Deputy Nursing Director - Long Term Care

Professional Connections (Profco)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ref: RP057-1514

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Category
Nursing and Midwifery

Speciality
Director of Nursing

Location
Riyadh

Hospital
• New high-quality 330-bed Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH). The LTCH is scheduled to open in December 2019
• Commencement dates October 2019
• Rehabilitation Patients who are medically stable enough to benefit from intensive rehabilitative treatment
• Level 1 Patients who do not have the ability to take care of themselves because of mental or physical disability
• Level 2 Patients who are medically stable and who may be recovering from illness or surgery and require a rehabilitation program because of weakness or a need for continuous medical supervision
• Level 2 Bariatric Bariatric patients
• Level 2 Dementia Patients with dementia
• Level 3 Patients with complex but stable conditions requiring daily medical supervision and specialised care in addition to nursing care
• Level 3b As above, but also including those requiring ventilator support
• Level 3b VIP VIP patients including those requiring ventilator support

Description
• Job Title: Deputy Nursing Director
• Department: Nursing & Therapies

Job Purpose:
• To support the Nursing Director in ensuring effective delivery of the nursing and therapies strategy at the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH)
• To ensure the highest standards of clinical practice, patient care and the patient experience, through clinical support, strong leadership, sound analytical planning and monitoring, and excellent communication skills
• To lead on nursing and therapies education and enable the organisation to continuously improve its quality, practice and performance in relation to nursing and therapies
• To deputise for the Nursing Director as required, to provide support in managing the Ward Managers and to directly manage a designated portfolio including the LTCH's Social Work provision

Benefits
• Tax- Free salary
• 20% of salary housing allowance or housing will be provided
• 10% of salary for transport - or transport will be provided
• 5% of salary as food allowance,.
• End of service benefit as per Labor Law
• Contracts will be for two years (renewable)
• Note- the contract is single status contracts.

Requirements

Qualifications:
• A graduate-qualified, professional nurse, licensed in his/her country of origin
• Eligible to be licensed as Nurse Specialist in Saudi Arabia
• Further postgraduate education in nursing, quality, management or related is desirable

Experience:
• Demonstrable track record of success in nursing leadership
• Experience of working in long-term care, with the elderly and or those with chronic conditions is desirable

About the Company

Professional Connections International Healthcare Recruitment Agency

Professional Connections, often referred to as Profco, is an international healthcare recruitment specialist. Profco is working to help placing credentialed nurses, doctors and allied health professionals in exciting opportunities with leading hospitals around the world. International assignments are a great way for nurses and other healthcare professionals to broaden their experience and to see how healthcare is delivered in other countries, while at the same time enhancing their career prospects as they gain experience in different parts of the world.

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