Head Nurse - OPD

NMC GROUP SERVICES.; Sharjah; On-site; AED 167,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

NMC GROUP SERVICES is seeking an experienced registered nurse to lead and coordinate patient care within the unit. The role emphasizes safe, effective care, assessment-based interventions, and continuous quality improvement activities.

Responsibilities include nursing leadership, education, and collaboration across disciplines, with emphasis on English communication and readiness for cross-department work. BLS required; Arabic language skills are desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams.
• Ability to influence and implement change.
• Decision making and effective communication.
• Licensed to work as a registered nurse with relevant regulatory authority qualifications.
• Maintain professional licensure.
• BLS (American Heart Association) Provider card.
• Willing to work across departments when necessary.
• Clear and effective English communication (spoken and written).
• Desirable: ability to work in an inter-professional team.
• Desirable: organizational and administrative skills to use EMR for clinical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe, appropriate and effective patient care.
• Determine nursing interventions based on assessment data.
• Prioritize identified needs and implement nursing actions.
• Coordinate clinical activities when acting as charge nurse.
• Collaborate with Nursing Supervisor on staffing for shifts.
• Plan, implement and evaluate clinical programs.
• Maintain real-time clinical records.
• Provide advanced nursing skills and maintain current practice knowledge.
• Act as a clinical resource for staff and consult with other healthcare disciplines.
• Represent nursing at multidisciplinary rounds.
• Perform essential life support per regulatory requirements (BLS, ALS, NRP, etc.).
• Contribute to standards, procedures and protocols; promote evidence-based practice.

Skills

Team management

Change management

Decision making

Communication

BLS certification

Interdepartmental collaboration

English proficiency

Arabic proficiency

EMR documentation

Job description

• Ensure and oversee the care that is delivered to all patients in the unit is safe, appropriate and effective.

• Determine nursing interventions based on assessment data.

• Prioritizes identified needs.

• Implement nursing actions and evaluates patient outcomes.

• Develops or revises the plan of care

• Deliver identified patient needs.

• Co-ordinate the overall clinical activities of the unit when assigned to the charge nurse role.

• Collaborate with the Nursing Supervisor on staffing for a particular shift.

• Plan, implement and evaluate clinical programs.

• Evaluate the ability of the patient and the patient’s bystanders to understand and participate in decisions about their care.

• Facilitate patient education.

• Maintain accurate and real-time clinical records.

• Perform advanced or specialized nursing skills competently.

• Maintain current knowledge of clinical nursing practice.

• Act as a clinical resource for staff within the department/unit.

• Communicate and consult with other health care disciplines.

• Represent nursing at multidisciplinary rounds.

• 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.

• Participate in the development of standards, procedures and protocols.

• Facilitate evidence-based practice.

• Promote change in nursing practice when required.

• Take a proactive role under the guidance of Nursing Management/Nursing Education in training, education and CQI activities of nursing staff.

• Promote a safe learning environment.

• Identify opportunities for improvement.

• Perform other professional duties as may be assigned within his/her scope and ability.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Essential: the post holder must

  • Have evidenced experience in managing teams

  • Be able to influence and implement change when necessary

  • Be able to make decisions and communicate effectively

  • 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.

  • Have 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