Job Benefits

• Tax-Free income
• Single-Status contract
• Fully Furnished Accommodations provided
• Relocation Allowance
• Free flights home
• Generous vacations (54 days)

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (online degrees/diplomas are not accepted) , and  
• Current Nursing (RN) license in North America, Western Europe, or Australia/New Zealand, and
• Specialty qualification related to area of expertise required. Evidence must be provided, and
• Minimum of four years of current experience as a RN, including at least one year of current leadership experience in the specialty area, working in a mid- to large-size acute-care hospital setting in North America, Western Europe, or Australia/New Zealand.

Department Information

The Department of Surgery is the largest surgical department at our client hospital serving the people of Saudi Arabia and providing national leadership in surgical science for nearly 30 years.

It consists of nine sub-specialty sections, including: Breast and Endocrine, Colorectal Surgery, General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Ophthalmology, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Renal and Pancreatic Transplant, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery. Some unique services provided are: reconstructive surgery, microsurgery, complex cadaveric and living related transplantations, difficult kidney transplants (multiple arteries and pediatrics less than 10kg), combined lung/pancreas transplantations, minimally invasive surgery (adult, pediatric and neonates), robotic surgery, surgical treatment of morbid obesity (gastric band/bypass, sleeve gastrectomy), and laser and vacuum-assisted wound care.

The Pediatric Surgery Unit treats patients from infants to age 14 years. Most of the patients have multiple and complex medical conditions requiring multi-disciplinary approach in their management. This pediatric patient population requires diagnostic work-up, medical-surgical management, nursing assessment, intervention, and education.

Specialties include:

• General Pediatric Surgery
• Plastic Surgery
• Urology
• ENT
• Neurology / Neurosurgery

Frequent Procedures/Services/Functions

• Pre and Post-operative surgical management
• Patient/family education
• Patient assessment and evaluation
• Nutritional support (enteral feeding, TPN, weights, caloric counts)
• Blood product’s administration
• Management of artificial airways, tracheotomy management
• Chest tube management
• Oxygen therapy and pulse oximetry
• Continuous and intermittent pain management including epidural pain management/PCA
• Central and peripheral IV line management
• Maintenance of skin integrity
• Bereavement care
• Emotional support
• Wound care and management
• Osteomy care and management
• Bowel preparation prior to surgery
• Lumbar puncture
• Continuous intermittent catheterization (metrofanoff or urethral)

Number Of Beds: 27
Nurse Patient Ratio:
Day 1:3 – 4
Night 1:4 – 5

Hours of Operation:24 hours a day, 7 days a week