Registered Nurse – Labour & Delivery

Job Description

• 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 and collect pertinent data about the patient’s health or situation.
• Understand and analyze 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 medical team
• Record vital signs, recognize and address abnormalities
• Define the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients, and families. 
• Maintain and update the technical and clinical skills related to nursing practice 
• Employ strategies to promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
• Understand different diagnostic tests and laboratory exams
• Perform essential life support (BLS)
• 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 and discharge.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Have an appropriate license to work as a nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority (DoH) with all the qualification and experience this mandates.
• Manage their own professional revalidation
• Have basic life support qualification (within past 24 months)
• Have an active interest in the clinical field in which they are employed
• Be willing to work across departments when necessary 
• Be willing to take on Team Lead roles within their department when necessary.
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written)

Desirable

• Evidenced experience/expertise in the clinical field in which they are employed
• Evidenced ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the HIS platform for clinical documentation
• Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic