Job description

To support and demonstrate our NMC Nursing Mission, Vision, and Values:

Our Nursing Vision: At NMC Healthcare, we are committed to providing clinical excellence through safe,

compassionate, and individualized care to every patient, every time.

Our Nursing Mission: To exemplify clinical excellence, every NMC nurse will seek to:

· Do the right thing

· Be the patient’s advocate

· Be open and transparent

· Deliver safe, compassionate care

· Recognize the uniqueness of each patient

· Contribute to an outstanding patient’s experience

· Engage with and contribute to, a learning culture

· Lead and influence changes in healthcare

Our Nursing Values: We will achieve this through our core values:

· Safety

· Excellence

· Ethics

· Trust

· Collaboration

The post holder will work collaboratively with other team members, uphold and live the NMC Nursing Strategy in

order to provide safe and outstanding care to their patient, and the patient’s bystanders all the time, every time.

Responsibilities:

Nurse In Charge will:

· Ensure and oversee the care that is delivered to all patients in the unit is safe, appropriate and effective.

· Determine nursing interventions based on assessment data.

· Prioritizes identified needs.

· Implement nursing actions and evaluates patient outcomes.

· Develops or revises the plan of care

· Deliver identified patient needs.

· Co-ordinate the overall clinical activities of the unit when assigned to the charge nurse role.

· Collaborate with the Nursing Supervisor on staffing for a particular shift.

· Plan, implement and evaluate clinical programs.

· Evaluate the ability of the patient and the patient’s bystanders to understand and participate in decisions

about their care.

· Facilitate patient education.

· Maintain accurate and real-time clinical records.

· Perform advanced or specialized nursing skills competently.

· Maintain current knowledge of clinical nursing practice.

· Act as a clinical resource for staff within the department/unit.

· Communicate and consult with other health care disciplines.

· Represent nursing at multidisciplinary rounds.

· Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life

Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation etc.