Respiratory Care Services at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a very large and very busy department, caring for highly acute patients of all ages.

In 2006, Respiratory Care Services administered:

more than 315,000 mechanical ventilation hours
almost 200,000 therapeutic procedures
more than 510,000 continuous oxygen hours
almost 100,000 blood gas analyses

RRTs work in the intensive care units and are on-call for the emergency medicine department and for the general wards. During the first six months of your contract you will rotate through all intensive care units, including:

15-bed Surgical Special Care Unit (SSCU-B)
20-bed central MICU (MICU-C) and the seven-bed MSICU-D (there is an additional 12-bed MICU-E scheduled to open in 2009)
19-bed Cardiac Surgical ICU
18-bed Pediatric ICU
37-bed Level III Neonatal ICU

After the first six months, you can choose a core area of the ICU in which to work. RRTs provide continuous oxygenation and ventilation support to ICU patients. If you do not have experience in a specific area, cross-training is provided during the orientation period.

RRTs are highly respected at the King Faisal, and they are given a high degree of independence. Common procedures include:

administration of medical gases (oxygen, nitric oxide, heliox)
inhaled medications delivery
lung expansion therapy and pulmonary toilet
emergency intubations

Check out this video about the work of RRTs at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre.

Requirements:

Diploma, Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Respiratory Therapy of minimum 24-month duration, and
Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) with the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) or the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT), and
Must have a minimum of two years of current, full-time experience as a RRT in Critical Care (i.e., Adult ICU, PICU and/or Level III NICU) in a large (300+ beds) acute-care, teaching hospital in the USA or Canada.
Note: This is a two-year contract

Benefits:

Tax-free income
Single-status contract
Accommodations provided
Relocation allowance
Annual Air Transportation
Medical coverage
More than 7 calendar weeks of vacation

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