MSC Cruises

Lead Nurse

Recruiter:
MSC Cruises
Category:
Medical Jobs
Position:
Nurse
Published:
July 18, 2025

Where passion meets opportunity

Discover your journey into the extraordinary.

Your Purpose

An exciting opportunity exists for a world class Lead Nurse to join our newly created luxury travel brand “Explora Journeys” to ensure customer focused, high quality care is provided for all those attending the ship’s Medical Centre.Explora Journeys is a vibrant, cosmopolitan, European luxury brand, imagined in the heart of Swiss Hospitality and luxury in Geneva. Leveraging our parent company MSC Group`s hundreds of years of maritime expertise, our fleet of four ships (currently in the pipeline) are being built and designed in a totally different and unique way that will transform and redefine the cruise experience, creating a category of its own, appealing to the next generation of luxury travelers. 

Your Impact

Work with the Lead Doctor and shoreside medical operations to ensure that onboard clinical governance processes regarding quality and safety of care are fully implemented. Ensure all guests and crew who visit the Medical Centre are attended to in a timely manner and treated with respect.  Collaborate with shipboard and shoreside stakeholders wherever necessary to ensure an excellent customer experience.Ensure accurate medical billing, respond to customer complaints, and implement service recovery strategies.Ensure the nursing team documents accurate and complete electronic healthcare records in SeaCare, always adhering to medical and personal data protection laws. Manage the medication and supplies inventory and implement effective monitoring systems to ensure safe dispensing and administration of drugs.Ensure the safe and efficient management of medical equipment.Ensure that required checks are completed within deadlines, and report deficiencies to shoreside corporate medical services as needed.  Ensure that the Medical Centre always remains a safe and clean environment for guests and crew. Take responsibility for compliance with infection prevention and control policies and procedures.Identify and respond to training needs of nursing and other ships staff when required.In consultation with the Lead Doctor, complete the appraisal process for nurses.

Your Journey So Far

University Degree in Nursing with at least 5 years of post-graduate / post-registration experienceHold current full registration and a license to practice Previous maritime medicine experience onboard  international cruise ships.Proficient in English.  Any additional languages, particularly European languages, are considered an advantage.Standard of Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) and all other certification and documentation in force at the time of your contract.

Your Essentials

Valid Passport and Seaman Book 

At Explora Journeys, we are redefining luxury ocean travel — where discovery, well-being, and a deep respect for the seas come together in harmony. 
We seek passionate professionals who share our vision of a more immersive, transformative way to discover the world’s most inspiring destinations by sea.
Are you ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at Explora Journeys, where an ocean of opportunities awaits. Your journey to the Ocean State of Mind starts here.
 


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MSC Cruises

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JOIN US AND SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN GROW!

MSC Cruises has grown exponentially since 2003. In such a short time, we have built a fleet of 21 modern and most environmentally advanced ships!

With our constant expansion, our fleet will grow in capacity with the arrival of eight new ships in three different classes by 2027.

One of our latest ships – MSC World Europa – was delivered in 2022, inaugurating the World Class. It is our largest cruise ship to date, with a capacity of over 6,700 passengers, served by more than 2,000 crew members.

In 2022 we also inaugurated the MSC Seascape which features new immersive high-tech entertainment with innovative technology that provides guests with endless leisure options.

From 2023 MSC Cruises will enter the Luxury segment by launching its first of four Explora Journeys ships. The ships will be equipped with the best and latest environmental technology and bestowed with a highly-innovative design.

Career Opportunities

With four new mega-ships and four Luxury ships to be built and delivered between 2023 and 2027, the biggest and most important challenge for MSC Cruises is to find, recruit and train a high number of new crew members needed to provide the service, fun and safety that have become hallmarks of MSC Cruises.

This massive project is already well under way. The Human Resources Team is not only working to recruit the best talents but is also visiting our manning agencies and hiring partners around the world to ensure that the right people and facilities are in place to prepare this ‘army’ of new crew members for their life at sea.

We need motivated and ambitious crew members who work with passion and understand the value of a smile.


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