Registered Nurse - OPD (RAK)

NMC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 167,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

NMC in Abu Dhabi seeks a registered nurse to provide high-quality patient care within a multidisciplinary team. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care, educate patients and families, and support safety and clinical standards across departments.

The role requires an active nursing license, BLS certification, and strong English communication skills. Experience with EMR systems and commitment to ongoing licensure are essential.

Qualifications

• Must hold license to work as a registered nurse with the relevant regulatory authority.
• Maintain professional re-licensure.
• American Heart Association BLS provider card required.
• Willing to work across departments when necessary.
• Clear and effective English communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about health conditions, and provide emotional support to patients and families.
• Assess and identify patients' needs and implement and monitor the medical plan with the team.
• Perform systematic patient assessment and re-assessment and collect pertinent data.
• Understand and analyse the assessment information and data.
• Determine actual and potential nursing diagnoses and issues.
• Define the expected outcomes of the patient’s planned care.
• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team and patient involvement.
• Record vital signs, address escalations as needed.
• Maintain and update clinical skills related to nursing practice.
• Promote patients’ health and a safe environment.
• Understand diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
• Perform essential life support per regulatory requirements (BLS/ACLS/PALS etc.).
• Prepare patients for medical examination and treatment.
• Administer medications and monitor for side effects.
• Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products.
• Provide wound care management.
• Assist in invasive or non-invasive procedures.
• Facilitate safe patient admission, transfer and discharge.

Skills

English communication

Inter-department collaboration

BLS certification

Nursing license

Patient education

Tools

EMR platform

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

• 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 escalat…
• 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

Essential: the post holder must

• Have an appropriate license to work as aregistered nurse in the relevant regulatory health authority with all thequalifications 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 partofan inter-professionalteam.
• Organizational and administrative skills with which to use the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation.
• Be able to communicate effectively in Arabic.