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Registered Nurse Vacancy at eHealth Systems Africa
Date Posted: 03/Oct/2018
Position; Registered Nurse
Location: Lagos
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 
* 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 & 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.
* Adheres to Policies and Procedures.
* Adheres to eHealth Africa Code of Conduct as well as ethical standards of the field.
Who you are
* Bachelor's Degree of Nursing from an accredited nursing college, University with High Distinction (Top 10% of graduating class).
* 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 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.
* 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 be focused, very detailed and be creative in making decision.
* Must be able to review, analyze and respond to different situation they encounter daily.
Work Environment:
* The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The EHA Clinic operation policy does not deprive employees from their fundamental human right.
Physical Demands:
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, sits; walk; stand; bend; The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
* The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop or knee sit and use a computer and reach with their hands and arms.
Method of Application


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