Staff Nurse - Pediatric Clinic

Job Description

General

• Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process.
• Performs patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
• Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.
• Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs. Revise the care plan as necessary.
• Initiates appropriate transfer plan.
• Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
• Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.
• Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.

Unit Specific

• Supports with Aerosol Treatment.
• Assists with Bili Check Procedure.
• Aids in Circumcision Process.
• Aids in Enteral Feeding Tube Insertion.
• Assists with HbA1c Testing.
• Supports in Health History Interview and Pediatrics Physical Assessment.
• Assists with point-of-care testing for Influenza Diagnosis in Ambulatory Settings.
• Aids in Point of Care Testing for Rapid Strep Test.
• Supports with Vaccine Administration.
• Aids in Pediatrics Visual Screening.
• Assists with Blood Culture Sample Collection in Pediatrics.
• Aids with Ketone Meter Usage.
• Assists in Nasopharyngeal Specimen Collection in Pediatrics.
• Supports in Infant Oral Care.
• Supports in Toddler Oral Care.
• Aids in Oral Drug Administration for Infants.
• Assists with Oro nasopharyngeal Suctioning.
• Supports with Throat Swab Collection.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (minimum of three (3) years full-time course duration) or
• Degree in Nursing (minimum two (2) years course duration) and Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia
• For UAE nationals graduates of UAE or non-UAE universities are exempted from the experience and clinical training requirements for the applied title. (UAE nationals must submit a copy of their birth certificate and the mother's family book)
• Non-UAE national graduates from UAE universities are required to successfully complete six (6) months of clinical training post-graduation in an APS health facility (except for Registered and assistant Nurse titles)
• Must hold a valid License/Registration to practice in their home country and/or country of last employment (where applicable)
• Must hold a minimum of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice

Professional Experience

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent post-graduate experience in a Pediatrics nursing
• Knowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age, appropriateness, and developmental needs of patients
• Skills in the assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs
• Skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritising care based on individual needs
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification is essential