Full-time
EHA Clinics
MISSION OBJECTIVE
- The nursing department delivers quality healthcare by providing evidence-based, patient-centered care, implementing quality improvement initiatives, and prioritizing the needs and preferences of patients.
- Nurses work collaboratively to ensure that patients receive the highest standard of care and achieve optimal health outcomes.
- The Registered Nurse provides direct and indirect care for assigned patients in various nursing units and home visits per scheduled shift.
- The Registered Nurse is primarily responsible for professional performance and safe patient care.
- The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients across the healthcare continuum involving families.
- Duties include but are not limited to, managing patients with various medical cases.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
PROCESS BASIC TRANSACTIONS
PURPOSE
- Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
- Analyze the assessment data, derive nursing interventions, set priorities according to patient needs, formulate a plan of care, implement and evaluate the outcome.
- Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety.
- Assess patient and family readiness and identify learning needs.
- Participate in voluntary community health activities to promote, maintain and restore health and prevent diseases.
- Provide basic life support when needed.
- Document all relevant data in the electronic medical record according Administer medications, monitor desirable and undesirable effects, and intervene appropriately.
INFORM ENGAGEMENT
- Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
- Assess patient and family readiness and identify learning needs.
BASIC INFORMATION ORGANIZATION
DELIVERY
- Administer medications, monitor desirable and undesirable effects, and intervene appropriately.
- Travel to patients’ homes to deliver care as required.
- Manage patients with infectious diseases when applicable.
- Attends to Home care visits when scheduled on-call shift.
- Perform clerical duties when needed.
- Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition.
- Manage pediatric patients with infectious diseases when applicable.
TARGETED SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE
- Must have current clinical experience in direct patient care and have worked a minimum of 2 years in the last 3 years.
- Must have at least 3 years of postgraduate nursing experience in an accredited University Teaching, Federal Medical Centre, or International hospital.
- Bachelor’s Degree OR Diploma of Nursing from an accredited nursing college, University with High Distinction (Top 10% of graduating class).
- Hold and maintain a current nursing license to practice in Nigeria.
Key Skills and Attributes
- Hold Computer literacy
- Excellent Communication and Customer Service
- Caring, Compassionate, Dedicated and Professional
- Working Under Pressure
- Humane, Empathetic and Supportive Bedside Manner
- Leadership and Teamwork
- Problem solving and Initiative
- Time Management and Organization
- Attention to Detail