RN-Recovery Room/Post-Anesthesia Care Unit

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh

The King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh. 

With 896 beds (inclusive of 170 day beds), the most high acuity tertiary-care centre in the entire Arabian Peninsula. Built in 1979, it is constantly expanding and updating its facilities and services. Has the latest in technology and treatment methods.

Specializes in treatment of, and research in, cardiology, oncology, organ transplant, and genetic diseases.

(Read More)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The capital city, population 3.5 million and expanding into the surrounding desert at a rapid pace. Has extravagantly fanciful buildings, malls, and towers. 

The social life for Westerners is enriched by events at the foreign embassies in the city. After people acclimatize to the heat, they play sports: golf, tennis, hockey, soccer, sand-board.

(Read More)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, population 24 million, with mountains and the Red Sea on the west coast, the Arabian Gulf on the east coast, and the Empty Quarter in the middle.

Mecca and Medina, the two most holy cities in Islam, are located north of Jeddah. Majority religion is Sunni Islam. Common recreational activities pursued by Westerners: desert camping, swimming and diving in the Red Sea, running, tennis, hiking in the mountains.

(Read More)
Employer: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Perioperative Nursing is one of nine subsections within the Department of Nursing Affairs at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Competency-based nursing is practiced in the 27-bed Recovery Room, which is one of six units within Perioperative Nursing (the other five include the Level-II OR, Day Surgery Unit, Pre-Anesthesia Clinic, Day Medical Unit, and IVF Clinic).

The Recovery Room receives adult and pediatric patients from the 17 operating room theatres of the Level-II OR. Surgical areas include: general surgery, hepatobiliary, orthopedics, neurosurgery, gynecology, urology, ENT/base of skull/oral, plastics, and ophthalmology

OR cases are scheduled to finish by 19:30, but the unit operates 24 hours per day. There is a weekly night shift from 7:00pm to 7:30am, and emergency cases and weekends are handled on an on-call basis.

Nurse to patient ratio:
1 : 1 unstable pediatric patient/unconscious adult patient
1 : 2 conscious stable patient

The department is available seven days per week, 24 hours a day.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or Associate’s degree or Diploma in Nursing, and
  • Current nursing (RN) license in Canada or the United States, and
  • A minimum of two years current experience as a Registered Nurse, of which at least one must be in the specialty area, working in a mid- to large-sized acute-care hospital in North America.

Due to cultural restrictions, the positions are reserved for female candidates.

Benefits:

  • Tax-free income
  • Single-status contract
  • Accommodations provided
  • Relocation allowance
  • Annual Air Transportation
  • Medical coverage
  • More than 7 calendar weeks of vacation

Apply to this Job

To apply to this job please fill out the form below, email your resume to hza@hziegler.com or call us at 1-800-387-4616.

Since we are a North American based recruitment company we are only able to recruit citizens of Canada and the United States.


Contact Information


Occupation

If you prefer, you can also email your resume to hza@hziegler.com. If you don't have a resume, just leave this field blank.

Password