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This Nursing Supervisor position in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, involves leading the nursing team to ensure high-quality patient care. Responsibilities include direct patient care, managing medical supplies and equipment, overseeing infection control, and supervising registered nurses. The role also involves orienting new nurses and conducting annual appraisals. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in Nursing, 5 years of post-graduation experience, and 2 years in a nurse management role within a clinical setting. Fluency in English and Arabic, along with computer skills in Healthcare Information Systems, is required.
Requirements
The role requires a BSc in Nursing from a recognized nursing college, with 5 years of post-graduation experience plus 2 years as a nurse manager in a clinical setting. Proficiency in Healthcare Information Systems, fluent English and Arabic speaking and writing are essential. Key skills include providing medical and nursing care, wound dressing, and infection control.
Description
Job DescriptionTo lead the nursing team during any allotted span of duty, ensuring that the nursing and personal care of the clinic patients is maintained daily according to individual needs and capabilities. Responsible for providing medical and nursing care to patients as well as offering advice and emotional support to patients and their families, taking care of paperwork, helping doctors diagnose patients and providing advice and follow-up care. Ensuring infection control and hygiene guidelines and codes are adhered with and applied. Managing stock levels and readiness of all the medical equipment and consumable materials needed in the clinics.AccountabilitiesDisinfects clinical surfaces and equipment at the beginning of the day and after each patient.Greets patient to the examination room.Takes and documents medical history from patient.Screens patients for the risk of fall, nutritional deficiency, functional risk.Triage patients at the emergency room to categorize their emergency status.Performs minor wound dressings.Monitors patients under observation.Prepares and administers intramuscular and intravenous medications under aseptic conditions.Escorts patients in ambulance.Assists physicians in performing patients examinations and procedures.Closely follows infection control guidelines for managing patients and their body fluids.withdraws blood from patients for laboratory investigations in the emergency room.Monitors stocks of consumable material to ensure an uninterrupted supply.Keeps an inventory of medical equipment. Supervisory Tasks:Orients newly recruited nurses to the organization. Ensures the availability of the required nursing work force on daily basis.Works together with the medical director to ensure quality patients care.Supervises the work of the registered nurses.Performs the annual appraisal for nursesMember of the community advisory committee. Work EnvironmentIndoors : 100%Outdoors : 0%Working Days : 6 Working DaysDays off : 1 Days OffWorking Hours : 8 net working hours according to shift schedule approved by head of department.Job RequirementEducationBSc. In nursing from a recognized nursing college.Experience5 years post-graduation + 2 years as a nurse manager in a clinical setting.Computer SkillsHealthcare Information SystemLanguagesEnglish and Arabic (fluent speaking and writing)