Currently, the hospital is also offering 3- to 6-month locums for this vacancy.

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 the North America, Western Europe, or Australia/New Zealand, and
  
• Minimum two years of current experience as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area, working in a mid- to large-sized acute-care hospital in North America, Western Europe, or Australia/New Zealand.

Department Information

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) provides 24 hour intensive nursing care for patients aged neonate through adolescence.

The primary conditions and diagnoses treated are:

• Congenital heart disease, pre and post operative cardiac surgery
• Hematology/Oncology, Immunocompromized patients
• Metabolic disorders
• Pediatric General Surgery, Neurosurgery
• Vascular Surgery, ENT, Endocrinology
• All sick 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 (Prisma)
• Pain management

Number of Beds: 18

Nurse Patient Ratio: 1:1-2

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