Job Title: Registered
Nurse
Location: Kano
We leverage our staff and department expertise across five
programmatic areas:
Health Delivery Systems
Public Health Emergency Management Systems
Disease Surveillance Systems
Laboratory & Diagnostic Systems
Nutrition & Food Security Systems
In each of these programmatic areas, we partner with
governments, communities, nonprofits and other stakeholders to generate
holistic solutions, because we believe that every community deserves access to
the types of tools that can enable them to lead healthier lives.
Purpose of the position
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.
What you’ll do
To perform this job successfully, you must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned:
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.
Initiate appropriate discharge plan.
Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
Demonstrate 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 availability and maintenance of supplies and
equipment needed for the unit and patient care.
Accountable for the use of patients’ and 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 and 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 eHealth Africa Code of Conduct as well as ethical
standards of the field.
Who you are
The requirements listed below are representative of the
knowledge, skill and/or ability required to successfully perform this job.
Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing from an accredited nursing
college, University with High
Distinction (Top 10% of graduating class).
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.
Hold and maintain a current nursing license to practice in
Nigeria..
Ability to pass a written knowledge test and interview.
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 higher level of care.
Proficient in using a computer for patient care, documentation
and communication.
Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving
skills.
Strong leadership skills that include the ability to build
effective teams, ability to motivate others, delegate, and make timely/quality
decisions.
Proficiency working within specialized software utilized in
program.
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
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 different
situation they encounter daily.
Must be able to think critically in adapting to change,
judging situations and taking appropriate decisions.
How to Apply
Interested persons should click here to Apply
Good Luck!!!
