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

There are 33 beds in Solid Organ Transplant, Hepatobillary & Nephrology Unit dedicated to Medical Nephrology, Medical/Surgical Liver and Renal Transplantation. Small bowel and hepatobillary are recent additions to our patient services. The unit provides intense and complex nursing care to medical/surgical adult and pediatric patients. Evidence based care, treatments and surgical interventions are applied to provide patients with the best possible outcomes. Nursing in B-2 is challenging, diversified with a focus on primary nursing. Several of the patients’ rooms have dialysis access ports and negative pressure facilities to meet patient’s needs. B-2 is complemented by the expertise of highly esteemed physicians and surgeons who work together with the nurses to achieve safe, competent and positive patient outcomes. The unit has designated specialized Health Educators who educate and are an additional resource to the team. The unit performs renal, liver and tissues biopsies and vascular insertions in our specialized procedure room. The procedure room houses a smll ultrasound machine to facilitate these procedures.
This Unit also provides clinical rotation to nursing students, interns and newly graduated nurses.

Frequent Procedures/Services/Functions:
I.  A. Management and care of Adult patients with Nephrology conditions:

• Uncontrolled HTN
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Acute and chronic renal diseases
• Renal conditions associated with systemic disease
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome
• Rheumatic disorder
• Polycystic kidneys (PKD)
• Patient requiring dialysis

   B. Management and care of patients requiring dialysis:

• Creation, revision of gortex graft
• Creation, revision of arterio- venous fistula
• Fluid and diet management

   C. Management and care of patients undergoing CAPD

• Management of exit site, tunnel infections
• Emergency ultra-filtration
• Use and “trouble shooting” of APD machine

II. A. Management and care of patients, pre and post renal transplantation:

• Cadaveric transplantation
• Living related/non related transplantation
• Negative cross-match and ABO incompatible transplantation
• Immuno-adsorption
• Total plasma exchange and plasmapheresis (TPE)
• Infusion of IVIG and anti-thymocyte globulin
• High dependency 1:1 nursing care post transplantation
• Cc per Cc fluid replacement and management

III. A. Management and care of patients with hepatobillary and liver diseases:

• Cadaveric/Orthotopic liver transplantation
• Living related/non related transplantation
• Ca of liver
• Hepatocellular Ca
• Cryptogenic liver cirrhosis
• End stage liver diseases
• Viral hepatitis B & C
• Liver resection
• Infusion of IVIG, anti-thymocyte globulin
• Hepatic encephalopathy
• Pre-liver transplant work-up

IV. A. Management and care of patients undergoing small bowel transplant

• Pre work-up leading to transplantation
• olitis diseases
• Colon Ca
• Short bowel syndrome