1. Nursing Practice/Patient Care:

• Provide a high standard of nursing service within the hospital's policy
• Attend patients' rounds with assigned staff daily.
• Demonstrate advanced nursing care by applying evidence based care practice.
• Monitor quality of patient care on a continuous basis.
• Act as a clinical and administrative resource person for staff, must learn and teach new clinical practices.
• Prepare monthly staff schedules, ensuring staffing levels and skills must meet patient care needs in the absence of the head nurse.
• Assist Head Nurse to provide in-service and unit / floor orientation in collaboration with nursing education team.
• Apply international patient safety goals accurately.

1.2 management 

• Process leaves requests in a timely manner and in accordance with hospital policy and nursing supervisor in the absence of the head nurse.
• Oversee the effective, efficient use of equipment and materials.
• Counsel staff as necessary, verbally and in writing maintaining the necessary documentation in the absence of the Head Nurse.
• Ensure staff implements the procedures for charging patients in the required time frame.
• Maintain unit records on clinical and other data and submit reports.
• Assist the Head Nurse to accomplish routine safety checks and monitor preventive maintenance of all medical equipment in the unit/floor.
• Be familiar with most common policies and procedures. 
• Has the authority to discipline staff for certain misdemeanors according to hospital policy in the absence of the Head Nurse.
• Is directly responsible for the supervision of the staff nurses, nurse aides on a daily basis in the absence of the Head Nurse.

1.3 Professional Development:

• Establish special clinical pathways with the collaboration of Education Department to manage specific conditions in the unit.
• Ensure compulsory educational lectures are attended by self and staff in the unit.
• Attend management in – service lectures.
• Assist the Head Nurse to identify the educational needs of staff and coordinates with the nursing education Department.
• Commitment to JCI requirement.