Staff Nurse-Operating Room

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City - SSMC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UAE seeks a Staff Nurse responsible for coordinating patient care, providing direct care, and ensuring quality nursing practices. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in nursing and have at least 2 years of clinical experience. The role emphasizes teamwork, patient education, and adherence to professional standards. This position offers opportunities for leadership and professional development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Health insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of clinical experience post-qualification in an appropriate setting.
• Registration as a Registered Nurse from an accredited country.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing is required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate nursing care and provide direct patient care.
• Conduct assessments and create care plans.
• Implement evidence-based care interventions.
• Engage in patient education and health promotion.

Skills

Patient care

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

2 years clinical experience

Tools

Electronic health record systems

Job description

Job Purpose

The Staff Nurse is accountable for the coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transitions of care. The Staff Nurse supports professional nursing practice across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family. The Staff Nurse will understand, support and promote the mission, vision and values of SSMC and provide age‑appropriate patient care according to the Nursing Scope of Practice as defined by the regulatory body. The Staff Nurse will adhere to and promote the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi and UAE.

Job Description

The Staff Nurse will provide direct patient care and coordinate care across the continuum, ensuring safe, effective and compassionate nursing care for all patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and Diagnosis: Collects and analyzes assessment data to determine diagnosis and issues, assessing comprehensive data including physical, psychosocial, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual needs. Uses evidence‑based assessment techniques, validates the diagnosis with the patient, family and care team, prioritizes information based on the patient’s immediate condition, identifies risks, and documents data in compliance with guidelines.
• Planning and Outcomes Identification: Identifies expected outcomes, develops a plan that addresses health promotion, restoration, and maintenance to attain those outcomes, involves patient, family and care team, applies evidence‑based practices, modifies the plan based on ongoing assessment, and documents measurable goals using standardized language.
• Implementation and Coordination of Care Delivery: Implements the plan of care with the patient, family and team using evidence‑based interventions, performs procedures per guidelines, administers medications per policies, ensures all components are documented, communicates information across all levels, and demonstrates cost‑effective knowledge.
• Health Teaching and Health Promotion: Utilizes appropriate teaching strategies, promotes health promotion, supports patients and families to develop skills for healthy lifestyles and self‑management, seeks feedback and evaluates effectiveness, and documents health education in the patient record.
• Evaluation: Evaluates progress toward outcomes, reviews patient/family understanding, revises diagnoses and plans based on systematic assessment, involves all stakeholders, provides comprehensive handover reports, attends rounds, updates providers, and documents reassessments and rationale for plan changes.
• Evidence‑Based Practice and Research: Integrates current evidence and research findings into practice, participates in evidence‑based and research activities, shares findings with the team, and contributes to performance improvement projects.
• Leadership: Demonstrates professional role model behavior, organizes a safe work environment, coordinates and supervises delegated activities, conducts critical thinking for priority setting, pursues informal and formal leadership opportunities, participates in shared decision‑making, and supervises practical nurses and junior staff.

Accountabilities

• Applies principles of professional codes of ethics that ensure individual rights in all areas of practice.
• Maintains a professional and therapeutic nurse‑patient relationship and serves as a patient advocate.
• Speaks up to question healthcare practices as appropriate for safety and quality improvement.
• Discloses any observed illegal or incompetent practices and decisions made by potentially impaired health‑care staff per organizational policy.
• Evaluates own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, rules and regulations.
• Considers factors related to effectiveness, cost, environmental health, and impact on practice and organization.
• Utilizes current resources related to standards of care, policies and procedures, and patient needs.
• Navigates and utilizes electronic resources for information retrieval, communication, and documentation.
• Evaluates factors related to patient safety, effectiveness, availability, and cost when determining practice options.
• Promotes a practice environment that reduces environmental health risks for staff.
• Communicates environmental health risks and exposure reduction strategies to healthcare consumers, families, colleagues, and communities.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning and education for self and others and mentors team members for the advancement of nursing practices, the profession, and quality healthcare.
• Oversees and responds to all levels of emergencies according to the organization’s policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Experience – Required: Minimum 2 years of clinical experience post‑qualification in an appropriate setting (waived for graduates of UAE nursing colleges/universities after internship completion).

Experience – Desired: N.A.

Educational Qualification – Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Or a degree in nursing (minimum two (2) years course duration) AND Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, or Australia AND a valid/current national license AND BLS.

Educational Qualification – Desired:

• ACLS, PALS relevant to area of specialty.