Registered Nurse - Labour & Delivery

These must be upheld in accordance with the UAE NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Practice (MoHaP). The post holder will:

• Always speak up if safety is a concern
• Treat all patients with kindness, respect and compassion.
• Recognize and work within the limits of their own competence
• Take responsibility for their own actions
• Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure patients receive the safest, most effective care possible.
• Perform additional duties when required

Education and Training:

• Ensure relevant training and competency is undertaken to deliver care safely
• Maintain up-to-date mandatory training requirements
• Follow the clinical pathways set out by the NMC Elsevier platform
• Follow and comply with the NMC Competency Framework, relevant to their role profile
• Be willing to learn new clinical skills
• Support and supervise pre-registration and new nurses and Health Care Workers when required
• Participate in teaching, mentorship and preceptorship programs when required
• Participate in clinical supervision
• Participate in Performance Improvement Plans when required
• Share knowledge and skill with others, in order to improve patient care and service
• Ensure they are skilled, trained and competent before using any medical device.
• Involve patients in their own healthcare and recovery through education, awareness and positive reinforcement.

Quality Assurance:

• Speak up, if something isn't right.
• Maintain awareness of and comply with, the NMC Policies and Procedures
• Participate in all activities related to DoH & NMC Quality Improvement when required
• Understand the Regulatory standards and which of them apply to their daily working practice
• Continually seek to improve the service of and care delivery for patients and their families
• Report and notify all untoward/serious and near miss incidents to your direct line manager and then through the Sapphire/incident reporting system in a timely way
• Cooperate with all investigations and audits when requested to do so in the interest of developing a learning culture and seeking to improve care and service.
• Share great practice.
• Promote customer service based on NMC patient satisfaction results

Professional:

• Uphold the reputation of the nursing profession at all times
• Act as a positive role model for all nursing and support staff
• Must have insight of own behaviour on others
• Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care under the indirect supervision of senior nursing staff.
• Comply with all aspects of the UAE NMC Code of Conduct
• Refuse to undertake any task for which he/she has not been trained and is not competent to undertake.
• Always seek expert help when the demand of care, service or skill, falls outside their capabilities.
• Only delegate tasks to those team members who are trained, skilled and competent to undertake such tasks
• Assist in updating clinical policies and guidelines in line with skill and experience
• Assist, engage with and contribute to the professional development of colleagues
• Ensure revalidation is managed in a timely manner
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
• Ensure timely expert advice or senior nursing support is sought when a patient's condition fails to respond to prescribed treatment
• Manage a deteriorating patient without delay, using the EWS 2 escalation process and emergency algorithm.

Desired Candidate Profile

Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

ESSENTIAL: The post holder must:

• Have an appropriate license to work as a nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority (DoH) with all the qualification and experience this mandates.
• Manage their own professional revalidation
• Have basic life support qualification (within past 24 months)
• Have an active interest in the clinical field in which they are employed
• Be willing to work across departments when necessary
• Be willing to take on Team Lead roles within their department when necessary.
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written)

DESIRABLE: The post holder should have :

• Evidenced experience/expertise in the clinical field in which they are employed
• Evidenced ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the HIS platform for clinical documentation
• Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic

COMPETENCIES:

Core

Patient Assessment & Care

Clinical Skills

Communication Skills

Infection Prevention & Control

Critical Thinking & Decision Making

Level

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Leadership

Drive Performance and Results

Coaching and Mentoring

Level

Developing

Employment Type

• Full Time

Company Industry

• Medical
• Medical Devices

Department / Functional Area

• Doctor
• Nurse
• Paramedics
• Medical Research

Keywords

• Registered Nurse
• Registered Staff Nurse
• Labor And Delivery Nurse
• DOH