Staff Nurse- Cath Lab/IR

Position Summary

To provide specialist interventional vascular nursing care, focusing on ensuring a seamless service for vascular patients coming to the interventional radiology catheterization laboratory, whilst maintaining quality standards.

Direct junior and auxiliary team members Provide safe quality ethical nursing care in accordance with the Hospital, international and federal standards and regulations

Summary of Main Duties

• Actively participates in upholding and promoting the vision and culture of University Hospital Sharjah (UHS)

• Complies with all UHS policies, procedures and fire regulations
• Participates in all aspects of the International Accreditation program to assist UHS to attain and maintain international accreditation standards
• Performs nursing practice in line with the facility, MOH, JCI and FDON policies, procedures and standards
• Assess, plan, implements and evaluates the nursing care of each patient, considering the patient’s individuality, abilities, culture and right to choose
• Prioritizes patients’ individual needs and delegates aspects of nursing care to other nursing team members within his/her scope of professional practice
• Performs nursing care in response to the patient’s needs, treatment plan and nursing care plan, supported by nursing knowledge and current best practice
• Assists physicians with examinations, procedures and other processes related to direct patient care
• Assess, plan, implements and evaluates the nursing care of each vascular Cath lab patient

Prioritizes patients’ individual needs and delegates aspects of nursing care to other nursing team members within his/her scope of professional practice

Responsibilities

• Undertake the role of vascular scheduler as required and delegated by the Charge Nurse to prioritize and coordinate the efficiency of the lab and its utilization
• Assists physicians with examinations, procedures and other processes related to direct patient care, including but not limited to the scrubbing for a full range of vascular procedures in the interventional radiologist Cath lab.  Removal of femoral arterial/radial sheaths
• Documents the nursing care of each patient from admission to discharge in accordance to facility medical record and documentation policy
•  Assists and provides documented patient and family health education, based upon the individual nursing care plan of the patient
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• Ensures patient environment is safe for patients and staff by utilizing infection control practices, adhering to International patient safety goals and following facility health and safety policies
• Collaborates with the Multi-disciplinary team and acts as patient advocate to ensure quality care is delivered
• Adhere to the safe administration of medication policy within the facility, administering prescribed medications, including narcotics as per scope of practice and competency framework
• Monitors the condition of patient and reports any changes to appropriate personnel
• Demonstrates sensitivity to patients’ comfort and privacy and expresses interest in their progress
• Utilizes and ensures maintenance of equipment and instruments, reporting any damages, equipment malfunctioning to the Bio – Medical department and nurse in charge immediately

Position Requirements/Qualifications

Position criteria Other Skills/Abilities