WOC – Advanced Specialty Nurse

Education / Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
• Master’s degree in Nursing
• WOC Certification

Experience:

• Experience from North America, Western Europe, Australia or New Zealand is a must.
• A minimum of eight(8) years recent experience as a Registered Nurse at a large acute-care/tertiary teaching hospital, including a minimum of four(4) years of current, full-time experience in as a WOC Nurse

License:

• License from North America, Western Europe, Australia or New Zealand is a must.
• Current and in good Standing Nursing License/Registration (RN) to practice in country of residence
• Current BLS/ACLS required

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides skilled safe, holistic, culturally competent, person-centered nursing & midwifery care to patients, families, community and society, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team irrespective of healthcare settings.
• Provides direct patient care, including assessment, diagnosis and treatment interventions.
• Provides guidance for and supervision of personnel accountable to the role.
• Coordinates services with the services of other health care disciplines.
• Assumes responsibility for staffing and scheduling personnel. Assignments reflect appropriate utilization of personnel.
• Fosters a climate conducive to education experiences for nurses, midwives and students.
• Evaluates the quality and appropriateness of care.
• Accepts organizational accountability for services provided to recipients.
• Accepts accountability for own actions and decision-making and for the related outcome.
• Delivers nursing & /or midwifery care and practices embedding the  Advanced Nurse cope of Practice as the ethical and professional framework alongside consideration of the socio-cultural needs of patients, families, communities and society.
• Functions at all times in accordance with legislative, regulatory and policy guidelines relevant to registered nursing & midwifery practice.
• Maintains and demonstrates clinical competence in all aspects of care provided to patients & families on specific unit.
• Develops, implements, evaluates, revises and provides input to the patients’ plan of care and provides care according to the plan of care.
• Administers medications and therapies in a safe, timely and effective manner in accordance with policy.
• Uses communication skills to ensure that other members of the health care team, the patient and their family are and remain fully informed.
• Exhibits leadership qualities and manages nursing & midwifery care safely, efficiently and ethically.
• Ensures nursing practice meets organizational quality and safety standards and guidelines and participates in continuous quality improvement.
• Maintains and promotes customer satisfaction through effective customer service.
• Delegates and provides supervision to team members according to their competence and scope of practice.
• Demonstrates commitment to the development of other members in the healthcare team, as well as patients, families, community and society.
• Assumes responsibility for own professional development through lifelong learning to ensure continued competence and performance improvement.
• Enables and provides information on maintaining and optimizing health and maximizing self-care.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
• Uses data systems to enhance the quality and delivery of patient care.
• Uses research, evaluation, service improvement and audit findings to enhance the quality of patient care and protect the rights of those participating.
• Performs and documents a comprehensive medical/nursing history, physical and psychosocial assessment of the patient’s and family’s health status.
• Provides direct, specialized, comprehensive care, education and counselling emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention and collaborative management strategies to positively affect health outcomes.
• Working under defined clinical pathways and/or medical directives, the nurse practitioner may undertake a variety of task as per the scope of practice.
• Perform other duties as assigned.