Medical, health Jobs in Nigeria

Summary of Job

• 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.
  

Key Areas of Note

• Ensure continuing education, training and development is undertaken to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development and a Personal Development Plan. 
  
• Keep up to date with relevant medical research, technology, and evidence-based medical practice by attending continuing education courses and professional meetings, reading journals, etc.
  
• Perform a variety of research and analysis tasks associated with improvement of clinical care, medical diagnosis, and treatment where appropriate.
  
• Audit of clinical practice and review of relevant literature. 
  
• Research unusual symptoms and treatment options, through consultation with physicians and other medical specialists.
  
• Provide literature reviews and the like; review, analyze and determine the significance of a variety of diagnostic test result.
  

Qualifications & Training

• Bachelor’s Degree in 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.
  

Work Experience: 

• Must have current clinical experience in direct patient care and have worked a minimum of 24 months in a 20+ bed hospital 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.
  

Key Skills and Attributes: 

• Computer literacy
  
• Excellent Communication
  
• Working Under Pressure
  
• Humane, Empathetic and Supportive Bedside Manner
  
• Leadership and Teamwork
  
• Problem solving and Initiative
  
• Time Management and Organization
  
• Attention to Detail 
  
• Knowledge and skills to provide vaccination.
  
• Knowledge and skills to perform minor trauma care including suturing, plaster casting, I&D, debridement etc.
  
• Knowledge and skills to stabilize trauma patients prior to transport to a higher level of care.
  

Summary of Job

• 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.
  

Key Areas of Note

• Ensure continuing education, training and development is undertaken to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development and a Personal Development Plan. 
  
• Keep up to date with relevant medical research, technology, and evidence-based medical practice by attending continuing education courses and professional meetings, reading journals, etc.
  
• Perform a variety of research and analysis tasks associated with improvement of clinical care, medical diagnosis, and treatment where appropriate.
  
• Audit of clinical practice and review of relevant literature. 
  
• Research unusual symptoms and treatment options, through consultation with physicians and other medical specialists.
  
• Provide literature reviews and the like; review, analyze and determine the significance of a variety of diagnostic test result.
  

Qualifications & Training

• Bachelor’s Degree in 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.
  

Work Experience: 

• Must have current clinical experience in direct patient care and have worked a minimum of 24 months in a 20+ bed hospital 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.
  

Key Skills and Attributes: 

• Computer literacy
  
• Excellent Communication
  
• Working Under Pressure
  
• Humane, Empathetic and Supportive Bedside Manner
  
• Leadership and Teamwork
  
• Problem solving and Initiative
  
• Time Management and Organization
  
• Attention to Detail 
  
• Knowledge and skills to provide vaccination.
  
• Knowledge and skills to perform minor trauma care including suturing, plaster casting, I&D, debridement etc.
  
• Knowledge and skills to stabilize trauma patients prior to transport to a higher level of care.
  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

Duties

• Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
  
• Analyze the assessment data, derive nursing interventions, set priorities according to patients needs, formulate a plan of care, implement and evaluate the outcome.
  
• Document all relevant data in the electronic medical record according to clinic standards.
  
• Treat patients and families with care and respect while maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality.
  
• Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate.
  
• Collaborate with other disciplines through multidisciplinary meetings and care conferences to facilitate patient care and operations.
  
• Attends to Home care visits when scheduled on-call shift
  
• Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
  
• Demonstrate the required assessment and therapeutic skills.
  
• Implement and monitor infection control measures.
  
• Apply safety measures related to patient care.
  
• Operate all unit-required equipment safely.
  
• Ensure the availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.
  
• Accountable for the use of patients’ and the hospital’s resources.
  
• Accountable to the patient, the organization, the profession and self.
  
• Perform clerical duties when needed.
  
• Provide basic life support when needed.
  
• Administer medications, monitor desirable and undesirable effects and intervene appropriately.
  
• Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition.
  
• Manage patients with infectious diseases when applicable.
  
• Manage pediatric patients with infectious diseases when applicable.
  
• Travel to patients’ homes to deliver care as required.
  
• Strictly follow clinical guidelines and standard operating procedures set by the clinic management.
  

Patient & Family Education/Support:

• Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety.
  
• Assess patient and family readiness and identifying learning needs.
  
• Lead/encourage multidisciplinary approach for patient’s discharge.
  
• Develop and implement the teaching plan utilizing patient education manual.
  
• Document patient and family education.
  
• Participate in voluntary community health activities to promote, maintain and restore health and prevent diseases.
  
• Adheres to Policies and Procedures.
  
• Adheres to EHA Clinics Code of Conduct as well as ethical standards of the field.
  

Customer Service Requirements:

• Must have excellent customer service skills and communication skills
  
• Must be able to plan and perform daily activities in an organized manner.
  
• Must be kind, compassionate, dedicated and patient.
  
• Must have the ability to handle different kinds of emotions as well as manage on the job stress.
  
• Must be focused, very detailed and be creative in making a decision.
  
• Must be physically and mentally stable to handle extended shifts as well as mental pressure and traumatic events.
  
• Must be able to review, analyze and respond to the different situations they encounter daily.
  
• Must be able to think critically in adapting to change, judging situations and taking appropriate decisions.
  

Professional Development:

• EHA Clinics requires all staff to keep their knowledge and skills up to date
  
• S/he is expected to continue to learn throughout their career at EHA Clinics through continuing professional development (CPD).
  
• The professional body relating to specialist areas will have information on the type of CPD to be carried out and how much should be completed each year.