Admin Nursing Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Participates in departmental goal setting and implementing evaluating creative approaches to meeting goals.
• Promotes cooperation, coordination, and respect among individuals and departments to provide high-quality patient care and customer service.
• Responds promptly and positively to patients, families, co‑workers and all others in a respectful, courteous and confidential manner.
• Creates and supports an environment which fosters teamwork, cooperation, respect and diversity.
• Ensures a safe working environment through compliance with hospital policy and procedure regarding safety, infection control and security.
• Supports and enforces organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
• Participates in formulating, revising and reviewing policies and procedures.
• Assumes responsibility as Hospital Administrator when required.
• Coordinates and facilitates American Hospital Dubai’s transfers (i.e., internal transfers, transfers in, transfers out, and international transfers).
• Coordinates all relevant documentation in the event of a patient’s death.
• Liaises with family members to fulfill UAE‑stated requirements.
• Coordinates nursing manpower plans according to patient census and acuity.
• Participates in hospital‑wide and nursing committees.
• Identifies emergencies including codes (code red) and manages according to hospital policies and procedures.
• Acts as resource person in the absence of the Manager.
• Records code blue and green and reports in quality measures (QM).
• Handles technical staff functions, coordinates the provision of safe, efficient, and economical nursing care in line with established standards of practice.
• Supports direct care to patients and families.
• Serves as a clinical resource.
• Collaborates with patients, families and healthcare professionals to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Makes rounds in all patient care areas, stays abreast of clinical issues, staffing patterns and customer service needs in all areas.
• Responds to all emergency codes.
• Acts as the Bed Coordinator when necessary.
• Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.
• Completes all Core Competencies for nursing.
• Understands Infection Control, Pain Management and Wound Care practices and standards.
• Understands the responsibilities of safe handling and administration of Narcotic Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.
• Encourages team decisions and cooperation within and across departments and assists in resolving differences of opinion.

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (minimum of three (3) years full‑time course duration) or Degree in Nursing (minimum two (2) years course duration) and Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.
• For UAE nationals graduates of UAE or non‑UAE universities are exempted from the experience and clinical training requirements for the applied title. (UAE nationals must submit a copy of their birth certificate and the mother’s family book.)
• Non‑UAE national graduates from UAE universities are required to successfully complete six (6) months of clinical training post‑graduation in an APS health facility (except for Registered and assistant Nurse titles).
• Must hold a valid license/registration to practice in their home country and/or country of last employment (where applicable).
• Must hold a minimum of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice.

• Minimum of five (5) years of recent post‑graduate experience in inpatient nursing which includes two (2) years of experience in a supervisory role.
• Knowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age, appropriateness and developmental needs of patients.
• Knowledge of Facility Management and Safety Planning.
• Skills in assessment of patient and family’s physical and psychological needs.
• Skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritising care based on individual needs.
• Skills in problem‑solving, leadership and management.