Staff Nurse OPD & Corporate Clinic ( Female )

Date: 15 Dec 2025

Location: Sharjah, AE

Company: University Hospital Sharjah

Position Summary

To provide clinical nursing care based upon treatment plan whilst managing the patient flow throughout the Out-Patient setting, ensuring a seamless patient journey across all hospital departments

Summary of Main Duties

• Actively participates in upholding and promoting the vision and culture of University Hospital Sharjah (UHS)
• Complies with all UHS policies, procedures and fire regulations
• Participates in all aspects of the International Accreditation program to assist UHS to attain and maintain international accreditation standards
• Performs nursing practice in line with the facility, MOH, JCI and FDON policies, procedures and standards
• Assess, plan, implements and evaluates the nursing care of each patient, considering the patient’s individuality, abilities, culture and right to choose
• Prioritizes patients’ individual needs and delegates aspects of nursing care to other nursing team members within his/her scope of professional practice
• Performs nursing care in response to the patient’s needs, treatment plan and nursing care plan, supported by nursing knowledge and current best practice
• Assists physicians with examinations, procedures and other processes related to direct patient care, within agreed scope of practice and competency
• Documents the nursing care of each patient in the Out-Patient Department according to facility medical record and documentation policy
• Assists and provides documented patient and family health education, based upon the individual nursing care plan of the patient
• Ensures patient environment is safe for patients and staff by utilizing infection control practices, adhering to International patient safety goals and following facility health and safety policies
• Collaborates with the Multi-disciplinary team and acts as patient advocate to ensure quality care is delivered
• Adhere to the safe administration of medication policy within the facility, administering prescribed medications, including narcotics as per scope of practice
• Monitors the condition of patient and reports any changes to appropriate personnel

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates sensitivity to patients’ comfort and privacy and expresses interest in their progress
• Utilizes and ensures maintenance of equipment and instruments, reporting any damages, equipment malfunctioning to the Bio – Medical department and nurse in charge immediately, including the quality control checks on refrigerators and monitoring of room temperatures
• Ensures all administrative billing documentation, appointment scheduling and insurance approval is complete as per facility policy and billing details have been communicated with patient and family
• Participates in nursing continuous quality improvement initiatives, in service education programmes, unit meetings and committee functions as assigned by nurse in charge
• Initiates emergency, safety practices and fire safety measures as necessary
• Reports all incidents through agreed channels and chain of command, ensuring Incident report is completed, submitted to nurse in charge and any immediate action required taken
• Maintains unit stock/consumables, crash cart stock, in accordance with facility policy on medication expiry dates and safe location of consumable items
• Maintains and adheres to patient confidentiality at all times
• Responsible for attendance to yearly mandatory training as scheduled on mandatory training calendar
• Responsible for professional clinical practice and is actively involved in updating knowledge through educational activities
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned (within scope of practice)
• The employment terms and conditions for this position are specified in the individuals Employment Contract

Position Requirements/Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing holding a BSc Nursing /Diploma of Nursing, not less than 3 years study duration
• Minimum 2 years post-graduation experience with at least 1 years in current specialty
• BLS certificate

• Advanced Life support

• Current license in country of origin
• UAE Ministry of Health License

• BLS certificate

Position criteria Other Skills/Abilities

• 2 years post graduate experience
• Computer literate familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel
• Must be fluent in written and spoken English, spoken Arabic an advantage

• Previous UAE experience
• experience in a commissioning environment
• experience of working in International accredited hospital (JCIA)
• Participated in Preceptors/Education programs

• Have knowledge current evidence-based nursing practice.
• Demonstrate proven success in collaborating with peers & colleagues and able to work in, a diverse multi-cultural environment
• Basic data management & analytical skills