Allyn Caccam

• · Provide total, direct nursing care in accordance with the plan of care needs of the patients with respect for the patient’s privacy, dignity, personal preference and culture. Prepare, administer, and document the administration of all prescribed medication by the physician, managing intravenous lines, observing and monitoring and recording patient’s conditions, maintaining records and communicating with all healthcare providers. Maintain knowledge of resources for therapeutic effects, usual dosages, contraindications, side effects and adverse reactions for all drugs and parental fluids administered. Maintain accountability for narcotics and controlled drugs. Escalate any adverse events/reactions as per policy.
• · Document all assessments, interventions, and other relevant information in the patient’s health care records on an ongoing basis.
• · Provide quality of care that is evidence-based by adhering to the hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care, guidelines, policies, and procedures. Measures health outcomes against patient care goals and key performance indicators at MNGHA. Identify significant trends or changes in the patient’s status and escalate and follow up as required to prevent the patient’s condition from deteriorating.
• · Maintain a safe and clean working environment for personnel by complying with the organizational policies and procedures in collaboration with the infection prevention and control department, patient safety department, and other support.

• Make an Annual Operating Plan (AOP) of the unit.
• Act as a Senior House Officer (SHO)/ Bed Manager on duty on rotational shifts.
• Prepares Management Committee Meeting (MANCOM) weekly report.
• Prepares monthly schedule of the staff.
• Manages human resources of handled nursing units as evidenced by:

1. Appropriate staff flexing of schedule

2. Staff sharing within own cluster

3. Immediate attention to staff related behavioural issues

4. Proper orientation of new staff to unit specific policies and work instructions

5. Staff compliance to hospital wide customer service standards.

• · Response to patient/staff call (complaints resolution) supported by documentation.
• · Audits and completes charting, medical forms and other administrative tasks.
• Ensure Nursing Staffs follow hospital policies and procedures.
• · Responsible for the Equipment Preventive Maintenance monitoring and Monthly usage report.
• · Conducts Monthly checking of stocks inventory and variances of the unit.
• · Acts as bedside nurse in unit exigencies.

• Responsible in providing optimal nursing care through a planned multidisciplinary and trans-cultural approach aimed at meeting the mission of the hospital while maintaining the cultures, values and practices of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Directly reports to senior nurse in the organization regarding all nursing issues, procedures and nursing quality management protocols.
• Ensure that all the nursing section of the patient’s progress notes are maintained and that each entry is reflected accurately on the patient’s physical and /or mental state and responses to treatments.
• Identifies all patient needs and plans to implement care accordingly.
• Evaluates goals and objectives of all care plans.
• Ensures patient safety and care during transfer to other hospital.

• Make an Annual Operating Plan (AOP) of the unit.
• Act as a Senior House Officer (SHO)/ Bed Manager on duty on rotational shift.
• Prepares Management Committee Meeting (MANCOM) weekly report.
• Prepares monthly schedule of the staff.
• Manages human resources of handled nursing units as evidenced by:

1. Appropriate staff flexing of schedule

2. Staff sharing within own cluster

3. Immediate attention to staff related behavioural issues

4. Proper orientation of new staff to unit specific policies and work instructions

5. Staff compliance to hospital wide customer service standards

6. Covers afternoon and night shift at least twice a month

• Cascade and monitoring of facility safety preparedness.
• Responsible for the Equipment Preventive Maintenance monitoring.
• Ensures medication safety practices in the unit by:

1. Serving as checker for high risk medications and narcotics

2. Follow-up of pending medications

3. Double checking staff knowledge on patient medication before administration

4. Reporting all medication-related error on time to the attending physician

5. Ensuring timely return of unused medications to pharmacy.

• Acts as bedside nurse in unit exigencies.

• Provides an efficient and safe patient care according to the standards of care.
• Demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice.
• Demonstrate performance consistently according to the mission and vision of the unit.
• Obtains and records initial assessment to newly admitted patient and the succeeding assessments during the entire course of patient’s stay in ICU.
• Ensures accurate, exact and comprehensive documentations utilizing SOAPIE methodology.
• Provides education to the patient and family.
• Possesses critical thinking on identifying patient and family needs.
• Actively participates in planning patient’s treatment as a member of the ICU health team.
• Ensures that treatment and nutritional nourishment is given to the patient on time.
• Acts as a primary health care nurse to the patient, works collaboratively with other disciplines regarding follow up care.
• Ensures the documentation, treatment and management plan are completed and endorsed accurately.
• Has the responsibility to observe and maintain the Code of Conduct.
• Utilizes effective communication skills to scientifically endorse to the receiving nurse the condition of the patient and discuss the unmet plan of care.

• Assist the Nurse Unit Manager in the management of patient care, functions and activities of the Nursing Unit.
• Attends Endorsement ( in-coming/out-going).
• Prepares/types monthly unit schedule of the staffs.
• Prepares/ types weekly unit reports.
• Authorizes and prepares overtime’s as required/ OT variance explanation.
• Prepares/checks purchase requisitions of medical/surgical supplies and/or equipment.
• Requests for personnel ( prepares MT and justification of new and/or additional manpower).
• Orients NSET participants, new staff and students to unit set-up.
• Makes ocular inspection of the completeness of equipment and stocks/amenities prevent work interruptions.
• Attends Meetings: Quarterly Budget Performance Awards, Monthly Unit, DON, Cluster, Department, Professional Organization etc…
• Makes/Prepares semi-annual personnel performance evaluation.
• Ensures strict implementation of Infection Control measures based on the Infection Control guidelines, 5’s, Dress code, Code of behavior, Nursing standards, etc…
• Investigates causes of incidents and ensures prompt submission of incident reports and submit findings/recommendation to NSO for final action.
• Ensures preparation and prompt submission of 24 hour reports every shift.
• Performs other duties as directed/ required.

• Gives direct nursing care.
• Identifies the nursing needs of patients.
• Plans, gives and evaluates nursing care.
• Admits patient.
• Performs nursing activities such as bathing and oral hygiene.
• Assists patient in moving, maintaining proper alignment of patient’s body, and utilizing good body mechanics.
• Takes and records vital signs of patients with vital signs monitoring, especially Blood pressure and neurological function.
• Observes medical asepsis.
• Observes signs and symptoms, institutes remedial action when appropriate and documented on the chart.
• Reports observations to the Physicians.
• Prepares patient for and assists physicians with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Carries out doctor’s legal orders.
• Assists physician when examining patients.

• Provide basic healthcare to all employees.
• Administers first aid treatment on accident before referring the patient to a hospital nearby for further medical treatment.
• Administer prescribed medication and treatments.
• Facilitated ramdom Blood pressure checking to all employees.
• Managed and tracked inventories of medicines and supplies.
• Assessed job hazards and incorporated promotion strategies to minimize accidents.
• Assist all injured employees and brought to nearest hospital.
• Assisted employees during hospitalization and monitored the progress of health condition.