Registered Nurse - LTCU

NMC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Abu Dhabi is seeking a dedicated nurse to coordinate patient care, provide education on health conditions, and implement medical plans. The ideal candidate should possess strong skills in patient assessment, medication administration, and collaboration within a healthcare team. Experience in pain management and essential life support is required to ensure high-quality nursing services in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Responsible for patient care and education.
• Ability to assess and implement medical plans.
• Familiarity with life support and patient monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care and provide emotional support.
• Assess patients' needs and implement treatment plans.
• Perform systematic patient assessments and record vital signs.

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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.

• 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.

• Support the execution of business continuity plans by maintaining essential nursing services during emergencies, follow established protocols to ensure patient safety, and collaborate with the healthcare team to sustain operational effectiveness.

• Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement.

Ensure competence in pain management.