Staff Nurse-Tower D8-Burns Intensive Care Unit (BICU)

Job Description

The Staff Nurse is accountable for the coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transitions of care. The Staff Nurse supports professional nursing practice across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family. The Staff Nurse will understand, support and promote the mission, vision and values of SSMC; provides age-appropriate patient care according to the Nursing Scope of Practice as defined by the regulatory body. The Staff Nurse will adhere to and promote the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi and UAE.

• Demonstrates competence with the care and assessment of burns patients, including the prevention of complications and analysis of burns wounds related to the source of the burn.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competence with the Burns Pathway and implements the pathway with the multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrates knowledge on invasive hemodynamic monitoring.
• Demonstrates knowledge on the medications indications, contra-indications, effect and side effects, i: e inotropic support, vasopressors and sedation.
• Demonstrates knowledge on non- invasive ventilation.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competence of the prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) and is consistently compliant with VAP bundles.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competence of the prevention of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) and is consistently compliant with CLABSI bundles.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competence of the prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) and is consistently compliant with CAUTI bundles.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competence of the CUSP program and is proactive in identifying and reducing risk of harm to patients.