Job description

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.

Job Specific Skills and Abilities:

ESSENTIAL:

Effective communication skills

Excellent team player

Motivated and enthusiastic

Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite

Fluency in written and spoken English

Population: Neonate, infant, toddler, pre-school age, school age, adolescent, young adults

Care environment: Care of assigned population in an urgent care/emergency/trauma care setting

KEY COMPETENCIES:

Competencies to be assessed as outlined in the Pediatric ED unit orientation and competency booklets. These competencies include but are not limited to:

Growth and development, Birth - adult

Head-to-toe assessment, recognition of the unwell child

IV fluid management

Phlebotomy

Capillary blood sampling

Specimen collection

Care planning

Emergency medication preparation and administration

Nutritional requirements and enteral Feeding

Pain assessment and management

Risk screening and management

Skin integrity

Wound assessment and management

Cardiorespiratory monitoring

Care of the acute trauma patient

Procedural sedation

Tissue adhesive wound closure

Nurse-Initiated medication administration

Triage using the Emergency Severity Index system

Splinting

Tissue adhesive wound closure

Staple removal

Suture removal

Accessing central line

Incubator, radiant warmer and infant resuscitation system use

Phototherapy care and management

Hemodynamic monitoring Invasive and Non-invasive

Airway management and oxygen delivery system

Cardiac Electrical Management (i.e. Defibrillation, Pacing, Cardioversion, AED, etc.)

Sidra Medicine a healthy population is essential to a strong, prosperous society, and throughout 2020, Sidra continued to provide uninterrupted comprehensive specialist healthcare services for children and young people; and exceptional maternity, gynecology, and reproductive medical services for women, previously unavailable in Qatar and the region.” – H.H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation

Sidra Medicine represents the vision of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser who serves as its Chairperson. This high-tech facility is home to world-class patient care, scientific expertise, and educational resources.