Infection Control Nurse

About the job

NMC Healthcare is one of the largest private healthcare networks in the United Arab Emirates. Since 1975, it has provided high quality, personalised, and compassionate care to its patients and is proud to have earned the trust of millions of people in the UAE and around the world.

NMC’s network is made up of 85 medical facilities, including JCI-accredited multi-specialty hospitals, medical centres, community clinics, day surgery centres, fertility clinics, home health services, and long-term care facilities. It employs over 12,000 people and serves over 5.5 million patients every year.

Job Description

To support and demonstrate our NMC Nursing Mission, Vision, and Values:

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

Responsibilities

Registered Nurse will:

· 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, Pediatric 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 the process of safe patient`s admission, transfer and discharge.

Qualifications

. 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.

· Manage their own professional re-licensure.

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

· Be willing to work across departments 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. · Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic