Staff Nurse - PACU

• 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 a Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU).
• 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:

• Monitors and cares for chest tube drainage systems.
• Sets up chest tube drainage systems.
• Removes endotracheal tubes.
• Program, care for, and discontinue epidurals.
• Extubates pediatric patients.
• Provides general patient care in PACU.
• Operates Hemocue.
• Cares for hypothermic patients in PACU.
• Implements infection control in PACU.
• Cares for malignant hyperthermia patients in the Operating Room.
• Cares for malignant hyperthermia patients in PACU.
• Prevents and manages nausea and vomiting in PACU.
• Conducts neurological assessments.
• Inserts and cares for oropharyngeal airways.
• Inserts and cares for oropharyngeal airways in pediatric patients.
• Performs patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump skills.
• Administers peripheral nerve blocks.
• Gains peripheral intravenous access and performs fluid resuscitation.
• Provides post-anesthesia care.
• Provides post-anesthesia care for pediatric patients.
• Administers regional blocks.
• Communicates effectively within teams.
• Performs tracheostomy tube care (adult/pediatric):
  • Care for tracheostomy cannula and stoma
  • Suction tracheostomy
  • Clean tracheostomy tube outer cannula and stoma
• Uses defibrillators:
  • Perform cardioversion
  • Perform defibrillation
  • Perform transcutaneous pacing
• Utilizes warm blankets in long-term care.
• Utilizes warm blankets for pediatric patients.

For Pediatrics:

• Implements aspiration precautions for pediatric patients, including:
  • Children or adolescents
  • Children receiving enteral tube feedings
  • Infants
• Calculates fluid requirements for pediatric patients.
• Provides care for pediatric patients with Intravenous Access Devices (IVADs), including:
  • Accessing implanted ports.
  • Sampling blood from implanted ports.
  • Removing non-coring needles from implanted ports.
• Monitors cardiopulmonary status in pediatric patients.
• Prepares chest tubes in pediatric patients, including:
  • Monitoring and caring for drainage systems.
  • Setting up drainage systems.
  • Assisting with the removal of chest tubes.
• Uses a handheld resuscitation