Registered Nurse

**Job Summary**:
Assumes total responsibility within clinical area, providing leadership and motivation to others, ensuring the provision of a quality-driven evidence-based patient service and delivery system.

The role requires a supervisor who is an expert in her field; an approachable and effective communicator; and an empowered leader.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Clinical**:
1. Assess, develop, implement and evaluate patient care programs and activities in line with clinical needs and best practice standards.

2. Deploy a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, ensuring delivery of a cost-effective quality service.

3. Foster an environment that supports nursing care delivery system based on the latest evidence and research.

4. Acts as a resource and clinical expert in planning and provision of direct patient care.

5. Ensure the clinical area is organized in order to maintain efficient and effective care delivery system and service during working hours.

**Management**:
1. Practice in accordance with the professional and ethical code of conduct and legal framework for nursing and ensure staff members do likewise.

2. Act as a role model and inspiration to others, leading by example regarding behavior, attitudes, conduct, appearance and medical practice.

3. Ensure effective skill mix, staff competence and manpower resources to meet the needs of the clinical service.

4. Establish effective resource management, ensuring acceptable level of equipment and supplies to meet the service needs.

5. Utilize effective communication strategies to collaborate and interact with staff, patient and other healthcare professionals. Demonstrate respect and cultural sensitivity in all interactions with others.

6. Collaborate with other supervisors and head of departments to establish departmental goals and objectives consistent with the organization’s strategic plan

7. Participate in committees, project and other duties as requested/delegated by Administration.

8. Ensure responsible usage and documentation of usage in clinical areas of items, devices and consumable by staff nurse.

9. Ensure that patients appointments and follow-ups are well organized, communicated and recorded.

10. Ensure that billing of patients after each visit is carried according to the center policy.

11. Responsibly for maintaining open communication channel with management in regards of nursing duties, services requirement, patient’s safety and risk management.

12. Report and document incidents involving patients, visitors, staff, equipment or facilities.

13. Other duties as may require by the management.

**Education and Continuing Professional Development**:
1. Ensure the provision of a learning environment to support all learners within the clinical settings.

2. Be source of information and education for patients, patient’s families and community regarding healthcare issues and explain and answer questions in understandable manner.

3. Ensure that all nursing staff receives appropriate orientation to the organization, the department and their job responsibilities.

4. Identify educational needs of staff, establishing programs to meet these needs and contributing to staff’s professional development.

5. Actively participate in staff development and performance management. Provide feedback to staff through informal and formal performance appraisal processes.

6. Provide formal and informal teaching in both theory and clinical setting. Prepare and provide learning materials for use within clinical area.

7. Continue to develop and extend own knowledge of current trends, professional matters and new development in nursing.

**Quality, Safety and Risk Management**:
1. Adhere to and support all defined standards, processes, policies and procedures.

2. Support and participate in quality initiatives and accreditation process as it pertains to the assigned clinical area, cooperating fully with every initiative to secure accreditation.

3. Ensure the quality standards are met in terms of audit, complaints, incidents, risk, patient feedback, benchmarking, and data collection.

4. Participate in the development of policies and QI.

5. Adopt a proactive approach to risk management, ensuring risk assessments are conducted, appropriate actions are taken, and all incidents, near misses and hazards are reported.

6. Ensure that any incidents are documented and investigated accordingly to the agreed procedure.

7. Ensuring that all medical requirements for accreditations are met.

8. Acting as safety and infection control officer in all clinical area.

9. Developing procedures according to policy and accreditation standards.

**Confidentiality**:
1. Maintain the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting to ensure that confidentiality is always maintained in conjunction with the organization’s confidentiality policy.

**Education/Licensure**:
Ø BSc. In Nursing essential

Ø Curr