Staff Nurse Speciality B - Dialysis Center

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide total direct nursing care in accordance with the plan of care and needs of the patients with respect for the patients’ privacy, dignity, personal preference, and culture.
• Prepare, administer, and document the administration of all prescribed medication, including management of intravenous lines and monitoring patients’ conditions.
• Maintain records and communicate with all healthcare providers; maintain knowledge of drug doses, contraindications, side effects, and adverse reactions for all medications and parental fluids administered.
• Maintain accountability for narcotics and controlled drugs;
  Escalate any adverse events or reactions as per policy.
• Perform an age‑specific, systematic, and holistic initial assessment of the patient’s health status and refer to appropriate specialty if necessary.
• Assess patient family educational needs and readiness to learn utilizing appropriate resources.
• Assess patient family discharge planning needs utilizing appropriate resources.
• Document all assessments, interventions, and other relevant information in the patient’s health‑care records on an ongoing basis.
• Collaborate with the patient family and other members of the health‑care team to develop and update a plan of care based on the patient’s changing physical, psychosocial, and age‑related requirements.
• Establish realistic and measurable goals that are culturally sensitive and identify nursing interventions to achieve the goals.
• Evaluate on an ongoing basis the patient’s progress and the appropriateness of the plan of care, involving the patient family and other health‑team members, and update the plan as needed.
• Recognize when patient care needs extend beyond personal ability and consult appropriate resources.
• Provide leadership and resource roles in the provision of patient care as applicable; act as a unit management resource when assigned (e.g., care coordinator, charge nurse, team leader).
• Initiate appropriate chain of command if unable to resolve issues satisfactorily.
• Serve as a resource for new employees, trainees, and other staff; mentor nursing staff at all levels, medical and paramedical students, interns, and residents as required.
• Provide evidence‑based quality of care by adhering to hospital and nursing division philosophies, standards of care, guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Measure health outcomes against patient care goals and key performance indicators; identify significant trends or changes and follow up to prevent deterioration.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with organizational policies and procedures in collaboration with infection prevention and control, patient safety, and other support personnel.
• Ensure adequate supplies and readiness of equipment are available at all times and report maintenance issues, broken or damaged instruments, and equipment.
• Practice within established hospital and department standards, policies, and procedures.
• Demonstrate required skills and knowledge of basic principles, strategies, and tools of Quality Improvement to maintain privileging in the area of assignment.
• Meet the standards of care elements as approved for each nursing specialty (e.g., intensive care unit, pediatric, operating room).
• Protect patient privacy and dignity at all times and maintain strict confidentiality in conformance with the organizational policy of ethics.
• Advocate for patient family rights at all times.
• Comply with area‑specific duties with precise policies; additional assignments may be provided in an addendum by the supervisor upon hiring.
• Perform other job‑related duties such as systems and equipment usage, hospital information system, relationships and communications, and work‑stream leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (essential).
• Current licensure as a professional registered nurse (essential).
• Essential specific certification required in area of assignment.
• Minimum of two years of current clinical nursing experience following licensure/registration in the country of origin, with basic leadership experience (essential).
• English language ability – Level
  
  I (essential).
• Ability to work hours as assigned, which may include on‑call, overtime, weekends, night duties, holidays, and other shifts in different units based on skill privileges (mandatory).

• Ability to work in a high‑paced, multicultural environment and provide patient care in emergencies and bereavement situations.
• Work–related physical demands include standing, walking, moving patients, and handling equipment as required.