Job Summary
The
Registered Nurse provides direct and indirect age specific nursing
care
for assigned patients per scheduled shifts within the framework of Patient
Centered Care (PCC). The Registered Nurse is primarily responsible for
professional performance and safe patient care. The role encompasses nursing
assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of
care for patients across the health care continuum involving families. Duties
include but are not limited to:
performing patient assessment, providing age specific nursing care utilizing the
nursing process, administering medications, performing various nursing
activities, and providing patient and family education.
The Registered Nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and
fiscal patient care outcomes, using the PCC principles and in accordance with
established institutional
policies, procedures, guidelines, Professional Practice Model and standards of
care
and practice.
Participates
in Performance Improvement "PI" projects
and
research and collaborates with other health
care professionals
to
ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of
desired outcomes. Carries
out planned activities to promote Magnet standards
and
participates in voluntary community activities. Promotes
a work environment that supports and facilitates ethical practice, in accordance
with the
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Code of Ethics and the Lebanese Order of Nurses Code of Ethics. Practices
within the ANA Bill of Rights. Utilizes
knowledge of human development stages and cultural diversity into the provision
of patient care. Abides
by the Joint Commission International
Accreditation (JCI) requirements, including but not limited to International
Patient Safety
Goals, national and international standards.
Supports
the mission and vision of the American University of Beirut Medical Center
(AUBMC) and the Nursing Services Department.
Essential Functions / Task Groups
Age-Specific Patient Centered Care:
- Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem focused, and
age-specific assessment techniques.
- Analyze the assessment data, derive nursing interventions, set priorities
according to patients needs, formulate a plan of care, implement and evaluate
the outcome.
- Document all relevant data in the medical record according to
hospital/departmental standards.
- Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the
plan of care when appropriate.
- Collaborate with other disciplines through multidisciplinary meetings and
care conferences to facilitate patient care and operations.
- Initiate appropriate discharge plan.
- Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
- Demonstrate required assessment and therapeutic skills.
- Implement and monitor infection control measures.
- Apply safety measures related to patient care.
- Operate all unit required equipment safely.
- Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for
the unit and patient care.
- Accountable for the use of patients’ and hospital’s resources.
- Accountable for the patient, the organization, the profession and self.
- Perform clerical duties when needed.
- Provide basic life support when needed.
- Administer medications, monitor desirable and undesirable effects and
intervene appropriately.
- Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition.
- Deliver pre-operative and post-operative patient care.
- Manage kidney transplant patients when applicable.
- Manage patients with infectious diseases when applicable.
- Manage pediatric patients with infectious diseases when applicable.
- Manage patients with psychiatric problems when applicable.
- Manage patients on radioactive iodine precaution when applicable.
Patient & Family Education/Support:
- Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety.
- Assess patient and family readiness and identifying learning needs.
- Lead/encourage multidisciplinary approach for patient’s discharge.
- Develop and implement the teaching plan utilizing patient education
manual.
- Evaluate the teaching-learning process.
- Document patient and family education.
- Participate in voluntary community health activities to promote, maintain
and restore health and prevent diseases.
Quality and Effectiveness of Nursing Practice:
- Assist in the Department’s research activities and in the collection of
relevant data.
- Conduct and/or participate in PI projects in the department.
- Accountable for the patient, the self, the profession, the public and the
organization.
- Accountable for the use of patients’ and hospital resources.
- Participate in quality initiatives and quality improvement activities for
improving the unit standards of quality provided.
Critical Competencies
Achievement Orientation, Client Focus,
Communication Skills, Ethical Practice, Initiative, Organizational Awareness,
Safety and Health Management, Problem Solving, Technical Expertise, Team Skills,
Planning and Organizing, Information and Records Administration,
Professionalism, Applied Technology, Quality Management, English Comprehension,
Stress management, Health education, prevention and promotion, Patient
Assessment, Drug Administration, Plan of Care, Community Service, Resource
Management, Professional Development, Computer Skills.
Knowledge / Know-How
Knowledge:
Knowledge
on how to interact good with chronic and geriatric patients
Familiarity with
JCI requirements and Magnet Designation
Knowledge of scope of the Registered
Nurse
Knowledge of professional theory, practices and procedures
Knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in administering routine and
special treatments to patients
Education:
Minimum
Education: Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing.
Experience:
Minimum Experience: None required.
Requirements:
Minimum Requirement: Nursing Colloquium, Nursing License from the
Ministry of Public Health, and Registered in the Order of Nurses in Lebanon.
Languages:
Minimum Languages: Arabic and
English (IET >/= 500)
Preferred Languages: French is an asset.
Computer Skills:
Knowledge in the use of Microsoft
Office Applications.
Impact of Actions / Decisions
Promotion of Nursing Services Department
objectives (compliance with standards of care and practice, Professional
Practice model, Patient Centered Care, nursing process, quality improvement,
patient satisfaction, service excellence, staff competence, etc).
Job Structure
Work according to pre-established
standards of care and practice.
Managerial / Supervisory Responsibility
Reporting Channel:
1st level: Nurse
Manager
2nd level: Nurse Leader for Clinical Affairs
Supervisory
Channel:
None.
Job Characteristics
Physical Effort: |
Moderate Physical Effort |
Work Schedule: |
Shift rotation basis |
Working Conditions: |
Exposed to patient
element |