Competency nursing is practiced in the 15-bed Bone Marrow Transplant Unit – which is part of the Cancer Center’s Hematology Section – at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Hematology Section is responsible for the investigation and management of adult patients with a variety of hematological malignancies (mostly acute and chronic leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes, multiple myeloma), as well as several non-malignant hematological disorders. In addition to the bone marrow transplant unit (which performs about 120 BMTs annually), hematology includes a 15-bed acute leukemia unit, a five-bed intermediate level ICU, and outpatient clinics.
The hematology section also has an extensive hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program, with a focus on allogeneic stem cell transplantation. It performs 60 to 65 stem cell transplantations annually, and follows stem cell transplantation patients at a specialized bone marrow transplant clinic within the hospital.
Patients are admitted to the BMT Unit for treatment of post-transplant complication, diagnosis and treatment of a blood dyscrasia and occasionally for terminal care.
Nurse to patient ratio:
1 : 2 or 3 during day shifts
1 : 3 or 4 during night shifts
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 license in Canada or the United States, and
- A minimum of two years experience as a Registered Nurse working in a mid- to large-sized acute-care hospital in North America.
Benefits:
- Tax-free income
- Single-status contract
- Accommodations provided
- Relocation allowance
- More than 7 calendar weeks of vacation
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