• Application Deadline: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Nurse


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 1 - 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  

Duties & Responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of service users


• To supervise, mentor, and teach qualified ancillary staff. To coordinate the patient environments on a shift-by-shift basis and to coordinate care for a specified group of service users. Note that this is a guideline, not a comprehensive list of duties.

Assisting and Caring for Patients:

• Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers and patients’ families.


• Perform physical examinations of your patients at the start of every shift


• Administer prescribed drugs, injections, inhalation, intravenous, and other medications.


• Adhere to and observe the ten rights of medication administration


• Administer treatments such as physiotherapy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy


• Assist in examining or treating medical, surgical, and dental patients


• Care for mentally ill patients


• Prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments.


• Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, and supplies, and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained


• Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, and assistance in locations such as schools, clinics, homes, and hospice centers.


• Treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers when required.


• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity


• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.

Documenting and Recording Information:

• Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic / magnetic form.


• Maintain accurate detailed reports of patient’s history and treatments


• Monitor, record, and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions.


• All incidents or near misses must be reported in the appropriate form and to the shift leader / ward manager.

Communicating with Shift Leaders, ward Managers, Nursing Colleagues, or Subordinates:

• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.


• Consult and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.


• Inform consultants and medical officers regularly of changes in patients’ conditions.


• Interpret medical laboratory test results


• Explain testing procedures to patient


• Communicate information on patient care and related matters to the consultants, nurse in charge, or the ward manager.


• Accept professional responsibility for the safe custody, administration, and recording of medications in accordance with the hospital medication policy.


• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time


• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to enter data or process information


• Direct and supervise less-skilled nursing or health care personnel

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:

• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.


• Use the clinical problem-solving technique


• Follow institutional care policies and procedures


• Follow patient observation procedures


• Follow infectious material procedures


• Use nursing practices and evidence-based procedures


• Use counselling techniques


• Use sanitation practices in health care settings


• Use knowledge of nursing terminology


• Use knowledge of medical terminology


• Use personal care procedures.


• Engage in continuing nursing education and research activities related to nursing.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work:

• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.


• Developing personal yearly goals and objectives in keeping with your professional career advancement and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.


• Participating and completing your professional competencies as required by the institution.


• To comply with the Gbagada Cardio-Renal hospital Fire precautions and procedures for evacuation and disaster plan policy


• To be appraised annually based on the Key Performance Indicators and yearly personal objectives.


• To positively promote The Gbagada Cardio-Renal hospital philosophy to caring, and contribute to achieving the Hospital’s objectives.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Must be a Professional Registered Nurse


• Graduate of a recognized School of Nursing


• 1-5 years of related work experience


• Fluent in English both in writing and communication


• Capable of performing multiple nursing tasks.


• ACLS & BCLS certification required


• Good interpersonal skills and result-oriented.


• Must have a helping and caring nature.