Registered Nurse - Pediatric ICU - Female

Job description / Role

Registered Nurse - Pediatric ICU Jeddah - Female

SCOPE OF SERVICE:
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) provides 24 hour intensive nursing care for patients aged neonate through adolescence with capacity of 6 bed( future plan to open 10 beds)

The primary conditions and diagnoses treated are:
• Congenital heart disease, pre and 48 hr's post operative cardiac surgery
• Hematology/Oncology, Immuno-compromized patients
• Metabolic disorders
• Pediatrics General Surgery, Neurosurgery
• Vascular Surgery, ENT, Endocrinology
• Critically ill pediatric medical patients requiring intensive care

FREQUENT PROCEDURES/SERVICES/FUNCTIONS:
• The PICU utilizes numerous nursing diagnostic and therapeutic modalities to facilitate patient care, including the following:
• Use of nursing process, assessment, planning, interventions, and evaluation
• IV Therapy
• Thermo-regulation
• Hemodynamic monitoring
• Cardiac and neurologic monitoring
• Ventilatory support
• Psychosocial care
• Patient and family education
• Medication administration
• Trauma care
• Continuous renal replacement therapy (Fresenius)
• Pain management

HOURS OF OPERATION:
24 hours a day, 7 days a week

STAFFING PLAN:
• Number and mix of staff
• Registered Nurses functioning in a total care nursing system provide staffing. A charge nurse is designated for each shift. She/ he will be responsible for supervision and the quality of care delivered by personnel of her/ his shift. The charge nurse is not required to take a patient assignment unless there is an emergency situation or a low census.
• Unit staffing is assessed on a shift-by-shift basis.
• Shift Assignment are made each shift by the charge nurse/head nurse and based on the following criteria.;
• Complexity of patient's condition including nursing assessment, treatments, care and evaluations
• Type of technology employed in providing nursing care
• Degree of supervision required by each nursing staff member based on her/ his previously assessed level of competence
• Availability of supervision appropriate to the assessed and current competencies of nursing staff member
• Relevant infection control and safety issues
• Continuity of care

Methods of Adjusting to Staffing Variances:
• The Charge Nurse asses all patients for level of care required and determines if patient transferred to a less intensive level of care. Charge nurse may use temporary reassignment from other units or overtime to staff for variances in patient volume and acuity.
• In Services and Continuing Educational Programs
• Staff is offered continuing education and staff development to increase general knowledge, assure safety standards, improve quality care and keep staff abreast of new policies, protocols, technologies and treatment.
• The Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) with the assistance of the Staff nurse preceptors and head nurse is responsible for the coordination of staff education and in-services.

Benefits
• Tax free salary
• We can advise on application as we need to know The Country where you obtained your qualifications, where you are currently working, years of post graduate experience, if you have any post graduate courses etc.
• Sign on bonus: USD $2500 for one year and $5000 for two years.
• Airline Tickets: You will be entitled to both Initial Hire and Repatriation tickets to and from your point of origin. In addition, each year if you are there for more than 1 year you will be entitled to a free round-trip annual leave ticket to your point of origin.
• Service year bonus: One month salary on completion of year two and yearly thereafter paid at the end of each contract year.
• End of contract bonus: This is a one-time payment made upon your final departure from the Hospital and is accrued throughout your tenure within the Hospital. Severance pay accrues at a rate of 15 days. pay for each of your first four years and 30 days. pay for the fifth and subsequent years.
• Vacation/ Annual leave: 54 days/year is divided as follows:
• 36 days paid annual leave (accrued 3 days/month)
• 17 days annual paid holidays (07 Eid AI-ftr & 10 Haj Holidays)
• 1 day paid National holiday.
• Free Housing: Free fully furnished hospital housing or a housing allowance. All utilities are paid by the hospital with the exception of your personal telephone calls, cable TV and internet access in the home.
• Medical and Dental Treatment: You are entitled to Medical Care through the Family Medicine Department. Dental Treatment is on an emergency basis only.

Recreational Facilities:
The hospital has a number of recreational facilities open to you, including swimming pools, tennis courts, a bowling alley and amenities centre. In addition, the Employee Social Club & Recreation Services offer a number of recreational courses, exercise programs and trips and a variety of other benefits to the employees. There are numerous Western companies in Jeddah with thousands of expats.

Requirements

Bachelor in Nursing Science or Registered Nurse with current licensure from country of origin

Current 2 years clinical experience in Pediatric Critical Care nursing.

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.