Head Nurse Surgical Unit

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• 7 years of experience in the same field and 3 years in the same position as head nurse.
• Master’s or diploma in Management is preferable.
• Managerial skills are a must.
• Dataflow is a must.
• Saudi license holder is a plus.
• Fluent in English.

Job description and responsibilities:

1. Take over narcotic, ensure all the narcotics are correctly used and documented as per policy.
2. Takes over daily reports of all the patients in the unit.
3. Check the patient’s allocation, ensure proper patient distribution, staff patient ratio according to the unit activities.
4. Ensures the electronic attendance submission on time.
5. Ensures the distribution of the break time, monitor all the staff comply with the assignment sheet.
6. Ensures all the patients for Surgery with correct identification, consent for every procedure, consent for anaesthetic, site marking, surgery checklist, pre-op medication and all the OR requirements available before sending the patient.
7. Ensures the daily disaster on call list, bed occupancy sheet are updated.
8. Visit all patients in the unit with the other nurses, ensuring correct patient identification is maintained, assess the patient according to their needs.
9. Follows doctors on their rounds whenever needed.
10. Ensures correct inventory is done by the staff.
11. Check crash cart trolley on a weekly basis.
12. Check patients' rooms, ensures room checklist done correctly, medication room is clean and tidy, report defects and ensures repairs are followed up.
13. Monitors stocks, request and follow up.
14. Attends Management meetings and whenever necessary, conduct unit meetings and keep records.
15. Involves in training of the Saudi Nurses, Preceptorship Program.
16. Assessment for recontracts, promotion and attachment staff for training purposes and staff development schedule.
17. Ensures the other administrative work of the unit is kept up to date.

Compensation:

• Competitive salary (Free Tax)
• Accommodation provided (housing, transportation, food allowance…)
• Annual bonus
• Flight tickets