Staff Nurse - ICU TP

• 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.

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.

Unit Specific:

• Performs Advanced Physical Assessment.
• Interprets Arterial Blood Gas (ABG).
• Interprets Basic ECG.
• Monitors Basic Hemodynamics, including:
  • Monitoring Arterial Pressure.
  • Monitoring Central Venous Pressure.
• Operates Bladder Scanner.
• Collects Blood Culture Samples.
• Cares for Implanted Venous Access Devices (IVAD), including:
  • Accessing Implanted Port.
  • Sampling Blood from Implanted Port.
  • Removing Non-Coring Needle from Implanted Port.
• Cares for Central Venous Access Devices (CVAD), including:
  • Sampling Blood from Central Venous Access Catheter.
  • Flushing and Locking Central Venous Access Catheter.
  • Changing Dressing on Central Venous Catheter.
  • Changing Needless Connector and Line Tubing on Central Venous Catheter.
• Prepares Chest Tubes, including:
  • Monitoring and Caring for Chest Tube Drainage System.
  • Setting up Chest Tube Drainage System.
• Provides Care for Dying Patients.
• Demonstrates competency in Epidural Management (Programming, Care, Discontinuation).
• Inserts Internal Fecal Containment Device.
• Monitors Intra-Abdominal Pressure.
• Insertion assistance, monitors, and cares for Intracranial Pressure Catheter.
• Uses Ketone Meter.
• Handles Mechanically Ventilated Patients, including:
  • Suctioning Trachea of Intubated Patients.
  • Removing Endotracheal Tubes.
  • Intubating with Direct Visualization.
  • Providing Positive Pressure Mechanical Ventilation.
  • Mobilizing Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation.
  • Monitoring and Caring for Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation.
  • Weaning Patients off Mechanical Ventilation.
  • Applying Non-invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation.
• Demonstrates competency in Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pump Use.
• Performs Procedural Sedation for Non-Anesthesia Nurses.
• Provides Care for Tracheostomies, including:
  • Suctioning Tracheostomies.
  • Caring for Tracheostomy Cannula and Stoma.
  • Cleaning Tracheostomy Tube Outer Cannula and Stoma.
• Uses Defibrillator for:
  • Cardioversion
  • Defibrillation
  • Transcutaneous Pacing

Intermediate and Advanced: