Registered Nursing Officer

Summary

• Registered nurses plan and provide medical and nursing care to patients undergoing diagnostic imaging procedures or radiation therapy.
• They work closely with physicians and radiologic technologies to educate and prepare patients for x-rays, CT scans, MRI’s, ultrasound and other tests.

Essential Function of the job
Clinical:

• Promotes and restores patients’ health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multi-disciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patient, friends and families and supervising assigned team members.
• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing an emotional, psychological and spiritual support to patients, friends and families.
• Promote patients’ independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patients, friends and families to understand the condition and medications made, and also applying self-care skills, and answering their questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring the health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending the necessary adjustments; and following hospital and nursing division philosophies and standards.
• Maintaining a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations and calling for assistance, whenever necessary from health care support personnel and officials.
• Maintains continuity among the nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities and continuing needs.
• Must be able to maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
• Must be able to ensure a smooth operation of medical equipments by completing preventive maintenance requirements following the manufacturers instructions; trouble shooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipments inventories and evaluating new equipments and techniques.
• Must be able to maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; and using both equipments and supplies as needed to accomplish results.
• Must be able to maintain a professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and participating in educative seminars.
• Must be able to maintain a cooperative relationship amongst health care teams by communicating information and participating in team problems workshops/seminars.
• Must be able to contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Educational:

• Must be able to participate in mandatory trainings and actively pursue a continuous professional developmental programme and keeping an up-to-date personal record.
• Perform other duties assigned.

Qualifications

• A Degree in School of Nursing.
• A minimum of two years post qualification in Nursing, with an excellent experience in both Clinical and diagnostics aspects in Nursing.
• Must be currently registered with the Nigerian Medical Council.
• Must be currently clinical skilled in emergency medicine and intensive care.
• Must be competent in advanced life support skills.
• Must be computer literate.
• Must be able to communicate, influence and build an effective relationship at all levels of the business.
• Registered Nurse degree (RN).
• An active applicable state license.
• BLS/ACLS Certified.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• Communication skills of persuasion, explanation and gaining consent.
• A flexible approach to work and working hours.
• Excellent Interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain accurate and legible patients’ records.
• Good IT skills and information governance awareness.
• Ability to work, unsupervised as well as working as part of a team.

Skills and abilities:

• Clinical Skills.
• Infection Control
• Physiological Knowledge
• Medication Administration.
• Medical Teamwork.
• Ability to Multitask, and good listening skills.
• Health promotion and medical maintenance.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

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