Psychiatric Nurse at Synapse Services

Synapse Services is a Centre for Psychological Medicine that is committed to providing a full range of mental health and substance misuse services in a caring, patient- centred environment.  We are located in the heart of Nigeria – Abuja, with branches in Lagos, Anambra state and now Niger State.

We provide first class psychological and psychiatric care, with a range of therapeutic programs suited to individual needs. We retain the services of a robust mixture of local and internationally trained staff that provide excellent, client focused services to treat all forms of disorders related to your mental health.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Psychiatric Nurse

Location: Niger

Job Description

• Observe outpatients and inpatients daily to identify, interpret, and document physical and emotional status and/or patterns, such as assaultive or suicidal behaviour, and response to treatment or medication.
• Administer psychotropic medications to patients, monitor use, and document reactions.
• Instruct patients on the purpose, dosage, and side effects of medication, and explain the legal process related to the patient's refusal to take prescribed medication.
• Monitor the number of outpatients and inpatients present in the facility at certain intervals.
• Provide information, emotional support and reassurance to patients.
• Take patients samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures.
• Assess care requirements/write care plans
• Instruct support workers to see the assessment and safety of service users always during the day.
• Ensure that scheduled Urine Drug test is taken for patient and recorded appropriately.

Requirements

• Applicants must possess RPN
• Must Be Resident in Niger
• Be male or female between the ages of 28 and 35 years
• Be medically and physically fit.
• Must have at least a minimum of 3 years work experience in a psychiatric hospital.

Application Closing Date
29th November, 2019.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae to: nigermedics@synapseservices.org Using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the mail. e.g Psychiatric Nurse-Niger.