About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><u><b>Job Summary</b></u></H2> </div><div><p style="margin-left:6.0px;margin-right:6.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif">The Charge Nurse is an expert clinician who demonstrates a high level of knowledge and expertise in a specialty as well as general nursing. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:6.0px;margin-right:6.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif">The Charge Nurse consistently demonstrates excellence in all areas of nursing practice including nursing care delivery, staff education, and collaboration. Evaluates and works to improve the process of patient care delivery within the unit. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:6.0px;margin-right:6.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif">The Charge Nurse manages complex, unpredictable patient care situations and is a nursing shift leader. Serves as a clinical and operational resource to the nursing staff. The Charge Nurse serves as the mentor on the unit with the goal of increasing nurse engagement, professional development of their staff, and safe quality care with improved outcomes.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:6.0px;margin-right:6.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif">The scope of responsibility, duties and accountability at the facility department and position levels including knowledge and practice of the clinical/technical skills necessary to the position consistent with the Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP) Nursing/Midwifery Competency Framework and Scope of Practice. Nursing job duties are to meet the Joint Commission International and the Plan of Care, and other regulatory requirements.</span></span></p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><u><b>Job Responsibilities 1</b></u></H2> </div><div><p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Identifies and assesses patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations. Intervenes to provide a safe environment and evaluates effectiveness of intervention for patient.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Provides expert comprehensive direct and indirect care to the specific populations needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family, and condition needs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Provides expert comprehensive direct and indirect care to the specific populations needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family, and condition needs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Provides advanced assessment skills, integrating appropriate data sources to assess the signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Evaluates and works to improve the process of patient care delivery within the unit.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Performs skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and the initiation of peripheral venous access.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif">Serves as a clinical and operational resource for all nursing activities in the department. Provides assistance to co-workers, new staff, temporary staff and students.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Delegates and assigns tasks to health care workers within the scope of their job responsibilities.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><u><b>Job Responsibilities 2</b></u></H2> </div><div><p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Evaluates, facilitates, and promotes patient flow, coordinates discharge planning and team rounding.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Participates in the completion of required competencies.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Champions department improvement activities.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Assumes responsibility for mentoring, coaching and staff development. Contributes to performance evaluations.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Coaches and supports nursing staff in the application of advanced clinical skills and critical thinking to support patient.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Additional Responsibilities 3</b></H2> </div><div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><u><b>Job Knowledge & Skills</b></u></H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify">• Regulatory Ability to interpret and apply knowledge of standards to comply with regulationsCommunication Ability to convey and/or receive written/verbal information to/from various audiences in different formatsTechnical Ability to operate mechanical/medical devices and/or equipmentManagement Ability to translate strategic thinking into operational objectives and plansManagement Ability to foster individual/team development, performance feedback, coaching and recognitionAnalytical Ability to apply critical thinking to analyze and interpret information and/or dataQuality Ability to provide and/or support a level of work excellence and accuracy; recognize and address flaws or errors that others may overlookManagement Ability to motivate, monitor, measure, recognize and improve performance and morale</p> <p style="text-align:justify">• ERP knowledge preferably SAP functional skills are a requirement to be successful in this role.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><u><b>Job Experience</b></u></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Minimum 10 years (required)</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Minimum 5 years as Charge Nurse</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Minimum 1 year in GCC (preferred)</span></span></span></p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><u><b>Competencies</b></u></H2> </div><div><div>Resilience</div><div>Agility</div><div>Quality</div><div>Clinical Decision- Making L3</div><div>Leadership</div><div>Inventory Control and Record-Keeping L3</div><div>Patient Care and Management L3</div><div>Crisis Management L3</div><div>Clinical Expertise L3</div><div>AI Fluency</div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><u><b>Education</b></u></H2> </div><div><div>Bachelor's Degree in Nursing</div></div></div></div>