Nurse

Department: Medical

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Global

Reporting To: Senior Nurse

Description

We are hiring nurses to join Carnival's fleet of North American brands, including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, and Seabourn.

Nurses primarily provide individualized care to guests and crew in outpatient, inpatient, and intensive care settings. They act as first responders, triaging emergency calls, assessing and treating patients on-site, and transferring them to the shipboard medical center for definitive care. Through specific patient group directives, nurses can practice autonomously under the authority of doctors, assessing patients and providing treatment and advice for particular conditions. In addition to their first response duties, they work closely with other medical practitioners in caring for patients and attending daily walk-in clinics.

Nurses also perform various technical and non-clinical administrative tasks that support the medical center's efficient and safe operation under the direction and supervision of the Senior Nurse. Additional duties include conducting equipment checks, managing medication and clinical consumable inventories, participating in drills, audits, and inspections, as well as training other crew members. Technical skills are learned and practiced on board, including X-ray acquisition and performing a wide range of laboratory tests and other procedures.

All medical staff provide a high level of customer service, maintaining a professional, dignified, friendly, assertive, and polite demeanor at all times towards guests and fellow crew members, and demonstrating performance consistent with the organization's Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan.

Successful candidates will be assigned to work four-month contracts onboard our fleet of cruise ships operating worldwide, with two-month intermissions.

IMPORTANT: please download the Procedural Skills List PDF file listed on the documents section of this page before clicking apply. You will need it in the next step before submitting your application.

Nurse positition key responsibilities

Patient Care Responsibilities

• Delivers safe, evidence-informed nursing care - without the need for ongoing clinical supervision, following current nursing guidelines.
• Performs diagnostic testing, such as laboratory tests, EKGs, and X-rays
• Effectively communicates sound clinical reasoning, within scope of practice, to patients, caregivers, and colleagues.
• Performs prompt and effective first response, triage, stabilization, and preparation for appropriate transfer.
• Responds to calls, attends clinics, and provides care to patients in a timely manner and in accordance with triage priorities.
• Demonstrates level-appropriate procedural skills.
• Operates medical equipment appropriately and safely, reports discrepancies and malfunctions to Senior/Lead Nurse.
• Ensures health records are accurate, concise, timely and complete.
• Demonstrates the ability to function as an effective member of the medical team by completing allocated tasks appropriately, performing an equitable portion of the workload and on-call schedules, and consistently promoting a harmonious working environment.
• Demonstrates competency in drug computations and medication dispensing and administration.
• Completes nursing assessments, risk assessments and care plans per Company policy.

Patient Experience

• Interacts and communicates with guests and crew in a professional and empathetic manner.
• Consistently demonstrates sensitivity to every patient’s culture, age, gender identity, ability, and socioeconomic status.
• Adheres to Company's Procedures on Safeguarding children and vulnerable individuals. Reports any concerns to the Senior Doctor.
• Listens attentively, is respectful and considerate, and uses non-technical language when communicating with patients and caregivers.
• Adheres to Company Privacy policies for handling of personal and sensitive health information.
• Participates in regular reviews of patient feedback to continually improve patient satisfaction
• Promptly and effectively assists in the evaluation of patient complaints; participates productively in service recovery strategies.
• Maintains excellent customer focus in all interactions, ensuring that medical services are consistently perceived as being accessible at any time.
• When foreign language proficiency is needed for patient care, provides translation support.

Professional Responsibilities

• Notifies the Senior Nurse or Senior Doctor in a