First Part

- Job Descriptions

The Definition

It is a list that includes a group of elements specific to a specific job, such as [the name of the job, a summary of the job, the supervision of others over the job and the job’s supervision over others, duties and responsibilities, and the special qualifications to hold this job.

It is statements that explain the nature of the job and the responsibilities assigned to the job holder, as well as the relationship between the job and other jobs. 

The job description of a health worker specifies:

  ·        His powers, that is, his right to make decisions.

  ·        His responsibilities are the amount of work that he is expected to accomplish.

Purpose of the job description:

It is to specify to the worker, the rest of the team members, and the supervisors:

  ·        What the worker is expected to accomplish.

  ·        The level of performance expected from him.

  ·        In front of who is responsible?

  ·        The people he supervises.

Contents of the job description:

Job name :

It is the official name of the recognized job for the person who does the work or performs the job, for example, nursing technician or nursing specialist.

The Date :

History is mentioned because the job description is not permanent. Employees and their duties change, and the job description must be reviewed and changed when necessary.

Job Summary: 

 Summarizes the main responsibilities of the job:

Duties:

These are the most important elements of the job description, and even the most important part of it, and each unit duty should be fully defined as a recognized part of the job holder's work.

Relations :

This is simple data related to the following

The title of the person responsible for the job holder in performing his duties.

Titles of the people whose work the incumbent supervises. 

Qualifications: 

The qualifications are described, including basic training  

Principles of organizing and writing job description information:

     ·  Arrange the description of duties in a logical manner.

     ·  He mentions the separate duties clearly and concisely, and not going into detail becomes a motor analysis.

     ·  Sentences begin with kinetic, functional verbs such as: perform, use.

     ·  Use quantitative words whenever possible, meaning achieving the goal by 90%, for example. Using specific words whenever possible is better than unclear words.

     ·  You start by mentioning the duties as duties and then delay the qualifications data.

     ·  Avoid generalization.

     ·  If possible, determine the percentage of the total position that is spent on activities.

     ·  Limits the use of the word “maybe” in relation to the performance of certain duties.

     ·  Using the daily, periodic, and sometimes routine, if defined well, will make the meaning more specific and clear.

Uses of job descriptions:

     ·  Job descriptions are used in career guidance for new employees 

     ·  It is used as a basis for performance evaluation.

     ·  Use job description items when making promotions.

     ·  It can be used to identify weaknesses in performance.

     ·  It is used to determine the numbers needed for work.

     ·  It is used to determine or increase wages .

Job description card

Organizational relations:

Under the supervision of: 

Director of Nursing at the hospital

Supervises: Burns unit nursing staff

Work's relationships :

Primary purpose of the job:

Determine the tasks of all individuals

Achieving the organization's goals

Improving individuals' performance

Improving the quality of nursing service

Roles and responsibilities :

1.     It plans, organizes, and distributes work to the nursing staff in the unit

2.     Estimating the unit's needs for nursing staff

3.     It trains nursing staff and on-the-job training personnel, especially new ones or transfers, while motivating them to continue acquiring information and skills, and participates in their training.

4.     Providing and completing the machines, tools and equipment necessary for nursing work

5.    Prepares schedules for shifts, nights, rest, and vacations, and distributes work among nursing staff members

6.    Supervising nursing staff members and following up on the implementation of nursing work by periodically visiting clinics

7.   Supervising attendance and departure and related records

8.   valuating the performance of the unit’s nursing staff

9.   Assessing patients' nursing needs and developing unit nursing plans

10.  Follow up on the implementation of treatment, observation, nutrition, and tests, and give directions to the nursing staff in the event of a deficiency or negligence in performance

11.  Review registration and recording of files, records and patient tickets

12.  Organizing meetings related to nursing work

13.  She prepares a daily report on the condition of patients and the problems that obstruct nursing work, submits it to her direct superior, and follows up on the implementation of the observations thereon.

14.  It suggests rewards and punishment

15.  Training new members of the nursing staff, nursing students, and lower categories

16.  Follow the rules and principles of infection control and ensure the quality of performance of various nursing tasks

17. She supervises the teaching and education of patients in the unit

18. Follows professional ethics and behavior in dealing with members of the health team, individuals, patients and their families

19. Carrying out similar tasks assigned to it

Job description card

Organizational relations:

Under the supervision of: Burns Unit Supervisor

Supervises:

work's relationships :

Primary purpose of the job:

Determine the tasks of all individuals

Achieving the organization's goals

Improving individuals' performance

Improving the quality of nursing service

Roles and responsibilities :

  Make patients' beds in the morning according to the patient's need.

Visiting doctors to see their patients

Implementing doctors’ orders, giving treatment, bathing the patient, changing clothes, and trustworthy food

You educate the patient about health

Follow the infection control system, write it down, and note vital signs as well as a fluid chart.

Performing the required tests and measuring blood sugar in the department (with a device trained by the department’s nursing staff).

Proper, complete and accurate recording and notation

Delivery and Receipt: (Patients, Equipment, Consumables)

Carrying out similar tasks assigned to it