Working within Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Nursing & Clinical Services Department in Dhahran, Al Hasa, Udhailiyah, Ras Tanura, and Abqaiq.
The Nurse Clinician provides a professional nursing care to the patients, receives supervision and direction from the Charge Nurse and unit manager. Work is performed on any shift, as required, in the Home Healthcare of the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) facilities.
Work hours are assigned to meet operational needs. Hours may include on call and scheduled overtime.
Direction is through the unit manager.
Principal Contacts
Daily with patients and their families for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the nursing plan of care; with new hire and newly assigned nursing staff for orientation and integration into the nursing unit; routinely with physicians for carrying out physician orders, assisting with medical procedures, and reporting changes in the patient’s condition; ongoing with Charge Nurse for reporting changes in patients condition and progress related to plan of care; with technical and other support services within medical for direct patient care, patient flow, and unit maintenance.
Occasional public and community contact through communicating policy changes, revisions, and/or introduction of new work rules.
Occasional with other JHAH and outside services.
Principal Duties
1) ASSESSMENT:
• Performs a systematic initial and on-going assessment of the patient’s physical and psychosocial status, specific to the age of the patient.
• Assesses patient/family educational needs and readiness to learn utilizing appropriate resources.
• Assesses patient/family discharge planning needs utilizing appropriate resources.
2) PLANNING:
• Collaborates with the patient/family and other members of the health care team to develop and update a plan of care that is consistent with the medical diagnosis and based on the patient’s changing physical, psychosocial and age related requirements.
• Establishes realistic and measurable goals that are culturally sensitive, and identifies nursing interventions to achieve the goals.