Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Nurse Manager with strong Surgical expertise to lead our Acute Care Unit (L16) at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

This pivotal leadership role is responsible for driving safe, high‑quality, and compassionate surgical care while fostering a culture of clinical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate is an inspiring clinical leader with demonstrated surgical experience, strong operational and people‑management capabilities, and a deep commitment to supporting caregivers and optimizing patient outcomes. You will play a key role in shaping unit performance, empowering teams, and advancing nursing practice in a world‑class healthcare environment.

JOB SUMMARY

This position is responsible for the nursing practice and quality of care in an operating unit/department, ensuring superior clinical outcomes, while creating an environment of compassionate, patient-centered care of the highest quality.

PRIMARY JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Completes timely patient admission and ongoing assessments, plans and updates plan of care based on individual patient needs
• Provides direct care and evaluates outcomes, incorporating principles of family centered care
• Monitors and documents patients’ condition and effectiveness of care and interventions
• Assesses educational needs of patients and significant others considering cultural needs and other special concerns
• Provides teaching and educational material to the patient and/or significant as appropriate
• Validates and documents patient and family understand of teaching
• Administers prescribed medications in accordance with approved policies and protocols, utilizing barcode scanning
• Carries out prescribed treatments in accordance with approved policies, protocols and educational material procedures
• Promotes a culture of shared accountability throughout organization
• Ensure that nursing and clinical practice is in accordance with the mission and strategic plan
• Incorporates principles of Transformational and Serving Leadership
• Facilitates continuous readiness for local and international licensing and accreditation bodies surveys
• Supports caregiver engagement through application of Shared Governance principles
• Identifies opportunities to integrate Emirati Nationals into roles at CCAD
• Appreciates strengths of cultural diversity as contributors to the success of the organization
• Develops and maintains collaborative relationships throughout and external to, CCAD
• Work with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values
• Communicate with patients, families, communities, and other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to maintaining health and treatment of disease
• Communicates with patients, families, visitors and vendors in a courteous, helpful manner, endeavoring to resolve issues at the unit/department level
• Communicates patient clinical information clearly and accurately, documenting pertinent information in medical record and ensuring complete documentation of patient care
• Engages patient and family in hand-off of clinical information and planning daily plan of care as appropriate
• Evaluates, develops and coordinates implementation and revision of core standards of care, policies and SOPs
• Assumes a leadership role for operating models, supply, equipment and process standardization
• Analyzes aggregate data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement
• Identifies risks and strategies for their mitigation
• Use the knowledge of one’s own role and the roles of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of the patients and populations served
• Demonstrates commitment to providing evidence based practice care by:adhering to protocols for the care of patient populations in which assigned, reporting needed changes in practice supported by evidence, and participating in evaluating patient outcomes utilizing evidence
• Delegates appropriate components of the nursing care plan to other members of the nursing team
• Maintains confidentiality regarding patient and family information by promoting professional interdisciplinary communication
• Respects Patient Rights and demonstrates behaviors of a Patients’ First Philosophy
• Incorporates the CCAD Professional Practice model and patient safety principles into clinical practice
• Reports errors and near-misses
• Responsible for completing charge capture education and in-service training for their Institute within CCAD. When charges are not captured automatically the nurse will complete within Epic in real time, Perioperative Services within 24 business hours
• Leads the caregiver team in the delivery of patient care collaborating with other disciplines to facilitate achievement of planned and expected outcomes
• Apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan and deliver patient/population-centered care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable
• Maintains confidentiality with patients and families and adheres to Mubadala Code of Conduct
• Demonstrates active participation in resource stewardship
• Provides feedback on strategies to decrease costs, adherence to safe staffing models, and use of high-cost resources
• Accountable for establishing, maintaining and evaluating one’s own lifelong learning needs
• Committed to the development of fellow caregivers, Emirati nationals, and one’s profession
• Participates in safety education programs and cause analysis as required
• Reports needed changes in practice supported by evidence
• Participating in research or quality improvement initiatives

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or equivalent qualification is required
• Minimum three (3) year curriculum in Nursing from an accredited program is required
• Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Management or Healthcare Administration is preferred
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) board certification or equivalent postgraduate qualification in specialty area is preferred

Experience

• Minimum of six (6) years post-graduate Registered Nurse experience in an acute care setting is required
• Minimum of two (2) years in a senior charge nurse position, or not less than three (3) years in a charge nurse position in acute care environment is required
• International accreditation experience is preferred

Certification and Licensure

• Valid and current national license is required
• BLS is required from AHA or an equivalent organization, or must be obtained within 3 months of employment
• ACLS, PALS relevant to area of specialty is required, from AHA or an equivalent organization; or must obtain within 6 months of employment

Job Specific Skills and Abilities

• Positive written references, which must identify specific responsibilities as a clinical resource nurse, are required
• Demonstrated skills in leadership, critical thinking, coaching, counseling, problem-solving, decision-making and conflict resolution
• Ability to analyze, prioritize and problem solve
• Ability to positively represent the practice of professional nursing externally
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to interface effectively with divergent groups (i.e. patients, families, professional colleagues, physicians, etc.)
• Knowledge of medical terminology, office procedures, protocols, organization and filing systems and a variety of PC and/or word processing systems preferred
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to effectively manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
• Fluency in written and spoken English