STAFF NURSE I

About the Role

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center (KFSH) in Medina is seeking a Staff Nurse I to provide comprehensive nursing care. This full-time position requires utilizing the nursing process and adhering to established standards of nursing practice and performance. The role involves demonstrating leadership competencies when in charge or acting as a shift resource or team leader.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide total patient care as assigned, adhering to core standards of patient care, established policies, and evidence-based practices.
• Assume accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care, including discharge planning for each patient.
• Contribute to decreasing length of stay and waiting times in line with unit-specific goals.
• Collaborate with Case Management to achieve patient care goals.
• Document all relevant information correctly, appropriately, and in a timely manner.
• Report equipment failures, safety and security issues, and reductions in supply inventory to the Head Nurse or designee.
• Demonstrate collaborative multi-disciplinary partnerships to achieve continuous improvement in quality patient care.
• Act as an advocate for patients and their families.
• Identify ideas to improve patient care quality and issues that could negatively affect patient care outcomes, utilizing the professional practice framework.
• Promote a safe environment and safe patient care by embracing a safety culture and identifying areas of risk to the Head Nurse or designee.
• Comply with policies for personal and patient safety and for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections.
• Contribute to achieving cost efficiency savings on the unit.
• Maintain awareness of resource utilization, exercising care in the ordering and use of staff, equipment, and materials.
• Contribute to the achievement of clinical quality outcome indicators and patient satisfaction.
• Lead unit-based Performance Improvement activities as assigned.
• Participate in the orientation of new staff and nursing students to develop their competence and performance.
• Assist in maintaining a suitable learning environment and act as a preceptor/mentor in the supervision and teaching of nursing students and new staff.
• Demonstrate transcultural principles in nursing practice.
• Contribute to special projects and assignments linked to nursing strategic priorities and the professional practice model as assigned.
• Assist in promoting and sharing knowledge via mentorship in line with relevant research and evidence-based practice.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 2-5 years of relevant experience is required for this role.
• Adherence to all Hospital-related policies and procedures.
• Participation in self and others’ education, training, and development, as applicable.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Medina, Saudi Arabia, within a hospital setting that emphasizes patient safety, continuous quality improvement, and collaborative multidisciplinary partnerships.