Nursing Officer (In-Patient)

Job title : Nursing Officer (In-Patient)

About the role

• This role involves delivering safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care in a 24-hour ward-based in-patient environment.
• The hospital offers a modern, multidisciplinary clinical setting committed to patient-centered care.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for patients within the stream.
• Administer medications and treatments accurately within scope of practice.
• Maintain accurate, complete and timely nursing records and apply infection-prevention and clinical-governance standards.
• Maintain valid NMCN registration/licence and MCPDP compliance, and comply with internal policies.
• Work effectively within the multidisciplinary team and support managed-care processes.
• Deliver bedside nursing care across the shift, including medication rounds, IV therapy and fluid-balance charting.
• Monitor vital signs and early-warning scores, escalating deteriorating patients promptly.
• Lead admission and discharge processes and participate in ISBAR shift handover.
• Apply pressure-area care and falls-prevention measures for admitted patients.

Requirements
Education:

• Registered Nurse (RN) qualification from an accredited School/College of Nursing, or a Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc/BSc Nursing) from a recognised university.
• Completion of any required orientation/internship and NYSC (for degree holders), or a valid exemption where applicable.

Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year of post-registration (NMCN) nursing experience; newly registered nurses may be considered.

Required skills:

• Nursing assessment
• Care planning
• Safe medication administration
• Patient safety
• Infection prevention
• Clinical governance
• Accurate nursing record-keeping
• Use of clinical systems
• Effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues

Nice to have:

• Additional registrable nursing qualification (e.g., midwifery or a relevant specialty)
• Experience in a multi-specialty hospital, corporate hospital network, HMO-facing health system, public-sector hospital or large institutional healthcare environment.