Nursing Officer at Lagos Executive Cardiovascular Centre

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: Nursing Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Description

• 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, diagnosis, 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. Other duties may be assigned.
• 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 electronic medical record according to clinic 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.
• Attends to Home care visits when scheduled on-call shift.
• Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
• Apply safety measures related to patient care.
• Provide basic life support when needed.
• Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition.
• Strictly follow clinical guidelines and standard operating procedures set by the clinic management.
• Adheres to LECC's Code of Conduct as well as ethical standards of the field.

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 2 years
• Problem solving and Initiative

Competencies:

• Must have excellent  communication skills.
• Must be kind, compassionate, dedicated and patient.
• Must be focused, very detailed and empathtic.
• Must be physically and mentally stable.
• Humane, Empathetic and Supportive Bedside Manner.
• Leadership and Teamwork.
• 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
5th December, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: humanresources@thelecc.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.