Dar Al Shifa Hospital Announces Multiple Healthcare Job Dar Al Shifa Hospital (DASH) in Kuwait has announced multiple career opportunities across nursing, critical care, emergency medicine, cardiac care, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatric orthopedics. The vacancies cover a range of clinical positions, including Staff Nurse – OT, Staff Nurse – Nursery/NICU, Labor Room Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse – Inpatient, Staff Nurse – Emergency Department, Staff Nurse – Critical Care, Staff Nurse – Cath Lab, Staff Nurse, Specialist – Orthopedic (Pediatric), and Specialist – Obstetrics & Gynecology. The recruitment drive offers opportunities for qualified nurses and specialist doctors with relevant professional education, clinical experience and, where specified, valid Kuwait licensing. The positions involve direct patient care, clinical assessment, emergency response, surgical assistance, critical care, maternity and neonatal services, cardiac procedures, patient education, quality improvement and multidisciplinary healthcare delivery.
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About Dar Al Shifa Hospital
Dar Al Shifa Hospital has a long history in Kuwait’s private healthcare sector. Established in 1963, the hospital began as a maternity hospital in Sharq, Kuwait City, and became the first private hospital in the State of Kuwait.
In 1992, the hospital underwent significant expansion under the ownership of Mr. Ali Jeraq. The expansion was driven by the objective of making healthcare services accessible to individuals across the community and developing the organization into a leading healthcare institution in the region.
As part of this development, Dar Al Shifa Hospital expanded from its original maternity-focused services into a fully fledged general hospital offering a broad range of medical and healthcare services.
Available Job Opportunities
1. Staff Nurse – OT
The Staff Nurse – OT position involves providing direct and indirect age-specific patient care while maintaining professional nursing standards and ensuring patient safety. The role requires nurses to coordinate patient care with families and healthcare professionals and manage patients across medical, surgical, obstetric and gynecological settings.
The position also involves responsibilities related to IVF procedures, pre-operative and post-operative care, infection control, medication administration, patient education and quality improvement activities.
Key Responsibilities
The Staff Nurse – OT will be responsible for assessing patients and developing individualized nursing care plans based on patient needs. The nurse will analyze assessment findings, establish priorities, implement appropriate interventions and evaluate patient outcomes.
The role includes involving patients, family members and healthcare providers in care planning whenever appropriate. Nurses are also expected to participate in multidisciplinary meetings and care conferences to support effective patient care and hospital operations.
Other responsibilities include:
- Reviewing appointment records and assessing individual patient requirements in the IVF area.
- Completing documentation related to procedures and ensuring records are maintained accurately.
- Evaluating patient care and following up on reports.
- Maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality.
- Preparing appropriate discharge plans and follow-up instructions.
- Recognizing early signs of potential complications.
- Maintaining accurate medical records.
- Ensuring the availability of supplies and equipment.
- Keeping medical equipment ready for use.
- Following preventive maintenance requirements.
- Demonstrating appropriate assessment and therapeutic skills.
Education and Experience
Candidates for the Staff Nurse – OT position should have:
- Diploma in Nursing or BSN.
- Minimum 3 years of experience.
- Experience in a related clinical field is preferred.
- Knowledge of medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetric and gynecological nursing.
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2. Staff Nurse – Nursery/NICU
The Staff Nurse – Nursery/NICU position focuses on providing direct and indirect nursing care to newborns in a neonatal care setting. The role includes comprehensive newborn assessment, neonatal care, parental support, breastfeeding assistance, infection control, patient safety and coordination with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
The nurse is expected to use the nursing process to assess newborns, identify care requirements, develop and implement care plans and evaluate outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
The Nursery/NICU Staff Nurse will:
- Perform comprehensive newborn assessments.
- Review prenatal records to identify newborn risk factors.
- Involve parents and healthcare providers in care planning.
- Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and care conferences.
- Analyze assessment information and establish nursing priorities.
- Develop care plans that promote newborn wellness.
- Identify subtle changes in a newborn’s condition.
- Make appropriate clinical decisions.
- Maintain complete and accurate medical records.
- Ensure availability of newborn care supplies and equipment.
- Perform clerical responsibilities when required.
- Complete mandatory education related to fire safety, infection control and other hospital requirements.
- Follow quality and patient safety practices.
- Provide family-centered care.
- Promote equitable and accessible care for patients and families with special needs.
Normal Nursery Responsibilities
The position also includes:
- Admitting newborns to the normal or intermediate care nursery.
- Following established nursing standards.
- Respecting cultural and religious practices of families.
- Ensuring physician orders are properly documented and implemented.
- Transferring newborns between the nursery and NICU when required.
- Demonstrating appropriate assessment and therapeutic skills.
- Providing basic life support when required.
- Supporting parents and caregivers.
- Implementing infection control measures.
- Administering medications and monitoring their effects.
- Ensuring newborns receive appropriate nutrition.
- Monitoring mother-baby bonding.
- Assisting mothers with breastfeeding techniques.
- Supporting appropriate feeding choices.
Family Education
The nurse will also assess family readiness to learn, identify educational needs, develop and implement teaching plans, support multidisciplinary discharge planning, evaluate the learning process and document family education.
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3. Labor Room Staff Nurse
The Labor Room Staff Nurse is responsible for providing direct and indirect nursing care to patients in the labor and delivery unit. The role covers nursing assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation and coordination of care for pregnant women and their families.
The position includes assisting physicians during deliveries, providing immediate care to newborns after birth and assisting during Caesarean section procedures.
Key Responsibilities
The Labor Room Staff Nurse is expected to:
- Provide patient-centered care throughout labor and delivery.
- Perform appropriate patient assessments.
- Monitor maternal and fetal conditions.
- Assist physicians during delivery.
- Provide immediate postpartum care.
- Provide immediate care to newborns.
- Assist during Caesarean section procedures.
- Work as a scrub or circulating nurse when required.
- Perform CTG interpretation.
- Monitor fetal heart rate and contractions.
- Monitor patients receiving tocolysis.
- Assist with epidural anesthesia procedures.
- Contact anesthesia and physicians at appropriate times.
- Ensure patients are appropriately positioned for delivery.
- Ensure monitoring equipment is functioning correctly.
- Prepare delivery equipment and assist physicians during childbirth.
The position requires adherence to hospital policies, professional nursing standards, accreditation requirements and international standards of practice.
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4. Staff Nurse – Inpatient
The Staff Nurse – Inpatient position involves providing age-specific, patient-centered nursing care to patients in medical and surgical units. The role includes assessment, care planning, implementation, evaluation and coordination of care.
The nurse may provide care for adult and pediatric patients with medical or surgical conditions, as well as patients requiring pre-operative and post-operative care, prenatal and postnatal services and OB/GYN-related care.
Main Responsibilities
The Staff Nurse – Inpatient will:
- Perform patient assessments using appropriate age-specific techniques.
- Involve patients and families in care planning.
- Coordinate with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
- Analyze assessment findings.
- Establish nursing priorities.
- Develop and implement care plans.
- Evaluate patient outcomes.
- Initiate appropriate transfer plans.
- Recognize early signs of potential complications.
- Maintain accurate medical records.
- Ensure availability of required supplies and equipment.
Clinical Responsibilities
The position also involves:
- Demonstrating nursing assessment and therapeutic skills.
- Following professional standards of care.
- Providing basic life support when required.
- Implementing infection control measures.
- Administering medications and monitoring their effects.
- Ensuring appropriate nutrition.
- Providing pre-operative and post-operative care.
- Applying patient safety measures.
- Operating medical equipment safely.
- Managing infectious disease cases.
- Providing pediatric care when required.
- Providing obstetric and gynecological care when applicable.
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5. Staff Nurse – Emergency Department
The Emergency Department Staff Nurse is responsible for delivering direct and indirect age-specific nursing care in the emergency department. The role involves triage, patient-flow management, emergency assessment, prioritization and treatment support for patients presenting with a wide range of medical and surgical conditions.
The position covers adult, pediatric, geriatric, obstetric and gynecological emergencies.
Main Responsibilities
The Emergency Department Staff Nurse will:
- Perform emergency patient assessments.
- Conduct triage according to hospital policy.
- Assign patients to appropriate emergency areas.
- Prioritize care based on clinical needs.
- Coordinate patient care with physicians and other professionals.
- Develop and implement nursing care plans.
- Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
- Initiate admission, discharge and transfer plans.
- Recognize potential complications.
- Maintain accurate emergency documentation.
The role also includes initiating peripheral IV access, administering medications according to physician orders, providing pre-operative care for emergency surgery and assisting physicians with procedures.
The nurse may assist with central line insertion, casting procedures, suturing, gastric and peritoneal lavage, chest tube insertion, paracentesis, pleural taps, lumbar puncture, burn dressing, cervical collar application and other emergency procedures.
The position also requires cardiac rhythm monitoring, identification of arrhythmias, participation in mass casualty management and compliance with the hospital’s emergency disaster preparedness plan.
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6. Staff Nurse – Critical Care
The Critical Care Staff Nurse provides specialized nursing care to critically ill patients. The position involves continuous assessment, hemodynamic and cardiac monitoring, management of patients receiving vasoactive medications, mechanical ventilation and complex medical or surgical care.
The position requires nurses to work collaboratively with physicians and other healthcare professionals while maintaining patient safety and professional nursing standards.
Key Responsibilities
Critical Care Staff Nurses are responsible for:
- Performing detailed patient assessments.
- Developing individualized care plans.
- Implementing and evaluating nursing interventions.
- Maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality.
- Initiating discharge or transfer plans.
- Recognizing early signs of deterioration.
- Maintaining accurate medical records.
- Ensuring availability of critical care equipment.
- Following equipment preventive maintenance requirements.
- Following infection control procedures.
- Administering medications.
- Monitoring medication effects.
- Providing appropriate nutrition.
- Providing pre-operative and post-operative care.
Critical Care Clinical Functions
The nurse should demonstrate competence in ACLS and BLS and provide comprehensive care for critically ill patients, including patients with cardiac disorders and those requiring advanced oxygen therapy.
Responsibilities include:
- Managing mechanically ventilated patients.
- Managing patients on non-invasive ventilation.
- Performing hemodynamic monitoring.
- Monitoring cardiac output, CVP, PCWP and PAP.
- Providing central line and PA catheter care.
- Caring for patients before and after cardiac catheterization and angioplasty.
- Monitoring patients undergoing hemodialysis.
- Monitoring and caring for patients with IABP.
- Caring for patients with temporary or permanent pacemakers.
- Monitoring abdominal pressure.
- Managing surgical and non-surgical wounds.
- Accompanying patients during diagnostic procedures when required.
- Monitoring cardiac rhythms.
- Detecting and managing arrhythmias.
- Drawing blood from arterial lines as ordered.
- Supporting communication with families and multidisciplinary teams in end-of-life situations.
The nurse may also assist physicians with central venous catheter insertion, dialysis catheter insertion, PA catheter procedures, pacemaker procedures, cardioversion, transesophageal echocardiography, Dobutamine stress echocardiography, chest tube insertion, thoracentesis, pericardiocentesis and IABP-related procedures.
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7. Staff Nurse – Cath Lab
The Cath Lab Staff Nurse provides nursing care to patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac and other catheter-based procedures. The role covers pre-procedure, intra-procedure and post-procedure care.
The position involves patient assessment, cardiac monitoring, assistance during procedures, medication administration, emergency response and coordination with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
Main Responsibilities
The Cath Lab Staff Nurse will:
- Confirm patient identity.
- Escort patients to the procedure room.
- Perform initial physical, psychological, cultural and educational assessments.
- Review pre-procedure and pre-catheterization checklists.
- Ensure required documentation is complete.
- Verify informed consent and insurance clearance.
- Maintain accurate Cath Lab records.
- Communicate relevant information to physicians.
- Ensure equipment and supplies are available.
- Coordinate with doctors and colleagues.
Cardiac Cath Lab Responsibilities
The nurse should demonstrate competence in ACLS and BLS and be capable of performing nursing duties associated with cardiac catheterization procedures, including angiography, angioplasty and PCI.
Responsibilities include:
- Administering thrombolytic and vasoactive medications.
- Providing immediate pre- and post-procedure care.
- Safely transferring and positioning patients.
- Operating Cath Lab equipment.
- Assisting physicians with specialized procedures.
- Monitoring cardiac rhythms.
- Detecting arrhythmias.
- Following radiation safety precautions.
- Maintaining appropriate PPE use.
- Recording consumables in the hospital system.
The position may involve assisting with procedures such as coronary angiography, angioplasty, pacemaker insertion, cardioversion, renal denervation, kyphoplasty, pericardiocentesis and other specialized procedures.
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8. Staff Nurse
Dar Al Shifa Hospital is also seeking Staff Nurses to provide comprehensive age-specific nursing care in medical and surgical settings.
The role includes caring for adult and pediatric patients with medical and surgical conditions, as well as patients requiring pre- and post-partum and pre- and post-operative care.
Main Responsibilities
The Staff Nurse will:
- Provide age-specific patient-centered care.
- Perform comprehensive patient assessments.
- Develop and implement nursing care plans.
- Evaluate patient outcomes.
- Coordinate care with physicians and multidisciplinary teams.
- Maintain patient privacy.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Develop discharge plans.
- Recognize potential complications.
- Maintain accurate medical records.
- Ensure equipment and supplies are available.
- Follow preventive maintenance requirements.
- Use hospital resources responsibly.
- Complete mandatory accreditation education.
- Follow quality and patient safety requirements.
Education and Experience
Candidates should have:
- BSN qualification
- Minimum 3 years of experience
- Knowledge of medical nursing
- Knowledge of surgical nursing
- Knowledge of pediatric nursing
- Knowledge of obstetric and gynecological nursing
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9. Specialist – Orthopedic (Pediatric)
The Specialist – Orthopedic (Pediatric) position is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric patients with musculoskeletal conditions. The specialist will operate within the hospital’s medical staff regulations, Ministry of Health requirements and departmental policies.
Main Responsibilities
The specialist will:
- Ensure compliance with Ministry of Health regulations.
- Diagnose and treat patients referred to the department.
- Conduct independent outpatient clinics.
- Perform surgical procedures within granted clinical privileges.
- Examine and diagnose pediatric musculoskeletal diseases and injuries.
- Use surgical and conservative treatment methods.
- Apply corrective devices such as braces, casts and splints.
- Review patient histories.
- Conduct clinical examinations.
- Determine appropriate imaging and laboratory investigations.
- Interpret test results.
- Plan pre-operative and post-operative care.
- Coordinate surgical procedures with anesthesiologists.
- Perform fracture reduction and immobilization.
- Prescribe appropriate conservative treatment.
- Manage post-operative complications.
- Oversee orthopedic surgery services.
Qualifications and Skills
Education: Royal College / Fellowship / Membership
Experience: Minimum 3 years of post-PhD/Fellowship/Membership experience in the relevant specialty.
Licensure: Valid Kuwait License.
Languages: Good command of English and Arabic.
Computer Skills: Good computer proficiency.
Candidates should also demonstrate:
- Good communication skills.
- Knowledge of organizational and patient safety practices.
- Understanding of professional ethics and medical bylaws.
- Knowledge of evidence-based, age-specific and population-specific care guidelines.
- Cultural competence regarding Kuwaiti patients and their beliefs.
- AHA-certified Basic Life Support provider status.
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10. Specialist – Obstetrics & Gynecology
The Specialist – Obstetrics & Gynecology is responsible for diagnosing and treating patients with conditions falling within the specialty. The position includes outpatient services, inpatient care, emergency obstetric and gynecological services, surgical procedures and supervision of clinical activities.
The specialist will work in accordance with hospital medical staff bylaws, Ministry of Health requirements and departmental policies.
Main Responsibilities
The Specialist – Obs & Gyne will:
- Ensure compliance with Ministry of Health regulations.
- Follow hospital medical staff bylaws and departmental guidelines.
- Diagnose and treat patients referred to the department.
- Conduct an independent outpatient clinic.
- Provide appropriate medical and surgical treatment.
- Determine the investigations required for diagnosis.
- Develop treatment plans and follow-up care.
- Take overall responsibility for OBS/GYN inpatients and outpatients.
- Manage obstetric and gynecological emergencies.
- Conduct regular ward rounds.
- Participate in departmental teaching programs.
- Participate in seminars and clinical investigative activities.
- Maintain professional documentation.
- Prepare reports and statistical analyses when required.
- Stay updated with new procedures and techniques.
- Participate in performance improvement activities.
- Support the education and professional development of junior staff.
- Participate in continuing medical education.
Qualifications and Experience
Education: Royal College / Fellowship / Membership
Experience: Minimum 3 years of post-PhD/Fellowship/Membership experience in the relevant specialty.
Licensure: Valid Kuwait License.
Languages: Well versed in English and Arabic.
Computer Skills: Good computer skills.
Professional Competencies
Applicants should demonstrate:
- Strong communication skills.
- Knowledge of required organizational practices.
- Understanding of professional ethics and medical bylaws.
- Knowledge of evidence-based, age-specific and population-specific clinical guidelines.
- Cultural competence concerning Kuwaiti patients and their beliefs.
- Commitment to quality and patient safety.
- Ability to promote patient and family-centered care.
- Ability to support equitable and accessible healthcare for patients and families with special needs.
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