RN-Cardiology Unit

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh

The King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh. 

With 726 beds, the most high acuity tertiary-care centre in the entire Arabian Peninsula. Built in 1979, 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 3.5 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 24 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

Nurses in the Cardiology Unit at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia function within a total care nursing system. The Cardiology Unit treats stable adult patients. It has a total of 28 beds:

  • 21 cardiology beds are for patients with post-acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, endocarditis, arrhythmia; patients who are pre-op surgical open-heart; and patients receiving pre-cutaneous interventional procedures for cardiac conditions
  • three thoracic beds are for patients requiring thoracotomy procedures or surgical intervention
  • four protocol beds are for general medical patients admitted for investigative workup, medical treatment, or pre-operative care

The Cardiology Unit also receives patients with stable CABG/valve who are transferred from the hospital’s Cardiovascular Telemetry Unit.

Nurse to patient ratio:
1 : 3 or 4 during day shifts
1 : 4 or 5 during night shifts
1 : 2 for post PCI with femoral sheath in situ

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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