Home Care Charge Nurse

Responsibilities

• Ensures that professional standards are maintained at all times.
• Ensures that the staff on duty understand and observe the Dallah Home Care written policies and procedures pertaining to clinical practice and nurse management and monitors their implementation.
• Ensures that doctors’ orders and patient management plans are followed and that appropriate steps are taken, including immediate notification of the resident in-charge or on‑call, of any deterioration from the expected course of the patient’s condition. Exercising advocacy and accountability for the patient's interest at all times.
• Ensures that the appropriate records of the patient’s progress are completed and maintained according to the Dallah Home Care policies and procedures.
• Provides and participates in the general and visit orientation to newly hired staff and on‑going clinical education for all staff.
• Maintains an up‑to‑date record of all drugs, intravenous fluids, etc. as required by the Pharmacy, and ensures that the rules and regulations governing the administration, storage and custody of all drugs in particular controlled drugs and narcotics are strictly observed at all times.
• Ensures stock and supplies are available and stored correctly at Home care medical stores.
• Oversees and coordinates the patient plan of care and monitors the multidisciplinary activities to help ensure quality in patient care.
• Develops a schedule that ensures staffing needs are met according to approved staffing levels, adjusting the distribution to meet the needs and acuity of patients, seeking approval for overtime before changing staff assignments.
• Support nurses during visits and act as nurse backup when needed.

• Performs any other tasks within his/ her competence as directed by Head Nurse or Director of Nursing.
• Anticipating changes in staffing needs by discussing workload changes with all nursing staff including the assessment of staffing for the next shift.
• Adjusting staffing according to visits needs and approving overtime as required. Arranging for excess staff to be floated.
• Directing staff for reassignment as individual by visit demands and delegating duties appropriately. Using good judgment when assigning breaks to cover visits adequately.
• Maintains continuity of care at the take over and handover reports, ensuring that the communication is clear at all times.
• Ensuring that appropriate and functional equipment (e.g. Syringe pump, Infusion pump, Dynamap, & etc.) is available during visits for patient care.
• Arranging for appropriate patient assignment according to scope of practice of nursing personnel.
• As manager designated, assume a leadership role in the event of a fire, emergency or disaster as outlined in Dallah Hospital Emergency Preparedness Plan.
• Anticipates, prevents and resolves any problem arising and report untoward incidents/ accident/ staff sickness to the Head Nurse.
• Assess level of performance and participates in checking the competency of the nursing staff during visit and report to the Head Nurse as appropriate.
• Participates in the discussion and implementation of clinical or administrative problems arising in the visit, as part of the Quality Improvement Program.
• Ensures that all staff complied on infection control policy and procedures at all time and report for non‑compliance.
• Maintain high standards of confidentiality in respect of all matters.

• Ability to safely care for patients to reduce transmission of HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
• Ability to perform a specific role in preparing for and during a potential or declared Internal and / or External DISASTER in area of practice.
• To be able to discuss the nurse’s role and responsibility in maintaining safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.
• Ability to SAFELY manage, store and dispose of HAZARDOUS materials in their area of practice.
• Ability to facilitate activation, respond and evacuation in CODE RED.
• Capable of providing safe care for deteriorating patients by having the ability to recognize EARLY WARNING SIGNS and managing any SHOCK EMERGENCY in area of practice.
• Ability to correctly and SAFELY complete a…