Our Client, a leading management solutions company, is currently looking for Nurses and HEAD NURSES for a newly-built Hospital in DOHA, QATAR.

Job Type: DIRECT HIRE (Permanent positions)

Location: Doha, Qatar

Hospital Opening Date: May 2016

OPEN FOR: Eastern Europeans Candidates Only (Russian/ Romanian/ Serbian/ Ukranian, etc…)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: HEAD NURSE

Division: All

Job Family: Nursing

Reporting Relationships and Key Interactions

Reports to: Medical Director

Subordinates:

Other Allied Health professionals (Consultants, Nurses (OPC nursing supervisor , OR and ICU nursing supervisor, Inpatient nursing supervisor), Pharmacists, etc.)

Responsibilities

Job Summary

The Head Nurse leads the management of a patient care unit for administrative and clinical aspects to include organizing, developing, directing and assuring the delivery of cost – effective, quality patient care. She/he leads the processes which ensure that patient care is delivered in accordance with established medical center’s wide policies and procedures, nursing standards and the center’s Code of Professional Behaviour and Ethics for Nurses. They provide education to staff based on theoretical and clinical expertise. This position will have 24 hour accountability to ensure clinical resource and continuity of patient care.

Accountabilities:

This job description should be read in conjunction with the other Nurses’ Scope of Practice, and the Medical Center’s Code of Professional Behavior and Ethics.

The Head Nurse is responsible to the Medical Director and assists in the management of a defined area of organized nursing services. The Head Nurse allocates available resources to promote efficient, effective and compassionate nursing care, provide input into executive level decisions and keep staff informed of executive level activities.

The Head Nurse coordinates activities in a defined area (ward/unit/geography) and provides clinical and administrative leadership and expertise. He/She facilitates an atmosphere of interactive management and the development of collegial relationships among nursing personnel and others. He/She serves as a link between nursing personnel and other health care disciplines throughout the organization.

 To fulfill the responsibilities above, the Head Nurse, in collaboration with nursing personnel and members of other disciplines, engages in the following activities:

 Provides skilled safe, holistic and culturally competent, person-centred nursing care to patients, families, community and society, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team irrespective of healthcare settings

 Provides and evaluates direct patient care

 Provides guidance for, and supervision of, personnel accountable to the Head Nurse

 Coordinates nursing services with the services of other health care disciplines

 Assumes responsibility for staffing and scheduling personnel. Assignments reflect appropriate utilization of personnel.

 Evaluates performance of personnel

 Fosters a climate conducive to education experiences for nurses and students

 Fosters peer review

 Evaluates the quality and appropriateness of care

 Participates in nursing and organizational policy formulation and decision making

 Facilitates participation of staff in nursing and organizational policy formulation and decision- making.

 Accepts organizational accountability for services provided to recipients

 Assures appropriate orientation, education and continuing professional development for personnel

 Participates in the selection and retention of personnel

 Participates in planning and monitoring the budget for their defined area(s)

 Accepts accountability for own actions and decision-making and for the related outcome

 Delivers nursing care and practices, embedding the Nurses’ Scope of Practice as the ethical and professional framework, alongside consideration of the socio-cultural needs of patients, families, communities and society

 Functions at all times in accordance with legislative, regulatory and policy guidelines relevant to nursing practice

 Maintains and demonstrates clinical competence in all aspects of care provided to patients on specific units

 Attends to emergency / crisis situations calmly and effectively role models behaviors and skills for the nursing team.

 Develops, implements, evaluates, revises and provides input to the patients’ plan of care and provides care according to the plan of care

 Administers and oversees the administration of medications and therapies in a safe, timely and effective manner in accordance with the Medical Center’s policy

 Uses communication skills to ensure that other members of the health care team, the patient and their family are and remain fully informed

Job Requirements

Educational Qualifications Certificates:

Essential Education:

Bachelor of Science in Nursing/Midwifery (or in the field of health practice e.g. Mental Health) or equivalent health related degree, and/or post graduate award leading to, or in addition to, a valid nursing license that meets the requirements for licensing in the State of Qatar.

– Has undertaken certified specialty education as per the Job Description

Required certification/licensure:

Valid nursing license from the country of origin AND be eligible for license in the Supreme Council for Health State of Qatar

– Relevant life support/resuscitation certificates preferred, but there will be an opportunity to undertake as part of orientation

Essential Experience:

A minimum of 5 years post nursing registration clinical experience

– Including 1 years recent clinical experience in a relevant nursing field

– Evidence of experience in managing/influencing people

– Evidence of service development /improvement

– Evidence of patient safety and quality initiatives

– Evidence of ongoing education and development

Note: The Job Description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing organizational needs.

Approvals: (Medical Director)

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