Registered Nurse – Dermatology OPD Full Time

To provide general nursing care and leadership, working collaboratively with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Will promote and restore patient’s health as they plan, provide, delegate, evaluate and coordinate comprehensive nursing care through the use of the nursing process for patients of all ages, gender, cultures, and background; provide physical and psycho-social support to patients and their families/friends

• Collects information on patient status from a variety of sources using assessment skills including observation, communication and physical assessment.
• Completes nursing portion of history and physical form on all assigned patients on all assigned patients on entry to the Out Patient department.
• Completes the vital signs and pain assessment stamped form on every visit, signs and documents all interactions with the patient in the progress notes
• Plans care needed during the Out Patient visit.
• Sets priorities when planning and carrying out Doctors’ orders and care.
• Initiates prompt nursing interventions bases on changes in the patient condition, age and circumstances, if necessary.
• Is adept and knowledgeable with the use of specific equipment used in the assigned department.
• Is a developing clinical expert within the Out Patient department
• Ensures timely and accurate documentation of all patients records according to CosmeSurge standards and policies.
• Anticipates, recognizes and manages emergencies, and unsafe situations/practice, and initiates appropriate and timely intervention.
• Influences and facilitates change within the department in order to improve standards of care.
• Performs all duties in a professional and confidential manner
• Adhere to the clinic/hospital’s vision, mission, and core values.
• Adhere to the clinic/hospital’s telephone standards.
• Maintains patient’s privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
• Ensures customer satisfaction-oriented environment for patients, family and other customers within Outpatient department.
• Facilitates cooperation and communication between nursing staff, medical staff and all other departments in order to ensure maximum patient and staff satisfaction.
• Utilizes supplies and equipment effectively to meet the needs of the patients.
• Participates in regular stock inventory each year.
• Practice measures that are cost effective in relation to supplies and other resources.
• Notifies Nursing Team Leader / DoN of all important, administrative and clinical issues involving the Out Patient department
• Prioritizes work schedule to meet the needs of the patients
• Enhances the working environment through teamwork and mutual respect of others.
• Motivates and encourages self and others to achieve team, and organizational goals.
• Act as preceptor for new nursing staff.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills when making judgements, managing conflict and solving patient care problems/issues.
• Demonstrates initiative and confidently contributes to the decision-making process.
• Promote and fosters a no blame culture when dealing with incident reporting.
• Follows the established communication channels in the Nursing department.
• Ensures exchanges of information and ideas among nurses in the Out Patient department are undertaken in an honest, direct and respectful manner.
• Maintains a professional communication manner when dealing with outside agencies and departments including the DOH and the Ministry of Health.
• Ensure a rapid communication system in Notification of Infectious diseases to the Nursing Team Leader / Director of Nursing / Infection Control Link Nurse.
• Ensure adequate and appropriate feedback to all staff from outside meetings and committees.
• Communicates as required in a timely and constructive manner.
• Ensures all channels of communication: incident reporting, maintenance / IT/ Biomed requests, Time and attendance requirements are adhered to
• Facilitates current trends in nursing and utilizes research based practices.
• Identifies health education needs of patient/family and develops health education methods.
• Participate in ongoing in-service training includes mandatory competency tested health, safety and infection control programs.
• Demonstrates professional accountability and responsibility at all times.
• Complies with the Nursing Code of Ethics and Group Code of Conduct Policy, Emirates Nursing Association (Emirates Nursing Council) , and DOH.
• Works within the established Scope of Practice for registered Nurses.
• Maintains own staff development folder to record all educational activities and professional growth related to evidenced based practice and critical incidents.
• Maintain registration with Nursing licensing board and DOH.
• Maintains current knowledge in Clinical Practice.
• Participates in annual performance review and identifies professional and personal goals to be achieved during the following 12 month including completion of the staff development portfolio.
• Care for self and for their colleague’s health, safety and well-being, awareness and contribution to healthy and safe occupational environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent. (3 years GNM with DOH RN License is acceptable)
• Minimum 2 – 4 years of experience in Dermatology, Plastic Surgery, IV Therapy, General OPD in an aesthetic / wellness clinic.
• Innovative with strong service focused approach, interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
• Must possess skills to maintain proper therapeutic relationship
• Confident and competent to attend all the cases
• Ability to create a welcoming atmosphere and put people at ease
• Ability to encourage patients to develop good preventative care habits
• Ability to quickly identify problems and determine effective treatments
• Computer literacy
• Maintain good appearance and proper demeanor at work.
• Safety conscious, motivated, able to manage pressure, takes initiative.
• Is service oriented and customer focused
• Fluent in English & Arabic (preferable)
• Valid DOH License as Registered Nurse
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS/ACLS)