About this role
- Develop and maintain a learning culture amongst nurses, particularly in the specialist field in which they work.
- Be an expert registered nurse s with advanced education, training or certification in their specialized area of practice. Specialty practice may be defined by population, clinical setting a disease/medical subspecialty and type of care or type of problem.
- Be a role model and always seek to improve the safety and quality of care delivered to patients in the specialist field.
- Be a member of the interprofessional team as a subject matter expert in his/ her field of specialization.
- Support and lead audit and data collection in their area of specialisation for KPIs and benchmarking.
- Support the nurse educator with training programs, training needs analysis within the specialised field.
- Support patient care, educating patients and the public about various health conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
- Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the patient's medical plan and treatment.
- Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
- Understand and analyse the assessment information and data.
- Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues.
- Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care.
- Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient's bystanders.
- Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.
- Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
- Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
- Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation etc.
- Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed.
- Support the process of safe patient`s admission, transfer and discharge.
Essential: the post holder must
- Have an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates.
- Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.
- Hold a post-graduate specialist qualification, diploma, degree, or masters in the specialty.
- Manage their own professional re-licensure.
- Be willing to work across departments when necessary.
- Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written)
- Have previous experience within the specialist field.
- Have completed the relevant competencies within the specialist field.
DESIRABLE: The post holder should have :
Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic