Staff Nurse - Labor And Delivery TP

American Hospital; Dubai; On-site; AED 167,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

American Hospital in Dubai is seeking a Labour and Delivery nurse to provide age-specific, patient-centered care across the continuum. You will perform nursing assessments, coordinate care, and participate in critical care planning within a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in nursing, RN registration, and a minimum of two years in Labour and Delivery, with BLS certification. You will adhere to JCIA standards and maintain documentation per hospital policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or equivalent and RN registration.
• Minimum two years of post-graduate Labour and Delivery experience.
• Valid BLS certification.
• Must hold valid license/registration in home country or country of last employment.

Responsibilities

• Provides age-specific, patient-centered care using the nursing process.
• Performs patient assessment and plans care based on developmental needs.
• Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathways and transfers.
• Maintains JCIA compliance and mandatory education.
• Documents data in medical records per standards.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Critical care

Patient-centered care

Team collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

RN registration (international)

Job description

Job Description:

Provides direct and indirect age-specific care for assigned patients in the Labour and Delivery 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 familys 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.

Unit Specific:

• Performs nursing interventions/procedures per established standards of care (Competency List “Green Book”) policy and procedures including but not limited to:
  • Assisting with antepartum external cephalic version.
  • Conducting Apgar scoring.
  • Performing bladder catheterization during labour.
  • Assisting in an emergent cesarean birth.
  • Performing neonatal resuscitation in the delivery room.

Preceptor’s Responsibilities (when applicable):

• Completes the Preceptor workshop and meets the criteria indicators for the preceptor role on the unit.
• Plans, implements and evaluates the individualized competency-based orientation in collaboration with the orientee, nurse manager, and clinical resource nurse.
• Provides appropriate feedback on time to orientee and Nurse Manager.
• Provides objective documentation to the nurse manager utilizing the American Hospital Dubais established standards of care (Competency List “Green Book and Blue Book”).

Qualifications

• Bachelors 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 mothers 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 inLabour and Delivery Unit.
• Knowledgeofandability torendercareandservices basedonage,appropriateness and developmental needs of patients.
• Skills in assessment of patient and familys physical and psychological needs.
• Skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritizing care based on individual needs.

Requirements: