Nursing Officer at Anadach Consulting Limited Full Time

Job Title: Nursing Officer

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Reports to: The Senior Nursing Officer

The Role

• The selected candidate will be responsible for the delivery of basic nursing care to patients.
• She will be responsible for ensuring uniformity in the delivery of professional and efficient nursing services to all patients, whilst upholding global standards enforced by management.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare patients for physical examinations, observations, urinalysis, procedures, treatment and pre-employment screenings.
• Orchestrate various procedures such as wound dressing, incision and draining, injection administration, vaccinations, ear piercing, ear syringing, pap smear collection, urine sample collection, high vaginal swap and suture removal.
• Administer patients’ health checklist(s).
• Maintain accurate and detailed records of patients’ medical history, vital signs conducted procedures.
• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions while under observation.
• Engage patients for obtaining data on their circumstances in relation to diets and lifestyle for Doctors’ information.
• Identify accurately potential health risks confronting the patient for Doctors’ information.
• Assist Doctors’ in suturing procedures and to set up lines for patients under observation.
• Observe admitted patients while ensuring frequent checks of vital signs as required by standard nursing practice and administering medications to patients in line with Doctor’s prescription.
• Distribute as required, issued medical brochures and relevant medical information to ensure patients are well informed about topics such as childbirth, disease prevention and sexual health.
• Co-operatively work with colleagues to maintain a professional learning culture.
• Prepare examination rooms and sterilize medical instruments before and after use.
• Deliver patient files to the senior nursing officer, especially for patients to be taken under observation.
• Flexibly work in all units within the department and/or clinic such as screening section, wellness clinic, specialist clinics, travel clinic, general practice, documentation and pharmacy.
• Liaise with the accounts team in order to receive funding for supplies needed.
• Raise requisition for required consumables
• Other tasks as may be assigned.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with additional qualification or any other relevant training
• A minimum of 5 years post NYSC/qualification experience covering different aspects of nursing, especially immunization and family planning.
• Proven experience in international standard of nursing care.

Essential Competencies and Attributes:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good documentation ability to prepare high-quality summaries and reports
• Good computer skills (previous experience in use of electronic medical record system or willingness to learn)
• Diligent and hardworking
• Detail-oriented and ability to multitask
• Good team player with proven organizational and administrative skills
• Ability to exercise discretion
• Should have a positive disposition to learning and willing to take on tasks.
• An uncompromising focus on excellent service delivery
• Should be pleasant, patient and honest.

Application Closing Date
6th October, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.