Personal Care Assistant jobs in United Arab Emirates

Job Description

Provides direct and indirect age-specific care for assigned patients in the Maternal Newborn 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

• 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 healthcare 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 administration of Narcotic/Controlled and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures
• Ensures completion of unit competencies, e.g., 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

Professional Experience

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent post-graduate experience in Maternal Newborn Nursing
• 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