Location Overview: Experience a new culture, a new way of life and a new point of view. Fulfil your sense of adventure and take one or two years out to experience life in a foreign land. There are great opportunities for career advancement and education. Our client is located in Abu Dhabi the capital of UAE, an intriguing city where traditional mosques are surrounded by ultramodern skyscrapers, tree-lined boulevards, gleaming fountains and parks.

Job Overview: Our client is seeking a Clinical Nurse Coordinator to join their team. The selected candidate will assume responsability for all activities related to the coordination of patient care in the organization, will helps to oversee the appropriate scheduling and follow up appointments for patients, will be involved with all aspects of patient education to ensure patient and family understanding and assesses for compliance with medical regime. 

Job Summary: Primary Duties:

• Completes timely patient admission and ongoing assessments, plans and updates plan of care based on individual patient needs. 
• Provides direct care and evaluates outcomes, incorporating principles of family-centered care
• Monitors and documents patients’ condition and effectiveness of care and interventions
• Assesses educational needs of patients and significant others considering cultural needs and other special concerns.
• Provides teaching and educational material to the patient and/or significant as appropriate.
• Validates and documents patient and family understand of teaching
• Administers prescribed medications in accordance with approved policies and protocols, utilizing barcode scanning. 
• Carries out prescribed treatments in accordance with approved policies, protocols and educational material procedures
• Use the knowledge of one’s own role and the roles of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of the patients and populations served
• Demonstrates commitment to providing evidence based practice care by:  adhering to protocols for the care of patient populations in which assigned, reporting needed changes in practice supported by evidence, and participating in evaluating patient outcomes utilizing evidence
• Delegates appropriate components of the nursing care plan to other members of the nursing team
• Maintains confidentiality regarding patient and family information by promoting professional interdisciplinary communication
• Reports errors and near-misses
• Work with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values
• Communicate with patients, families, communities, and other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to maintaining health and treatment of disease
• Communicates with patients, families, visitors and vendors in a courteous, helpful manner, endeavoring to resolve issues at the unit/department level
• Communicates patient clinical information clearly and accurately, documenting pertinent information in medical record and ensuring complete documentation of patient care
• Accountable for establishing, maintaining and evaluating one’s own lifelong learning needs
• Participates in safety education programs and cause analysis as required
• Other duties as required, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, but mainly to highlight the current main responsibilities of the post.

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or equivalent qualification
• Minimum three (3) year curriculum in Nursing from an accredited program
• Associate Degree Nurses from North America with evidence of passing the National exam is required (USA: NCLEX – RN & Canada: Licensing Exam)
• Minimum of two (2) years post-graduate experience in an acute care setting is required
• Note: experience requirement is waived for graduates of UAE Nursing colleges or universities after completion of an approved internship
• Valid and current national license is required
• BLS is required from AHA or an equivalent organization, or must be obtained within 3 months of employment
• ACLS, PALS relevant to area of specialty is required, from AHA or an equivalent organization; or must obtain within 6 months of employment

Some Benefits Include:

• Excellent Salary (dependent on years of experience & level of qualification) 
• Accommodation provided 
• Flight at start and end of contract
• Flight allowance paid monthly (over 12 months adds up to cost of flight to point of hire i.e. UK)
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Annual leave 25 days plus 10 public holidays per annum
• End of service award (30 days pay for each year of service at the end of your contract- paid tax free)