OR Head Nurse (Female)

A Leading Company In UAE

Saudi Arabia

Ref: QP689-644

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Head nurse is a key position in medical teams in hospitals. In consultation with doctors, the head nurse supervises all patient care in her department as well as acting as line manager to the other nurses on the team. It is a role that requires leadership ability as well as advanced skills in nursing. The head nurse is responsible for formulating work schedules, assigning duties for each nurse in shift and making sure they are adequately trained for their assignments. The head nurse is responsible for each nurse's performance during her shift. All functions and job descriptions should be done and implemented in her shift.

Responsibilities

- Head nurses manage all the administrative duties of the departments which they are assigned to work in
- They schedule shifts for the nurses and assign duties to them
- They collect work reports from all the nurses regarding their day-to-day activities and maintains a record of them
- They assist and conduct training programs for the nurses who are new and need help
- They also solve any issues related to the patients
- Inventory management is also one of the responsibilities of the head nurses
- Head nurses review and supervise the pre-operative settings made by the nurses in the operating room and make sure that they have provided required equipments to the doctors
- Head nurses often accompany the doctors when they go on their rounds to check the patients where they present the reports collected by them
- They provide necessary help to the doctors such as carrying diagnostic equipments, etc., to the doctors while they are on round for check-up

Requirements

Qualifications / Skills Expectations for Ideal Candidates

- Nationals of EURO, USA, Canada, Australia, & South Africa.
- 8 years post graduate experience including 2 years at Head Nurse or equivalent grade in the specialty or a real area
- Bachelor & Master of Science in Nursing and all other western Nursing Diploma's are accepted
- The applicant must have a valid professional license to practice, or registration (where applicable) from home country and/or country of last employment.
- Must have Good standing status.
- Fluent in English

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Nurse salaries in Saudi Arabia

Average monthly compensation
SAR 6,000

Breakdown available for industries, cities and years of experience