NMC Healthcare
Registered Nurse - NICU (Sharjah)
🇦🇪 Sharjah, UAE🏢 On-site
💰 Estimated salary: AED 5,000–22,000/month· MenaJobs market estimate
NICUNeonatal ResuscitationBasic Life SupportPatient CareElsevierNursing
At a Glance
- Category
- 🏥 Healthcare
- Level
- Mid-Level
- Type
- Full-time
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- Be responsible for providing and coordinating 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. They will work with a team of physicians and other health care specialists or allied health in various settings.
- 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.
- Record vital signs, recognize, address and escalate all abnormalities.
- 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 and Neonatal Resuscitation etc.
- Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.
- Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions.
- Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions.
- Provide wound care management.
- Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed.
- Facilitate the process of safe patient`s admission, transfer and discharge.
- Competent with all the mandatory and unit specific competencies supported and assigned on the Elsevier platform to ensure adherence to evidence Based practices.
- Demonstrate proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols relevant to the department
- Participate in ongoing programs and certification to support professional growth and maintain clinical competency.
- Comply with unit Scope of Service.
- Complete care and safety of allocated neonates.
- Able to care critically ill, unconscious, or ventilated neonates
- Accurate monitoring of vital signs, hemodynamics, and oxygenation.and recording of patient condition.
- Report any abnormality in patient condition immediately to the medical staff and escalate as and when required.
- Competent in all aspects of neonatal nursing care.
- Assist to resuscitate an asphyxiated newborn.
- Consult and cooperate with medical staff on the care of the mother and baby.
- Care for relatives’ need and emotions through stressful situation and bereavement.
- Perform duties based on professional ethics, assuring privacy and maintaining confidentiality.
- Safe custody and administration of drugs/narcotics as per hospital policy.
- Educate the family regarding the growth and development, milestones, feeding, disease, medication, pain management etc. and according to the identified individual need, provide educational materials if available.
- Promote and teach breastfeeding.
- Perform competency in point of care testing and ensure quality requirements.
- Able to handle all equipments in the unit
- Ensure all equipment is maintained in good working order, reporting any fault to Nurse Manager/Engineering.
- Ensure complete ward requirements, stock verification and inventories
- Recognize and respond promptly to code situations (e.g., Code Blue).
- Maintain detailed and accurate documentation in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record)and physical flow charts
- Maintaining Unit specific and general nursing Competencies by Elsevier.
Requirements
- •Competent in all aspects of neonatal nursing care
- •Able to care for critically ill, unconscious, or ventilated neonates
- •Proficiency in emergency procedures, equipment, and protocols
- •Competent with mandatory and unit-specific competencies on Elsevier platform
- •Knowledge of diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations
- •Ability to perform Basic Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation
- •Knowledge of safe custody and administration of drugs/narcotics
Responsibilities
- •Provide and coordinate patient care and emotional support to families
- •Assess and identify patient needs and implement medical plans
- •Perform systematic patient assessment and data collection
- •Determine nursing diagnoses and define expected outcomes
- •Create and evaluate patient care plans with interprofessional teams
- •Record vital signs and escalate abnormalities
- •Administer medications, IV fluids, and blood products
- •Provide wound care management and assist in medical procedures
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NMC Healthcare
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NMC Health is one of the largest private healthcare providers in the UAE. It operates hospitals, day surgery centers, and clinics across the country.