• Application Deadline: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Public Health Nurse


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Not specified


• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  

Duties and responsibilities

• Identify and treat patients for health problems affecting their community (Health outreach).


• Developing health care plans; providing nursing services and treatments; referring patients with social and emotional problems to other community agencies.


• Support the community health care team /partners by coordinating assessment, planning, and providing of needed health and related services.


• Administer immunizations to children in poor communities.


• Inspect and supervise health facilities for safety risks.


• Monitor plans for increasing patience safety and improving health.


• Respond to emergency relief situations.


• conduct hospital inspection visits and perform preventive maintenance of health equipment’s.


• Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements, keeping patient information confidential.


• Prepare proactive emergency community plans for Prevention, Preparedness Response and Recovery.


• Disseminate health information /education by working with local officials, the community, and schools.


• Assess community needs & develop public health plans and programs for military members and their families.


• Carry out clinical, Emergency, Preventive healthcare, Occupational health, Community health care, External (HMO), Cleaning and Ancillary services.

Qualifications and Skills

• Current practicing licence with 5 years post qualification experience,


• Certification of completion - registered nurses (RN)


• B.Sc in Nursing with Nursing and Midwifery Council Registration in general nursing and midwifery, with anyone of the following - Accident and emergency nursing, public health, occupational health.


• BLs/ACLs


• Work experience in oil and gas will be an added advantage


• Experience in providing nursing care to patients and observation where necessary.


• Knowledgeable in infection control and management


• Ability to demonstrate authenticity, collaboration, and willingness to learn


• Report writing skills


• Good knowledge of maternal and child health (immunizations, family planning, gynae, Antenatal care, and health promotion


• Knowledge of proper nutrition in certain health conditions


• Health promotion skills which include presentation skills,


• Knowledge of Preventive & promotional health care,


• Emergency response skills.


• Supervision of primary referrals and tracking.


• Electronic record skills.


• Good communication & Time management skills


• Good customer relations and stakeholder engagement


• Ability to work unsupervised in the communities.


• Lead community works.


• Excellent telephone etiquette


• Ability to write proposal, deliver health outreach programme and design, implement, and evaluate both patient–specific and population-based programs of care.