Registered Nurse - NICU

Our Nursing Vision: At NMC Healthcare, we are committed to providing clinical excellence through safe, compassionate, and individualized care to every patient, every time.

Our Nursing Mission: To exemplify clinical excellence, every NMC nurse will seek to:

• Do the right thing
• Be the patient’s advocate
• Be open and transparent
• Deliver safe, compassionate care
• Recognize the uniqueness of each patient
• Contribute to an outstanding patient’s experience
• Engage with and contribute to, a learning culture
• Lead and influence changes in healthcare

Our Nursing Values: We will achieve this through our core values:

• Safety

• Excellence

• Ethics

• Trust

• Collaboration

• 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

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

• Manage their own professional re-licensure.

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

• Be willing to work across departments and on call when necessary.

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

DESIRABLE: The post holder should have:

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