Neonatal and Pediatric Emergency Nurse - Rafic Hariri University Hospital

PURPOSE

• The Neonatal and Pediatric Emergency Nurse, as part of the ICRC Health team, serves in the pediatric and pediatric Emergency Department of Rafik Hariri University Hospital RHUH promoting and ensuring high quality of care that meets national and international standards.

• S/he is representing the ICRC in the RHUH pediatric department ensuring in smooth and efficient cooperation with the RHUH Team, ensuring patients access to and continuum of health care.

• S/he supports, coaches and builds the capacity of RHUH pediatric department health staff in their specific and general nursing care, meeting departmental goals and ICRC objectives.

• S/he contributes to a capacity and training strategy including SOP’s, guidelines, rules & regulations and promotes their practical implementations to improve the clinical management of patients and patient family education post discharge.

• S/he is establishing a safe and conducive working environment in the pediatric department, focusing on implementing new pathway for the newly renovated NICU & PICU focusing on infection prevention and control, hygiene, patient safety and family education, even under challenging conditions with limited resources

MINIMUM REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree/diploma in nursing or equivalent (minimum 3-years course) Registered nurse with a valid license to practice in Lebanon.
• Valid training in pediatric, neonatal reanimation

• 3 to 5 years overall work experience in a hospital, including 2 to 4 years practice in neonatal, and/or pediatric ICU Nurse
• Previous international humanitarian and/or development experience an asset.
• Previous experience within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement an asset.
• Very good communication skills

• Team work spirit

• Patient centered care approach

• Fluent English (written and oral).
• Computer literacy.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates with the RHUH team in the facilitation of access and continuum of health care, if applicable respecting ICRC pathways for vulnerable emergency pediatric patients.

• Act as focal point for nursing related patient transfer from the ED pediatric to pediatric units.

• Help in the implementation and application of the new pathways in the NICU & PICU.

• Ensures smooth and efficient cooperation with the relevant ICRC and RHUH counterparts in the pediatric Department and provides relevant support to both internal and external partners including audits, activities on chart or further activities agreed on with the RHUH Pediatric department.

• Promotes and ensures high quality specific and general nursing care and clinical management meeting national and international standards, including direct patient care whenever needed.

• Establishes a safe patient environment by implementing infection prevention and control measures, hygiene standards and a concept for patient safety regularly audited and updated (eg infection control auditing)

• S/he contributes to a safe and conducive working environment in the pediatric departments, focusing on, application of the new pathways even under challenging conditions

• S/he builds the capacity of the health staff in RHUH pediatric department by supporting and coaching them in their daily performance. Perform and reports on the daily patient round on patient with ICRC and RHUH team.

• Contributes to the Pediatric department capacity and training strategy including monitoring and lessons learnt meeting departmental goals and ICRC objectives, focusing on preventing cross infection between patients.

• Conduct a weekly case review or educational activity directly related to pediatric department

• Promotes staff training on the medical equipment available in the pediatric department and they use it properly and organize preventive maintenance

• Supports in the development and the practical implementation of rules & regulations and guidelines to improve the clinical management of pediatric patients

• Collects accurate data through the timely completion and filing of predefined patient/hospital-related documents.

• Contributes to any other activities, which may be considered necessary by the respective line managers

• The employee might be required to work overtime in line with the needs in the pediatric Department

• The employee might be required to work on weekends or public holidays