Clinical Nurse (NICU)

Tanqeeb; Doha; On-site; QAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sidra Medicine NICU is seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse to provide safe, high-quality direct care for neonates and their families in a dynamic unit. You will assess needs, plan and implement care, and contribute to ongoing education and training of staff and students.

The role requires competencies in hygiene, neonatal assessment, non-invasive respiratory support, nutrition, and family-centered care, with responsibilities extending to patient safety and adherence to Sidra Standards of Practice.

Qualifications

• Competencies include hygiene care and neonatal assessment
• Recognition of deviations in clinical observations
• Non-invasive respiratory support including CPAP and BiPAP
• Nutrition for neonate/infant: oral, enteral, parenteral feeding
• Developmental care: positioning, skin-to-skin, minimal handling
• Infection control practices in the NICU
• Specimen collection

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and effective direct care to neonates and their families
• Assess care needs, plan, implement, and evaluate care programs
• Supervise staff and contribute to orientation and training
• Educate patients, families and students on care needs
• Maintain high standards aligned with Sidra Standards of Practice
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team for family-centered care
• Safeguard neonates and manage infection prevention

Skills

NICU nursing

Neonatal care

Infection control

Oxygen therapy

Cardiorespiratory monitoring

Family-centred care

Pain assessment

Job description

Job description

We are hiring the Extra-ordinary, join our NICU Clinical Nurse Team here at Sidra Medicine! Are you dynamic, skilled, NICU nurse, experienced, creative, caring, hardworking, supportive, up for a challenge, then we want you! At Sidra Medicine NICU, we pride ourselves in being able to look after the patients and families of some of the region’s most complex and sick neonates. We want to develop and provide our nurses with the best skills and evidence-based practice, to care for our patients in the best possible way! If you like the sound of this, and you think this is you, then

JOB SUMMARY:

TheClinical Nurseis responsible for competently providing safe and effective direct care. TheClinical Nurseassesses care needs, plans, implements and evaluates programs of care to include patients and families.TheClinical Nurseis responsible for ensuring that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, aligned to Sidra Standards of Practice.TheClinical Nurseparticipates in the supervision, orientation and training of staff and is responsible for education of patients, families and students. TheClinical Nurse is professionally accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer.

Competencies to be assessed as outlined in the Pediatric NICU unit orientation and competency booklets. These competencies include but are not limited to:

• Hygiene care
• Assessment of the neonate and infant
• Recognition of deviations in clinical observations
• Oxygen therapy interfaces including:
• Nasal cannula
• Low flow oxygen therapy
• High flow oxygen therapy
• Interpretation of cardiorespiratory monitoring
• Non-invasive respiratory support:
• CPAP
• BiPAP
• Nutrition for the neonate/infant:
• Oral feeding
• Enteral feeding
• Parenteral nutrition
• Capillary blood sampling
• Developmental care of the neonate/infant:
• Positioning
• Skin to skin
• Minimal handling
• Intravenous medications and fluid management
• Assessment and management of pain in the neonate/infant
• Family centered care
• Parents as partners in care
• Safeguarding the neonate/infant
• Infection control practices in the NICU
• Specimen collection

The NICU CN will be expected to work toward achieving the following advanced competencies:

• Thermoregulation in the neonate and humidification
• Phototherapy
• Management of arterial lines
• Invasive ventilation including high frequency oscillatory ventilation
• Neonatal sepsis
• Hemodynamic monitoring
• Care of the neonate/infant receiving inotropes
• Preparation of infusions
• Administration and titration of infusions
• Care of the neonate/infant on nitric oxide
• Chest drain assessment and management
• Care of neonates/infants with repogle Tubes
• Care and transport of ventilated neonates
• Care of the post-surgical neonate
• Care of infants for neuroprotective/therapeutic hypothermia
• Management of central lines
• Care of neonates/infants with congenital anomalies
• Culturally sensitive bereavement care in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team
• Tracheostomy care

Sidra Medicine a healthy population is essential to a strong, prosperous society, and throughout 2020, Sidra continued to provide uninterrupted comprehensive specialist healthcare services for children and young people; and exceptional maternity, gynecology, and reproductive medical services for women, previously unavailable in Qatar and the region.” – H.H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation
Sidra Medicine represents the vision of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser who serves as its Chairperson. This high-tech facility is home to world-class patient care, scientific expertise, and educational resources.