patient careexperience by actively listening to the needs of patients andfamily members and taking responsibility for meeting thoseidentified needs.
• Gives patients information ina way they can understand and ensurescomprehension.
• Provides a patient careexperience that exceeds membersexpectations.
• TeamCommitment:
• Viewed by others to be an effectiveteam member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assistothers.
• Confronts difficult or conflictsituations constructively and seeks appropriateassistance.
• Takes accountability for ownactions and accepts constructivecriticism.
• Acts as a resource, preceptor, andmentor to new employees, registry, students, and other teammembers.
• Attends all mandatory meetings,in-services and staff meetings as required, actively participatesin other departmental professional development. (Requirement mayvary for per diem staff).
• Participates with theassessment of current and future unit learning needs anddevelopment of an annual education plan.
• Keepsself informed of activities on the unit and makes recommendationsfor change.
• Adheres to Attendance Program.Reports to assigned area promptly, being present and available forreport at beginning of assigned shift.
• Supportsa collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment throughunit based teams.
• FiscalResponsibility:
• Organizes work to minimize theuse of overtime.
• Identifies and assists insystems improvement that needs simplification orcorrection.
• Utilizes payroll and non-payrollresources to their maximumpotential.