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King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh

The King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh. 

With 894 beds (inclusive of 170 day beds), the most high acuity tertiary-care centre in the entire Arabian Peninsula. Opened in 1975, 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.

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The capital city, population 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.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, population approximately 30 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.

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Employer: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is the primary tertiary-care referral hospital for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The hospital receives general surgical patients with high levels of acuity in the following units:

  • Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, and Chronic Pain Service Unit (34 beds): provides care to adult and pediatric patients with malignant and/or congenitally related diseases
  • General Surgery Unit (34 beds): provides care to adult general surgery patients (including surgical oncology, colorectal, endocrine, upper GI, minimally invasive, hepatobiliary, and trauma patients)
  • Otolaryngology/Ophthalmology/Maxillo-Facial Unit (24 beds): provides care to primarily adult patients, and the occasional hemodynamically stable pediatric patient, with malignant and/or congenitally related diseases
  • Gynecology/Oncology Unit (17 beds): provides care to female patients receiving treatment in surgical oncology, radiation medicine, gynecology, and gyn-oncology

There is also a 38-bed combined Medical/Surgical VIP Unit, which provides acute and long-term care to members of the royal family, high-ranking government officials, and foreign dignitaries.

Surgical nurses function within a total care nursing system. The majority of patients will have a family member with them 24/7 during their hospital stay.

Nurse to patient ratio: varies according to unit and patient acuity

Shifts are 12-hours in length and follow the American rotation. Overtime is available.

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

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