Head Nurse - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - NMC Healthcare

NMC Healthcare

Verified Company

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 week ago

Posted by:

Ahmed Al-Mansouri

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Description

Perform his / her duties as per NMC guiding principles and model of care, DHA regulation and other regulatory authorities, accreditation body.

Provides care in a nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory manner that is sensitive to the adult or elderly patient's and family's diversity, preserving their autonomy, dignity and rights.
Provide culturally appropriate patient focused nursing care.
Applies & ensures the international patient safety goals throughout the patient journey and care process.
Respects patient and applies patient family rights throughout the patient care, with empathy, emotional stability.

Standards of care

To ensure that the highest standard of evidencebased nursing care is delivered to all patients and their families.
To act as patient advocate, ensuring privacy, dignity and confidentiality are met.
To monitor and ensure patient satisfaction and be proactive in managing any issue that is identified.
To act as a resource of specialist clinical knowledge and information for ICU staff and ensure that all nursing practices are meeting the required standards.
To promote reflective practice and learning in order to ensure that nursing care is research based, appropriate and responsive to patient needs.
To ensure that all provision of nursing care is documented on a timely basis and accurately reflects the patient experience.
To work closely with the consultants for the achievement of effective patient management ensuring that individual consultant care protocols are followed.
To ensure a high standard of infection control and the prevention of all avoidable healthcare associated infection in the department.
To be responsible for maintaining the safe custody of all medications including Narcotic, controlled and high alert drugs, ensuring that all related policies and procedures are strictly followed.
To ensure that all policies, procedures, guidelines and work instructions that relate to the department are regularly reviewed and updated, as required.
To participate in the setting of standards and agree clinical audit topics with the Director of nursing services, ensuring that the identified audits take place with any actions implemented.
To organize any necessary admission, transfer in and out of the facilitates in consultation with medical staff.
To discuss and promote innovations that will improve patient care with the administrator.

Professional

To complete and maintain the competency portfolio within the allocated time frames and ensure that all other clinical training requirements are fulfilled according to local requirements and the department training calendar.
To successfully complete the Immediate Life Support course on an annual basis.
To ensure personal continuing professional development (CPD) is maintained to comply with DHA requirements.
To ensure that all mandatory training is attended within the required time frames.
To maintain current awareness regarding developments in nursing and in the critical care service.
To attend Hospital meetings and functions, as required

Managerial

To manage a smooth, efficient work flow in ICU ensuring that high standards are consistently met.
To comply with all aspects of the quality and patient safety ensure the department meets the requirements of the accrediting body and regulatory body.
To identify and discuss with the Director of nursing services, supervisor any potential areas for developing the service or for maximizing financial opportunities.
To take a lead with implementing any new service development or initiative.
To ensure that Customer Care standards are adhered to.
To investigate incidents, accidents, concerns, nearmisses, nonconformities and complaints pertaining to ICU, ensuring that reporting form is collected within agreed deadlines.
To ensure with that all objectives and any actions identified for the department are agreed with the Director of nursing services, supervisor and documented, implemented and reviewed on a timely basis.
To be responsible for the ordering of all supplies.
To ensure that equipment in the department is regularly maintained and where required, repaired or replaced on a timely basis.

Financial

To effectively manage the service and work closely with the Director of nursing services in order to meet or exceed the financial targets for the department.
To ensure that stock levels are adequate and controlled.
To ensure that all revenue is identified and that any economies are highlighted and discussed.
To be involved in the preparation of unit budget and be conversant with the monthly departmental performance reviews.

Staff Management

To exercise fair and firm leadership, establishing and maintaining high morale in the department.
To monitor the level and standard of work produced by the staff and guide, to coach and advise them as appropriate.
To facilitate the professional development of all department sta