KEY ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Leadership/People Management

Makes day to day decisions regarding unit operations that impact safety, quality and efficiency in the provision of patient care.

Participates in the role of supervisor for assigned employees, contributing to the employee performance appraisal cycle, and objectively assists with action plans arising from appraisals as necessary.

Supports the selection, development and retention of all staff.

Role models’ professional behaviors and appearance in line with Sidra policies, procedures, and Sidra Values.

Promotes a quality learning environment for students, interns and nurse residents, and is actively involved in teaching and developing staff.

Role-models patient experience principles, provides service recovery, and identifies opportunities to improve the patient experience.

Collaborates with leadership in the response and resolution of patient and family feedback, and leads on initiatives to enhance and optimize the patient and family experience.

Professionalism and Ethical Practice

Practices within the DHP Scope of Practice according to licensure within the State of Qatar.

Independently maintains licensure and regulatory requirements (e.g., life support certifications and CPD requirements).

Demonstrates accountability for own professional judgement, actions and outcomes of care.

Displays sound analytical and critical thinking ability in complex and rapidly changing situations.

Assumes responsibility for the delegation of aspects of care delivery.

Assumes responsibility for own professional development throughout lifelong learning to ensure competency and performance improvement.

Role models’ professional behaviors and appearance that promote a positive image Sidra nursing.

Patient and Family Centered Care

Delivers nursing care to patients and rounds to support delivery of patient care.

Prioritizes high and low risk patients based on patient centered assessment and plan of care.

Coordinates complex patient care needs in collaboration with other health care team members.

Facilitates patient flow and coordinates patient’s activities and communication during shift.

Communicates effectively and clearly with patients and families including the use of approved tools such as SBAR.

Supports effective discharge and follow up planning in collaboration with families.

Supports and promotes the evaluation of learning needs patients and families and facilitates patient and family education.

Teamwork and Collaboration

Provides shift supervision and guidance to staff in collaboration with Clinical Nurse Manager, Clinical Nurse Educator and clinical nurse facilitator.

Coordinates with Clinical Site Management Team on patient bed assignments.

Facilitates patient flow and coordinates patient’s activities and communication during shift.

Acts as a resource for staff/team members offering guidance and support, and providing accurate and timely feedback when necessary.

Actively monitors nursing/midwifery workload and patient acuity within the unit to ensure optimum patient safety.

Coordinates daily administrative and clinical duties including schedules, nursing/midwifery assignments and patient care.

Evidence Based Practice

Adheres to and promotes dissemination, use, monitoring and review of Sidra’s Nursing and Midwifery Standards of Practice.

Demonstrates clinical competency by delivering evidence-based care.

Provides education and is actively involved in the competency management of staff.

Monitors staff practice for adherence to policy, procedures, guidelines and standards in collaboration with the unit manager.

Challenges the delivery of care which is not evidence based and supports remediation appropriately.

Actively encourages, participates and/or leads in unit-based simulation activities.

Quality Improvement

Identifies patient care issues and/or ways to improve and positively impact on the quality of care and patient outcomes.

Works with others to affect change and produce positive outcomes through sharing of knowledge and information.

Contributes to the achievement of effective utilization of resources.

Facilitates and leads quality and performance improvement activities to ensure organization, service and unit KPI’s are achieved.

Identifies cost efficiencies and/or leads initiatives to reduce cost.

Participates in, promotes and facilitates unit based Shared Leadership initiatives.

Contributes to the audit process and the submission of administrative documentation relating to Nursing and Midwifery key performance indicators.

Actively participates/leads in activities related to organization accreditation including MOPH, JCI, Magnet and others as required.