Job Description
Hosanna Nursing and Maternity Home provides clinical and family healthcare in Obe (Sapele Road), Benin City, Edo State.
Job Description
- Monitoring the health of pregnant women and their unborn babies.
- Educating patients as well as their partners and family members on reproductive health, preparation for parenthood, and antenatal care.
- In general, providing care for pregnant women and their babies through labor, delivery, and post-natal care.
- Delivering patients’ babies in the clinic as well as providing emotional support and encouragement during labor.
- Taking and recording patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse, as well as ordering diagnostic tests as needed.
- Conduct physical exams to assess patient health needs and problems
- Implement physicians’ orders, perform treatments, start IVs, administer medications, and interpret special tests.
- Administer direct care to injured, disabled, ill, or convalescent patients
- Review and maintain medical records
- Supervise the work of health care assistants
- Educate patients about their medical conditions, treatment plans, and health maintenance
- Maintain a safe, hygienic working environment
- Prepare rooms and medical equipment and decontaminate instruments
- Provide emotional and psychological support to patients
- Other duties as provided by management
Requirements
- Must be a Registered / Licensed Nurse
- Proven experience working as a Nurse/Midwife
- The ability to work under pressure.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and clinical assessment skills.
- Effective communication skills.
- Patient and compassionate.