Clinical Nurse Manager - Critical Care Center (FC200150) - PICU

• Leads and manages the selection, development and retention of all staff within the unit
• Leads and manages ongoing activities relating to individual performance appraisals, competency validation, development plans and professional goals for unit staff members.
• Sets and monitors performance standards against patient outcomes
• Promotes positive relationships and teamwork by fostering a healthy work environment consistent with Sidra Values
• Provides leadership and direction to the Nursing team to enable the achievement of performance targets that impact safety, quality and efficiency in the provision of patient care.
• Promotes and ensures a quality learning environment for new starters, students, interns and nurse residents, and is actively involved in teaching and developing staff.
• Contributes to the attainment of strategic Nursing objectives by facilitating and embedding these at a unit level.

• Is accountable for ensuring that all Nursing staff practice on the unit, including their own, adheres to the DHP Scope of Practice according to licensure within the State of Qatar
• Independently maintains licensure and regulatory requirements (e.g., life support certifications and CPD requirements) as required in their role
• Ensures the nursing staff on the unit are independently maintaining licensure and regulatory requirements (e.g. life support certifications and CPD requirements) as required in their role
• Ensures that patient care is delivered in accordance with established standards of nursing care, accreditation, policies, guidelines and protocols of Sidra and the State of Qatar
• Serves as a professional role model and works alongside the staff in clinical areas to champion good practice and identify development needs
• Ensures clinical practitioner competence and professional nursing credibility.

• Drives and actions the total patient experience and journey through collaborative working and effective communications with all members of the multi-disciplinary team throughout the hospital
• Ensures effective use for resource allocation that meets patient population needs.
• Ensures staffing ratios and patient assignments are reflective of patient census, acuity, skill mix, and capabilities of staff
• Ensures the team communicates effectively and clearly with patients and families and includes the use of approved tools such as SBAR.
• Ensures nursing staff support effective discharge and follow up planning in collaboration with families.

• Leads, plans, implements and evaluates the operational care delivery at a unit level.
• Motivates the team to grow and develop by role modelling professional behavior and coaching and mentoring staff
• Provides a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the clinical setting from whom patients and families can seek assistance, advice and support
• Partners with clinical educators in planning, implementation and evaluation of patient and staff education requirements
• Demonstrates negotiation and diplomacy skills and partnership working with internal and external stakeholders
• Promotes and facilitates unit based and organizational Shared Leadership initiatives

• Adheres to and evaluates the dissemination, use, monitoring and review of Sidra's Nursing and Midwifery Standards of Practice.
• Demonstrates clinical competency by ensuring the delivery of evidence-based care at unit level
• Achieves goals and objectives by embracing evidence and research to support transformational change
• Promotes the advancement of nursing research at a unit level
• Participates and supports research activities and interprets information from the research and utilizes research findings in the development of standards

• Leads and participates in organization-wide performance improvement activities and committees as assigned.
• Establishes and analyzes areas of improvement through data to prepare necessary reports.
• Develops a culture that improves quality, and takes appropriate action when required to ensure that quality is maintained across the nursing team
• Develops, revises and initiates unit procedures as required.
• Monitors and analyzes performance data to ensure that unit KPIs are achieved; identifies opportunities for improvement and implements solutions.
• Leads and participates in audits as appropriate to the role
• Responsible for the development and implementation of operational plans and strategies designed to achieve targets and objectives

• Ensures compliance with Health and Safety policies ensuring safe working practices
• Fosters a culture of safety and ensures a robust culture of incident reporting for the protection of patients, families and staff
• Ensures any identified safety issues are remediated and learning from incidents is shared and acted upon
• Ensures all operational duties are conducted in line with policy, procedures and guidelines
• Conducts unit-based risk assessments and day to day management of risk
• Participates in root cause analyses as required
• Leads, maintains and promotes regulatory readiness at the unit level, including JCI and MOPH activities
• Delegates appropriately and ensures all nursing staff are proficient and competent in their roles

• Promotes exemplary documentation practices in the unit by reviewing patient EMR for accuracy and appropriateness of nursing documentation and standards of practice as required
• Effectively utilizes data to make decisions, drive quality improvement initiatives and improve patient outcomes at the unit level.

• Assumes financial responsibility through budget management for the unit to ensure that patient services are provided in a timely, efficient and effective manner. Balances financial responsibility against safe patient care.
• Actively seeks opportunities for cost efficiency to maximize cost throughput
• Makes decisions on budget planning, clinical operation, and resource allocation at a unit level

• Deputizes for the director or any other unit manager as necessary
• Participates in on - call duties as required
• Adheres to Sidra's standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies.
• Adheres to and promotes Sidra's Values.

• Bachelor Degree in Nursing (4 years)
• Master's degree in Nursing or health related field, or Masters in Business Administration
• Registered Nurse

• Valid professional nursing license in country of origin
• Meets licensing requirements of the State of Qatar

• Proactive approach to planning
• Demonstrated ability to cope with rapid and sustained change, competing demands and tight deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with a range of stakeholders internally and externally
• Effective communication and presentation skills and demonstrated ability to present to large audiences.
• Empowering and enabling leadership style
• Effective coordination of resources
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
• Fluency in written and spoken English

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