Dental Staff Nurse American Hospital Dubai LLC

General:

• Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process:

  • Performs patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.

  • Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.

  • Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.

  • Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.

  • Coordinates and plans critical care/clinical pathway, and prioritizes care, based on individual needs.

  • Revises the care plan as necessary.

  • Initiates appropriate transfer plan.

  • Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.

  • Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital/departmental standards.

  • Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.

  • Performs clerical duties when needed.

  • Assumes responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) required mandatory education (e.g. fire, safety, infection control and others).

  • Participates in staff meetings and unit committees/projects.

• Participates in developing and achieving unit goals.

• Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff.

• Performs safe handling and administrating of Narcotic/Controlled and Semi-Controlled Drugs and documentation as directed by policies and procedures.

• Ensures completion of unit competencies (i.e. pain management, and utilization of Emergency department devices).

• Maintains clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.

• Completes yearly, the critical care nursing competencies (basic).

• Participates in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities (data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, medication error reporting etc.).

• Participates in ongoing educational activities.

• Maintains mandatory educational requirements.

• Performs additional duties when required.

Unit Specific:

• Serves as dentist’s chair side assistant during dental procedures.

• Prepares and maintains dental instruments, treatment, supplies and equipment.

• Exposes and develops dental radiographs and performs independent procedures as delegated and directed by the dentist per the hospital policies and procedures.

• Maintains dental department equipment and work areas in compliance with hospital policies and procedures relative to infection control and safety issues, including the sterilization of all reusable dental instruments and equipment and the proper disposal of all contaminated or potentially contaminated materials.

• Maintains adequate operatory supplies and compiles a list for inventory control and ordering purposes.

• Keeps accurate records of patient current medical history and dental charting.

• Monitors patients during Nitrous Oxide sedation per hospital policies and procedures.

• Performs oral hygiene instructions.

• Books patient for appointment, procedure, or treatment according to treatment plan. 

• Follows up on patients’ diagnostic tests and coordinates with the dentist to inform patients about their results, and treatment, or if a follow-up is needed with the dentist.