Registered Nurse - LDR

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and offer advice and emotional support to patients and their families.
• Assess and identify patients’ needs and implement and monitor the patient’s medical plan and treatment.
• Collaborate with physicians, other healthcare specialists, and allied health professionals across various settings.
• Perform systematic patient assessment and re‑assessment, collecting pertinent data on the patient’s health or situation.
• Understand and analyze assessment data.
• Determine nursing diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Define predicted and expected outcomes for the patient’s planned care.
• Create and evaluate patient care plans with the interprofessional team in collaboration with the patient and bystanders.
• Record vital signs, recognize and address abnormalities.
• Maintain and update technical and clinical nursing skills.
• Employ strategies to promote patient health and a safe environment.
• Understand diagnostic tests and laboratory examinations.
• Perform and start phototherapy as per physician orders, interpreting bilirubin results and acting accordingly.
• Perform essential life support per regulatory requirements, including Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Neonatal Resuscitation.
• Prepare patients for medical examinations and treatment.
• Administer medications and monitor patients for side effects and reactions.
• Administer treatments such as IV fluids or blood products and monitor for reactions.
• Provide wound care management.
• Assist in medical procedures, invasive or non‑invasive, as needed.
• Facilitate safe patient admission, transfer, and discharge.
• Monitor and assess health status of mothers and babies, including vital signs, fetal heart rate, contractions, and postpartum recovery.
• Educate and support expectant mothers and their families on prenatal care, childbirth, breastfeeding, and newborn care.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary healthcare team, including physicians, midwives, and other professionals, to ensure coordinated care.
• Administer newborn vaccinations and other treatments as prescribed.
• Conduct newborn screening per DOH recommendations.
• Perform newborn baths as required.
• Provide emotional support and counselling to expectant mothers and families, addressing concerns and answering questions.
• Respond to emergencies and provide immediate care, including CPR and other lifesaving measures.
• Perform CTG monitoring, interpret findings, and recognize when to involve the obstetrician.
• Support, promote, and protect the ten steps of the WHO Mother‑Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative during antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal, and newborn periods.
• Maintain essential life support per regulatory requirements, including Basic Life Support, PROMPT CTG, and Neonatal Resuscitation.
• Provide bereavement support, advice, and compassion for parents during end‑of‑life care related to congenital birth defects, loss of pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death.

• Appropriate license to work as a registered nurse with the relevant regulatory health authority.
• Comprehensive experience and qualifications mandated by the authority.
• Manage professional re‑licensure independently.
• Valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider card.
• Willingness to work across departments when necessary.
• Clear and effective communication skills in English (spoken and written).

• Evidence of ability to work as part of an inter‑professional team.
• Organizational and administrative skills for using the electronic medical record platform for clinical documentation.
• Effective communication skills in Arabic.