Registered Nurse - OT

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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.

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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.

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Perform systematic patient assessment, re-assessment and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.

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Understand and analyse the assessment information and data.

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Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues.

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Define the predicted and expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care.

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Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team, in collaboration with the patient and patient's bystanders.

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Record vital signs, recognize,address and escalate all abnormalities.

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Maintain and update technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice.

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Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.

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Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.

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Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support, Paediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation etc.

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Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.

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Administer medications and monitor patients for any side effects and reactions.

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Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor patients for any reactions.

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Provide wound care management.

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Assist in medical procedures invasive or non-invasive as needed.

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Facilitate all perioperative processes safely.

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Dons & adheres to operating room attire according to policy and procedure.

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Use of appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.

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Prepares room and assembles instruments & equipment based on patient’s surgical needs.

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Demonstrate knowledge of aseptic technique.

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Correctly identifies patient and surgical site.

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Checks thoroughly the pre-operative checklist of patient: including completion of required diagnostic & laboratory procedures

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Monitors patients’ vital signs in the pre-operative area and post-operative recovery room

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Positions patient with the use of positional aids, maintaining circulatory, respiratory, neuromuscular homeostasis while maintaining privacy and providing maximum exposure to the operative procedure

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Demonstrates skill in performing the duties of scrub nurse and circulating nurse

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Provides safety to patient, to self & the whole surgical team by adopting safety protocols like ‘Time Out’

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Counts Surgical items audibly, and views items concurrently with another individual when counting, and recognizes that one of the individuals performing the count should be the RN circulator.

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Recognizes that, when possible, surgical counts during a procedure should be performed by the same two individuals.

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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, Paediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 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 all perioperative processes safely.

-

Dons & adheres to operating room attire according to policy and procedure.

-

Use of appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems.

-

Prepares room and assembles instruments & equipment based on patient’s surgical needs.

-

Demonstrate knowledge of aseptic technique.

-

Correctly identifies patient and surgical site.

-

Checks thoroughly the pre-operative checklist of patient: including completion of required diagnostic & laboratory procedures

-

Monitors patients’ vital signs in the pre-operative area and post-operative recovery room

-

Positions patient with the use of positional aids, maintaining circulatory, respiratory, neuromuscular homeostasis while maintaining privacy and providing maximum exposure to the operative procedure

-

Demonstrates skill in performing the duties of scrub nurse and circulating nurse

-

Provides safety to patient, to self & the whole surgical team by adopting safety protocols like ‘Time Out’

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Counts Surgical items audibly, and views items concurrently with another individual when counting, and recognizes that one of the individuals performing the count should be the RN circulator.

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Recognizes that, when possible, surgical counts during a procedure should be performed by the same two individuals.

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Essential: the post holder must

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Have an appropriate license to work as a registered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all the qualifications and experience these mandates.

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Manage their own professional re-licensure.

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Hold a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider & ACLS card.

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Be willing to work across departments when necessary.

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Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written)

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DESIRABLE: The post holder should have

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• Evidenced ability to work as part of an inter-professional team.
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• Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation.

• Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic