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Doha
2 weeks ago
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Clinical Nurse
Permanent, Temporary
Sidra Medicine
ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE
Sidra Medicine is a state-of-the-art academic medical center that will function to the level of the highest international standards. Its clinical focus is on the specialty care of women and children.
Sidra’s Vision is: “Sidra Medicine will be a beacon of learning, discovery and exceptional care, ranked among the top medical centers in the world”.
Achieving this vision will encompass three essential activities:
World Class: Patient and Family Centered Care Health Education Biomedical Discovery
Sidra works closely with Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and Hamad Medical Corporation across all three activities to raise the standard of health and health care throughout the State of Qatar
DEPARTMENT/BRANCH PROFILE
The Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Branch ensures the delivery of excellence in care. Our experienced staff deliver care through the guiding principles of our Professional Practice Model, ensuring exceptional patient and family centered care is at the forefront of everything we do. We focus on a model of human wellness, promoting thehealth and wellbeing not only for our patients and families, but also for our staff. Our teams are united through our Shared Leadership model and ensure the delivery of exceptional outcomes by actively promoting quality, safety and research and effective communication across the multidisciplinary arena.
JOB SUMMARY
The Clinical Nurse is responsible for competently providing safe and effective direct care. The Clinical Nurse assesses care needs, plans, implements and evaluates programs of care to include patients and families. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for ensuring that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, aligned to Sidra Standards of Practice.
The Clinical Nurse participates in the supervision, orientation and training of staff and is responsible for education of patients, families and students. The Clinical Nurse is professionally accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer.
POSITION DIMENSIONS
Reports directly to
Clinical Nurse Leader/Clinical Nurse Manager
Head Count
0
Number of Direct Reports
0
Number of Indirect Reports
0
Financial Accountability
N/A
ROLE INTERACTS DIRECTLY WITH
TITLE/DEPARTMENT
FREQUENCY
TYPE OF INTERACTION
Physicians & Allied Health
Regularly
Cooperation and information
Clinical Nurse Leader
Regularly
Clinical supervision and cooperation
Nurse Manager
Regularly
Cooperation and information
Women/children and families
Continuous
Provision of care and information
Support Services Staff
As required
Request for support
KEY ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES
Professionalism and Ethical Practice
- Practices within the DHP Scope of Practice according to licensure within the State of Qatar
- Provides total individualized patient care and assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care, discharge planning for each patient.
- Ensures timely documentation of care, discharge planning and family education aligned to Sidra standards of documentation
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills by problem solving appropriately during patient care
- Independently initiates escalation of issues following the chain of command, utilizing resources as needed
- Independently maintains licensure and regulatory requirements (e.g. life support certifications and CPD requirements)
- Meets requirements of organizational, profession and departmental/role specific orientation competencies
- Role model’s appearance and behaviors that promote a positive image of nursing
- Adheres to time and attendance requirements
- Participates in new staff/student orientation, assists in maintaining a suitable learning environment and acts as a preceptor/mentor in the supervision and teaching of new staff/students to develop their competence.
- Actively participates and/or contributes the Shared Leadership structure to promote and embed Shared Leadership
- Assumes responsibility for own professional development through lifelong learning to ensure continued competence and performance improvement
Patient and Family Centred Care
- Provides holistic, patient and family centered care based on evidence and best practice
- Anticipates and responds to patient and family care requirements
- Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient and family education
- Maintains confidentiality at all times
Teamwork and Collaboration
- Treats colleagues, patients, and visitors with dignity and respect at all times
- Promotes and maintains effective communication and teamwork
- Demonstrates collaborative and respectful behavior
- Contributes to a positive work environment
Evidence Based Practice
- Adheres to Sidra’s Nursing and Midwifery Standards of Practice
- Ensures care is based on best evidence
- Incorporates credible critically appraised evidence into nursing practice and when initiating change
Quality Improvement
- Identify ways to improve services through quality improvement initiatives
- Participates in quality improvement initiatives and measure outcomes
- Contributes effective use of resources and identifies any opportunities for efficiency
Safety
- Acknowledges own limitations in knowledge, judgment and/or skills, and functions within those limitations.
- Seeks resolution in knowledge and competency gaps to ensure patient safety is maintained at all times
- Demonstrates consistent and reliable use of technology and standardized practices that support safety and quality
- Communicates observations or concerns related to hazards and errors to patients, families and the healthcare team
- Uses organizational error reporting systems for near miss and event reporting
- Demonstrates effective use of strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others
- Assumes responsibility and accountability for own clinical decision, delegation and provides supervision to team members according to their competence and scope of practice
Informatics
- Accurately, concisely and appropriately documents care, interventions and outcomes in a timely manner
- Practices contemporaneous documentation, ensuring entries into the medical record are recorded and signed in real time
- Utilizes data from the patient record to make decisions and responds appropriately to clinical decision-making supports and alerts
- Protects confidentiality of protected health information in electronic health records
- Follows all Hospital related policies and procedures.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Adheres to Sidra’s standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies
- Adheres to and promotes Sidra’s Values
This job description forms the basis of the requirements for the role. The incumbent may be required to undertake specific assigned tasks relevant to their area of work and are additionally required to demonstrate competencies specific to the post as outlined in the Job Description Addendum.
WORK ENVIRONMENT THE ROLE OPERATES IN
- Clinical roles are performed in an acute care hospital care setting
- Physical effort required may include walking more than is typical due to the distances between hospital units
- Physical risks normally associated with an acute care clinical environment
ORGANIZATION VALUES
Trust: Being competent; acting consistently, reliably and predictably; acting with honesty and integrity; respecting patient, employee and commercial confidentiality; delivering on commitments
Care: Acting with empathy, kindness and compassion; being humble; listening and responding; acting with cultural sensitivity; Caring for patients and staff
Teamwork: Sharing information and knowledge and learning from demonstrated expertise; being respectful, and thereby earning respect of others; acting with professionalism; leading and following; collaborating and being accessible
Transparency: Frequent and honest communication; open access to information for decision making; willingly acknowledge shortcomings; speaking up about concerns; publishing performance indicators
Innovation: Freedom to innovate; welcoming ideas and encouraging creativity; supporting talent; creating confidence; celebrating successes
Efficiency: Providing measurable value; using data to drive decision making; having and achieving clear goals; building processes that work; continuously improving outcomes in patient and family care
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS – SELECTION CRITERIA
ESSENTIAL
PREFERRED
Education
Bachelor Degree in Nursing (4 years)
or
Diploma in Nursing: (3 years after graduation from high school (12 years))
and
Registered Nurse
Post graduate certificate in specialty if applicable in country of origin
Experience
2+ years of recent clinical nursing experience within the relevant specialty from a highly esteemed healthcare institution
No minimum experience requirement for University of Calgary Qatar Graduates only
Certification and Licensure
Valid professional Nursing license in country of origin
Professional Membership
Job Specific Skills and Abilities
Effective communication skills
Excellent team player
Motivated and enthusiastic
Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
Fluency in written and spoken English
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Doha
2 weeks ago
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Doha
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Doha
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Doha
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