Staff Nurse – PICU

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Provides age-specific patient-centered care in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) utilizing the nursing process
• Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
• Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs
• 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
• 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.)
• Performs additional duties when required. Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.

Qualifications

• 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 title).
• 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.