Ref: RP057-615

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Category
Nursing and Midwifery

Speciality
Critical Care/ ITU

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
- SURGICAL SPECIAL CARE UNIT (SSCU-B)
- Number of Beds: 15
- Nurse Patient Ratio: 1:1-2

This unit provides acute, intensive care for surgical patients aged 14 years and above. Surgical patients requiring intensive care for management and observation following major surgery include craniotomy, major abdominal surgery, aorto-femoral bypass, thoracic, renal, liver, lung pancreatic transplantations, and any patient post-operatively that has an underlying medical condition that require close monitoring and active intensive care management. Cardiology patients are admitted if beds are unavailable in CCU.

Frequent Procedures/Services/Functions

The following diagnostic and therapeutic modalities are utilized to facilitate patient care:
- Nursing process (ongoing multi-system physical and psychosocial assessment, planning, intervention, education, and evaluation)
- nvasive hemodynamic monitoring
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Cardiac Monitoring
- Hemodialysis
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
- IV Therapy
- Fluid and electrolyte balance and replacement
- Blood and blood component administration
- Airway management
- Skin and respiratory care
- Pain Management, Patient Controlled Analgesia, Epidural Analgesia
- Administration of Inotropes and Vasoactive Agents
- Emergency resuscitation procedures
- Management of post operative drains and wound care
- Safety management
- Infection Control
- Chemotherapy
- Psychosocial care
- Intra Abdominal Monitoring
- Plasmapheresis
- Tracheostomy care
- Nutritional care - TPN / Enteral Feeds
- Bedside bronchoscopy / endoscopy
- Bedside Percutaneous tracheostomy
- Hypotermia Protocol
- MAAS Scoring
- BIS Monitoring
- Spiritual care
- ICP / EVD monitoring
- Patient / significant other education
- Rapid Response Team
- 100K Lives Campaign
- CERNER/ICIS Systems
- PACS System
- Pyxis Medication Administration System
- ICG Hemodynamic Monitoring System
- Vigileo Monitoring System
- Coolguard Hypothermia System

Benefits
- Generous tax- free Salary 21 050 SAR per month
- Free housing and utilities
- Free healthcare
- Free flights
- 7 days paid holiday for 90 working days
- 90 day contract with an option to extend for another 90 days

Requirements

At least two years and ideally more as a Staff nurse (RN) in an busy ITU. This post is open to native English speakers only 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.

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Nurse salaries in Saudi Arabia

Average monthly compensation
SAR 6,000

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