Job Description

Position Overview:

The primary role of the post holder is to provide nurse-led specialist individual care to paediatric patients and their carers throughout the transplant process with an emphasis on advanced practice. There is a strong commitment to education and health promotion as well as a supportive role for the transplant recipients and their families in the short and long term. The on-call responsibility includes the organization of liver, combined organ, islet and hepatocyte transplantation.

Key Accountabilities:

CLINICAL PRACTICE

• Provide specialized nursing services for patients and their relatives undergoing transplantation.

• Manage client caseload from assessment through transplant, discharge, and long-term follow-up, ensuring high-quality nursing care continuity.

• Introduce potential transplant recipients and carers to transplantation concepts, offering individualized education programs throughout.

• Offer psychological, practical, and emotional support to transplant recipients and carers based on their unique needs.

• Assume responsibility for patient caseload, ensuring accurate care plans reflecting assessments.

• Work autonomously, assessing patient and carer needs, ordering tests, and making referrals to the appropriate multidisciplinary team (MDT).

• Provide specialist advice on treatments and medication prescriptions.

• Deliver appropriate follow-up care, ensuring patients have information to make informed treatment decisions.

• Coordinate seamless services through enhanced multidisciplinary team processes and communication.

• Establish and manage a nurse-led outpatient assessment clinic, post-transplant follow-up, and health promotion clinic.

• Attend and coordinate multidisciplinary team meetings.

• Regularly review clinical status of patients awaiting transplantation, ensuring up-to-date investigations and arrangements for emergency admission.

• Liaise with MDT, influence timely discharge, and arrange follow-up for patients.

• Collaborate with referring consultants, community services, and counseling services to develop patient, carer, and healthcare professional services.

• Engage service users for feedback and suggestions on service improvement.

• Provide support, mentorship, and guidance to junior colleagues.

ON CALL

• Participate in on-call rotation for liver offers and referrals, facilitating 24/7 support.

• Receive national and international referrals and coordinate emergency listings for acute liver failure patients.

• Facilitate organ retrievals, coordinate retrieval team/transport, and maintain effective communication.

• Liaise with transplant surgeon for organ suitability and patient selection.

• Provide clinical support, nursing advice, and education to patients/families during on-call periods.

• Offer psychological and emotional support during pre-transplant phases.

• Conduct onsite clinical assessments for potential recipients.

• Optimize recipient conditions pre-transplantation and coordinate the transplantation process.

EDUCATION, AUDIT AND RESEARCH

• Promote transplant/organ donation benefits to patients, healthcare professionals, and the public.

• Communicate complex information to patients/carers effectively.

• Provide specialized information and educational material for patients and carers.

• Collaborate with corporate communications to provide information for media.

• Plan and deliver specialized education/training for healthcare professionals.

• Act as an expert resource for healthcare professionals.

• Prepare educational materials and evaluate education programs.

• Initiate and participate in approved research projects and audits.

• Ensure statutory documentation meets national guidelines.

Education & Qualification:

• UAE Medical Health Authority License (DHA).

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or Degree in Nursing (minimum two years course duration) And Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.

Experience

• Has worked in hospital or similar setting for at least 5 years.

• Recent experience working with Paediatric patients and a sound knowledge of liver disorders

Knowledge Training & Experience

• Resuscitation Certificate as per the specialty.

• Demonstrable ongoing and active CPD

• Provides excellent patient care.

• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks effectively.

• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and tact.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and problem-solve in a fast-paced environment.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and electronic health record systems.

• Experience managing a team is desirable.

• Familiarity with KCH policies and initiatives.

• Highly self-motivated with a commitment to continuous improvement.

• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and environments.

• Effective leadership and communication skills.

• Strong problem-solving ability to handle unexpected issues.

• Maintains credibility across all staff groups.

• Ability to multitask efficiently in a fast-paced workplace.

Language

• Preferably a native or fluent Arabic speaker with excellent verbal communication skills.