Education & Life Support Manager, SHA, AHA Instructor
Enaya Hospital
Total years of experience :18 years, 1 Months
It is A Group of Medical Services Along Damamm/ Saudi Arabia, certified by 2 accreditations (CIBAHI and Australian), hospital is receiving all cases Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Neurosurgery, Gynecology complication and RTA, with total capacity of 100 beds
Responsibilities and Duties:
1. Provides educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established clinical protocols.
2. Assists patients and caregivers with educational needs, problem resolution, and health management across the continuum of care.
3. Collaborates with medical providers, patient care staff, and unit management in the planning, implementation, and delivery of educational curricula.
4. Initiates clinical skills development programs within the parameters of established clinical and preceptorship models; monitors trends and implements educational strategies to ensure compliance with quality standards and parameters.
5. Provides direct specialized nursing services to an assigned group of patients, providing specialized patient care within nursing protocols and assisting in the performance of all related nursing duties.
6. Develops patient care plans, incorporating evidenced-based research and national standards; consults with and serves as a clinical resource for unit management to ensure quality patient care.
7. Educates technical and patient care staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments; coordinates in-service training and workshops for appropriate staff.
8. Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
9. Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
One Of the Best hospital in Middle East, this hospital certified by 3 accreditation (American, Canadian and Australian) hospital is receiving all cases Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Neurosurgery, Gynecology complication and RTA, with total capacity of 500 beds
ICU consists of four major units with total capacity of 60 beds for adults and 20 beds for Pediatrics.
Responsibilities and Duties:
• Assists with interviews, selection, and employee retention
• Ensures orientation and training for employees
• Manages performance
• Assists with progressive discipline up to termination
• Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook
• Coordinates unit activities and provides leadership for unit staffing and patient assignments
• serves as clinical resource for staff, especially for new employees and during complex patient care situations
• Promotes efficient patient flow including timely discharges and admissions.
• Encourages a safe environment by promoting adherence to established protocols, policies and procedures.
• Effectively implements current techniques and/or programs to improve patient care processes.
• Responds and provides direction during crisis and emergency situations.
• Ensures care is delivered appropriately by: orienting staff in accordance with Standards of Practice, review of clinical record for appropriate documentation, and review of documentation of appropriate plan of care. Leads staff huddles to communicate important, “just in time” information to all staff on duty.
• Regularly rounds on patients, physicians, and employees with focus on clinical safety, quality compliance, patient experience, satisfaction, physician and employee satisfaction and staff performance.
• Rounds with physicians.
• Provides direct patient care when needed.
• Maintains records related to orientation in-service and unit competency assessments.
• Assures compliance with policies and procedures
• Displays sound judgment and critical thinking skills in areas of decision-making and problem-solving.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates programs for in-service and orientation.
• Responsible for assessing and meeting own professional education needs.
• maintains effective interdepartmental relationships by working with other unit leaders and departments to define and work toward common goals
• Assures compliance with various quality standards.
• Directs activities toward support of SHH Mission and achievement of Department and Unit goals and objectives.
• Maintains exemplary attendance and availability according to department need and rotates management duty.
• Communicates information verbally and in writing to appropriate persons.
• Regularly prepares and presents staffing and outcomes metrics with action plans.
• Observes and practices SHH policy concerning patient confidentiality including on-line information and the Medical Record on file.
• Performs initial and annual competency per job class.
• Careful assessment and monitoring of patient progress in order to watch for sudden or subtle changes in a patient’s medical condition that might require emergency intervention.
• Responsible for managing medication and ventilator issues
• Provide regular status update to patients and their family members so that they can make informed decisions regarding treatment.
• Motivated and committed to a quality of care that emphasizes the patient first
• Acute-care experience.
• Work collaboratively with surgeons and cardiologists to discuss patients' conditions and medical needs.
• Facilitate the recovery process through patient and family.
• Education with a focus on pre/post operative procedures,
• Prevention, medication, and pain management techniques.
• Maintained record of persons treated, prepared accident reports. In addition, insurance forms.
**Working as Clinical Support Nurse In parallel
**Manage rapid response team.
**Giving ACLS, BLS COURSES
King Hussein cancer center which is one of the leading centers in Jordan and Middle East specialized in oncology and recently it has been certified by the JCIA(2006) and Disease Specific Certification(2007)
This private center consist of 5 floors with capacity of 130 beds distributed as medical floors, surgical, pediatric, BMT unit, ICU and operation room, Intensive care unit capacity 18 beds as isolated rooms, for adults and pediatric.
Responsibilities and Duties:
• Assess and care of patients during pre and post medical-surgical.
• Responsible for pain management, patient safety, care of patients
with simple to complex surgeries
• Care of patients with GI bleed & procures to localize source.
• Care of patients with complex, open wounds, care of orthopedic
patients both arthritic and, primarily, traumatic et al ortho injuries;
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• closed head injuries, open fractures, spinal injuries including
Quadriplegia. Pneumo-thorax.
• Care of patients with chest tubes, JP drains Dialysis patients as
well as uncontrolled Diabetics.
• Co-existent psychiatric/ substance-abuse issues, placement Naso-
gastric and Dobhoff tubes, Foley cath insertion/ discontinuan.
• Aseptic peripheral IV starts as well as Picc-lines, Medi-ports and
Triple Lumen Cathers.
• Educate patients and family members about self care and
Medication.
• Assisted with removal of staples and sutures.
• Assisted patients with dressing wounds and medication.
• Educating patients and patient's family on pre-op/pre procedure
• Preparation.
• Assisting patients with Insurance documentation.
High level of Nursing science plan over 4 years Include management of Nursing practice, psychology, pharmacology, Adult and pediatric Care, Anatomy, physiology, Biochemistry, and other parts From Nursing practice