Working in Saudi Arabia
A land of contrast and opportunity
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Saudi Arabia remains the world's last great
forbidden Kingdoms and has for centuries been closed to outsiders
with very limited tourism. Health professionals have been
travelling there for many years however, to work and experience the
uniqueness that is Saudi Arabia - and perhaps the time is right for
you to experience it for yourself.
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What will you find when you get there? For many
it will be an intense learning experience on many fronts: you will
be working with colleagues from all over the world. The
diseases and conditions you come across may be different, your
patients are from a different culture and may not speak your
language, all of these add to your experience.
You
will have more free time on your hands giving you the opportunity
to pick up some extra gym time, learn a new sport or hobby, catch
up with new friends or do some extramural study - really the choice
is yours.
To really get the most out of your time in Saudi you will need
to be open to new ideas, to new people and to different ways of
doing things. If you are confident, optimistic and keen to see and
experience different things then Saudi will work well for you.
Read a New Zealand Nurse's Story...
After Jodi, a Registered Nurse from New Zealand,
returned home from working one year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, she
missed it so much that she went back for more. Now into her third
year she tells Geneva Health her story of what she loves most about
living and working in Saudi Arabia. >>Read Jodi's story
here
Benefits of working in Saudi Arabia
- Tax-free income and expenses paid living, giving you the
potential to save approximately 80-85% of your salary
- Free flights to and from Saudi Arabia
- Free furnished accommodation and paid utilities
- Generous annual leave
- Renewable 12 month contracts
- Medical cover and emergency dental care
- Work with an international workforce
- Great career opportunities
- Additional Benefits
Registration
As a New Zealand or international Registered Nurse it is
essential that you maintain your existing nursing registration in
your country of origin and you will be required to show original
documentation.
Other health professionals please speak to your Geneva
Consultant for guidance.
Work Visas
For healthcare and nursing jobs in Saudi Arabia your Geneva
Consultant will help you with gathering the information and
necessary documents to apply for your work visa.
Arab Muslim Nurses' Experiences Of The Meaning Of Caring -
Thesis
This thesis conveys the cultural worlds of Arab Muslim nurses
caring for Arab Muslim patients in the Middle East. The focus is
the nurses' beliefs about health, disease and healing, and how
these beliefs translate into their caring experiences within a
religious and cultural context. The research provides the
missing link between Western professional nursing systems and Arab
Muslim nurses' caring models and contributes to the development of
a caring model that is relevant to, and reflective of, Arab
cultural and Islamic religious values.
Written by Sany Lovering, the Director Of Nursing from King Faisal Specialist
Hospital in Jeddah. Sandy kindly offered to to share her
work for her Doctor of Health Science at the University of
Sydney.
>> Read: Arab Muslim Nurses' Experiences Of
The Meaning Of Caring. Sandy Lovering. 2008
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