Staff Nurse - ICU

American Hospital; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 216,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

The American Hospital in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Intensive Care Unit nurse to provide age-specific, patient-centered care across the healthcare continuum. You will conduct nursing assessments, plan and implement interventions, evaluate outcomes, and coordinate care with families and a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires compliance with JCIA standards, ongoing education, and commitment to safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (minimum 3 years full-time) or degree with RN registration from listed countries.
• Must hold a valid license/registration to practice in home country or last country of employment.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Provide age-specific, patient-centered care using the nursing process.
• Perform patient assessments and ongoing critical care evaluation.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and families to plan and coordinate care.
• Maintain JCIA compliance and participate in unit CQI activities.

Skills

ICU nursing

Patient assessment

Care coordination

Team collaboration

Nursing licensure

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Registered Nurse license internationally (Canada/USA/UK/Ireland/South Africa/New Zealand/Australia)

Job description

Job description

Job Description

Provides direct and indirect age-specific care for assigned patients in the Intensive Care Unit per scheduled shifts. Responsible for professional performance and safe patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and care coordination for patients across the healthcare continuum involving families. Abides by the Joint Commission International (JCI) requirements, including but not limited to International Patient Safety Goals, national and international standards.

Responsibilities

General:

• Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process:
• Performs patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
• Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.
• Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.
• Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs.
• Revises the care plan as necessary.
• Initiates appropriate transfer plan.
• Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
• Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.
• Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.
• Performs clerical duties when needed.
• Assumes responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education (e.g. fire, safety, infection control and others).
• Participates in staff meetings and unit committees/projects.
• Participates in developing and achieving unit goals.
• Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Performs safe handling and administrating of Narcotic/Controlled and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.
• Ensures completion of unit competencies (i.e. pain management, and utilization of Emergency department devices).
• Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.
• Completes yearly, the critical care nursing competencies (basic).
• Participates in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities (data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, medication error reporting etc.).
• Participates in ongoing educational activities.
• Maintains mandatory educational requirements.
• Performs additional duties when required.

Skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (minimum of three (3) years full-time course duration) or
• Degree in Nursing (minimum two (2) years course duration) and Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.
• For UAE nationals graduates of UAE or non-UAE universities are exempted from the experience and clinical training requirements for the applied title. (UAE nationals must submit a copy of their birth certificate and the mother's family book).
• Non-UAE national graduates from UAE universities are required to successfully complete six (6) months of clinical training post-graduation in an APS health facility (except for Registered and assistant Nurse titles).
• Must hold a valid License/Registration to practice in their home country and/or country of last employment (where applicable).
• Must hold a minimum of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent post-graduate experience in the Intensive Care Unit/Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
• Knowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age, appropriateness, and developmental needs of patients.
• Skills in the assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritizing care based on individual needs.