Healthcare Assistant - UAEN

NMC Healthcare; Al Ain; On-site; AED 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NMC Healthcare in the United Arab Emirates seeks a dedicated post holder to provide nursing care with patient safety as the top priority. The role follows UAE Code of Conduct, scope of practice, and regulatory licensure to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient needs.

You will uphold safety, communicate clearly with colleagues, and contribute to performance improvement while maintaining professional standards and ongoing learning through journal clubs and mandatory training.

Qualifications

• Be willing to work across departments when necessary.
• Manage own professional re-licensure.
• Have a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider qualification.
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written).
• Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Speak up if safety is a concern.
• Treat all patients with kindness, respect and compassion.
• Recognize and work within the limits of their own competence.
• Take responsibility for their own actions.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure patients receives the safest, most effective care possible.
• Perform additional duties when required.

Skills

Safety mindset

English communication

Team collaboration

Education

American Heart Association BLS Provider

Job description

Job Description:

The post holder will always work within the scope of practice, putting the health, wellbeing and safety of their patient first as they assess, plan, implement and evaluate their needs.

Responsibilities

These must be upheld in accordance with the UAE Code of Conduct, Scope of Practice and licensure as per the regulator.

The post holder will:

• Always speak up if safety is a concern
• Treat all patients with kindness, respect and compassion.
• Recognize and work within the limits of their own competence
• Take responsibility for their own actions
• Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure patients receives the safest, most effective care possible.
• Perform additional duties when required

Education and Training

• Ensure relevant training and competency is undertaken to deliver care safely
• Maintain up-to-date mandatory training requirements
• Be willing to learn new skills and actively contribute to the learning culture through attendance of journal clubs and professional development programs.
• Participate in Performance Improvement Plans when required
• Share knowledge and skill with others, in order to improve patient care and service

Quality Assurance and Governance

• Speak up, if something isnt right.
• Maintain awareness of and comply with, the NMC Policies and Procedures
• Participate in all activities related to DOH/DHA/MOH/MOHAP and NMC Quality Improvement when required
• Uphold the regulatory and accreditation standards
• Continually seek to improve the service of and care delivery for patients and their families
• Report and notify all untoward/serious and near miss incidents to your direct line manager and then through the incident reporting system in a timely manner
• Cooperate with all investigations and audits when requested to do so in the interest of developing a learning culture and seeking to improve care and service
• Promote customer service based on NMC patient satisfaction results.
• Share best practices and quality patient outcomes through audit.
• Be aware of the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes measured through Nursing Sensitive Key Performance Indicators and external benchmarks.
• Contribute to a positive practice environment, upholding the six standards of ANCC Pathway to Excellence

Professional

• Act as a positive role model for all support staff
• Attends meetings as requested
• Must have insight of own behaviour on others
• Assist in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care under the direct supervision of registered nursing staff.
• Comply will all aspects of the UAE Code of Conduct,Scope of Practice and licensure as per the regulator.

Qualifications

Essential: the post holder must

• Be willing to work across departments when necessary
• Manager their own professional re-licensure
• Have a valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider qualification
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written)

DESIRABLE: The post holder should have:

Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic