Nurse/Midwife (RN/RM) at Royal Hospital

Royal Hospital, a National Health Insurance Scheme accredited health care provider and one of the first ever private hospitals located in Enugu requires for immediate employment qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Nurse/Midwife (RN/RM)

Location: Enugu

Responsibilities and Attributes

• Provides direct and indirect care for assigned patients in various nursing units and per scheduled shift
• Role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients across the healthcare continuum involving families
• Managing patients with various medical cases
• 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 medical record according to hospital 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
• 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
• Strictly follow clinical guidelines and standard operating procedures set by the hospital management
• Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety
• Assess patient and family readiness and identifying learning needs.

Job Requirements
Candidate must possess the following:

• Must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria as staff nurse (RN) / Midwife (RM),
• Must have 2-4 years cognate clinical experience in direct patient care and a minimum of 12 months in a multiple bed hospital.
• Age: Not more than 40 years

Remuneration
Very attractive, highly competitive and negotiable.

Application Closing Date
Friday, 17th May, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should their Applications with a detailed Resume and three verifiable references, attaching all credentials and Birth Certificates or Statutory Declaration of Age to: ngcareerhub@gmail.com

Note: Short listed candidates will be invited for interview.