Team Leader (Head Nurse/Coordinator)

Job description / Role

Dragon Recruiting has a fantastic opportunity for Team Leader (Head Nurse/ Coordinator) to work with one of the prestigious healthcare organization in UAE. Dragon Recruiting is an International Recruitment and HR Consultants with two corporate offices in London and Dubai and over 50 representative offices across 8 regions of the world.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Under direction, incumbents coordinate and supervise hospital nursing activities on an assigned shift in the absence of administrative personnel and ensure nursing staff levels are adequate to meet patient census.
• One of the primary duties includes scheduling relief nursing coverage for all units and for all shifts.
• The appointee will also act as a clinical resource person and represent nursing administration in the absence of the Nursing Program Managers; implement policies and procedures and interpret them to staff, patients and visitors; make recommendations to improve procedures; make rounds to oversee nursing care; and arrange for call-ins of medical and ancillary staff as necessary.
• Supervises and coordinates hospital nursing activities on an assigned shift
• Serves as a clinical resource for patient care needs
• Acts as resource person in the absence of administration
• Participates in special projects/assignments and quality improvement activities
• Represents nursing administration on evening, night and weekend shifts in the absence of the Director of Inpatient Nursing Operations
• Recommends policies and procedures to improve nursing services
• Implements nursing administrative policies, procedures and standards for nursing staff
• Schedules relief nursing coverage for all units and for all shifts
• As needed, initiates disaster procedures in the absence of hospital administration
• Ensures adherence to State regulations and Joint Committee on Accreditation of Hospital regulations
• Arranges for call-ins of ancillary staff as necessary
• Makes rounds to oversee nursing care
• Interprets hospital policies and procedures to staff, patients and visitors
• Provides and promotes excellence in customer service for both internal and external customers

Benefits
• Excellent benefits as per company policy

Education Requirements
• License Required, Certification: Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications
• Education: Possession of a degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university
• Experience: Three (3) years of full-time experience or its equivalent as a Registered Nurse in an acute care hospital, one (1) year of which was in the capacity of a Charge Nurse or Head Nurse or other supervisory/leadership role.
• Substitution: Two (2) additional years of experience as a Charge Nurse or Head Nurse may be substituted for the Bachelor degree.

Requirements

• License Required, Certification: Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications
• Education: Possession of a degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university
• Experience: Three (3) years of full-time experience or its equivalent as a Registered Nurse in an acute care hospital, one (1) year of which was in the capacity of a Charge Nurse or Head Nurse or other supervisory/leadership role.
• Substitution: Two (2) additional years of experience as a Charge Nurse or Head Nurse may be substituted for the Bachelor degree.

About the Company

Dragon Recruiting is a leading international staffing and recruitment company, head-quartered in London, with further offices all over the globe. Our clients range from numerous well known UK and international businesses. We also represent a wide range of less well known clients - helping them to find staff for their businesses around the world.

As an international recruitment agency, our clients benefit from a vast network of human resource specialists who attract, cultivate and connect organisations to talent in both global and local markets. Our unrivalled

scope of services and global reach allow us to share candidates and roles across borders. With greater coverage and tools, we can ensure our clients and candidates all get the best outcome for their recruitment needs.

With experience of over 3 decades we are recruiting more than 10,000 workers annually to and from the UK, USA and the Middle East and several other Asian countries. We specialize in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.