Locum Registered Nurse - Paediatric Oncology and Haematology

Job description / Role

Locum Registered Nurse - Paediatric Oncology and Haematology 90 day contract.

Category
Nursing and Midwifery

Speciality
Oncology

Location
Riyadh

Salary min
On Application SAR

Salary max
On Application SAR

Hospital
We are hiring for the #1 ranked hospital in The Middle East.

Our client Hospital is a 985 bedded Magnet Accredited Tertiary referral Hospital.

Description
HOURS OF OPERATION
24 hours per day, 7 days a week

No. of Beds: 26
Care Ward B (CWB) is a twenty six bed ward, which provides acute care to pediatric hematology and oncology patients from 1 month to 14 years of age. The Unit consists of four negative air pressure rooms for isolation and sixteen positive air pressure rooms.

This child-friendly unit is located at the King Fahad Center for Children's Cancer.

The majority of the children admitted to the center are infants, toddlers and pre-school age, although we do admit up to age 14 years old. On rare occasions adolescents are admitted if the patient is still under the care of the pediatric hematology/oncology physician. One sitter or parent must stay with the patient to reduce trauma of hospitalization.

- Consistent use of nursing process, assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation by health care team
- Medication delivery including chemotherapy administration and management
- Central venous Lines (Infusaport, Hickman Line, Temporary CVC line and PICC line) and peripheral intravenous line management
- Supportive treatment such as administration of antibiotic, IV fluids and other medication
- Nutritional support like TPN, enteral feeding, weight monitoring and dietary instruction
- Prepare patient for procedures including Bone Marrow Aspiration with biopsy, Lumbar Puncture, CT Scan, Echocardiography and MRI
- Provides care for patients undergoing procedure under conscious sedation
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- Oxygen therapy and pulse oximetry
- Provides emotional and psychological support
- Provides care to post radiation therapy patients
- Infectious disease management and follows isolation policies
- Starts the pre BMT work up
- Provides patient and family education
- RRT/ Code Blue Team coverage

The most commonly treated oncology/hematology disorders include:
- Osteosarcomas
- Ewing's Sarcoma/PNET
- Neuroblastoma
- Medulloblastoma / CNS tumors
- Brain tumors
- Germ Cell Tumor
- Wilm's Tumor
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Retinoblastoma

Due to the predominance of pediatric oncology patients, CWB also provides acute care to this patient population. The most commonly treated oncology disorder includes:
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Benefits
- Generous tax-free income.
- Lucrative benefits package to include free fully furnished accommodation, free healthcare, free flights and 54 days paid leave per year.
- Other benefits +++

Requirements

Requirements
At least two years and ideally more as a Staff nurse (RN) in an busy Paediatric Hematology/ oncology unit . This post is open to native English speakers at this time.

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.