Registered Nurse at Lagos Executive Cardiovascular Clinic (LECC)

Lagos Executive Cardiovascular Clinic is a multidisciplinary cardiovascular and cardiac rehabilitation 24/7 facility focused on the treatment and management of cardiovascular diseases and trigger diseases using both invasive and non-invasive procedures, as well as preventive cardiology.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Summary of Job

• 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,  planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients across the healthcare continuum involving families.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Duties

• Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problemfocused, and agespecific 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.
• Attends to Home care visits when scheduled oncall shift
• Implement and monitor infection control measures.
• Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition.
• 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 have the ability to handle different kinds of emotions as well as manage on the job stress.

Professional Development:

• LECC requires all staff to keep their knowledge and skills up to date
• S/he is expected to continue to learn throughout their career at LECC through continuing professional development (CPD).
• The professional body relating to specialist areas will have information on the type of CPD to be carried out and how much should be completed each year.
•  Perform a variety of research and analysis tasks associated with improvement of clinical care, medical diagnosis, and treatment where appropriate.

Qualifications & Training

• Candidates should possess an HND qualification
• Hold and maintain a current nursing license to practice in Nigeria.

Work Experience:

• Must have current clinical experience in direct patient care and have worked a minimum of 1 year.

Key Skills and Attributes:

• Computer literacy
• Excellent Communication
• Working Under Pressure
• Humane, Empathetic and Supportive Bedside Manner
• Leadership and Teamwork
• Problem solving and Initiative
• Time Management and Organization
• Attention to Detail
• Knowledge and skills to provide vaccination.
• Knowledge and skills to perform minor trauma care including suturing, plaster casting, I&D, debridement etc.
• Knowledge and skills to stabilize trauma patients prior to transport to a higher level of care.

Application Closing Date
7th May. 2023.