At TeamAce, we help businesses across different industries thrive. We work with businesses to create their desired change by getting the right people, designing bespoke business processes, leveraging data, applying insights and technology. We combine our expertise and take different bespoke approaches to solve different business challenges because we believe there is no one size fits all approach. This way, you keep your eyes on the price and thrive.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Nurse (Oncology)
Location: Ebonyi
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Nursing
Reporting: Functionally Reports to: Chief Nurse
Objective
- To provide the highest standard of individualized and holistic patient care to cancer patients in conjunction with the medical team.
Working Relationships:
- Internal: All departments and personnel using Oncology services and resources
- External: Clients, Potential Clients, Services Providers and Partners.
Responsibilities
- Execute basic administration duties like record keeping of test results, monitoring treatment plans, providing information to patients.
- Countercheck patients’ vital signs, blood results, patient body surface area, chemotherapy prescription and consent before administration of treatment.
- Educate patients on their treatment such as indications and side effects
- Administer necessary medication and schedule follow up appointments
- Provide clinical care utilizing skills to ensure Patient-focused evidence-based nursing care plans;
- Coordinate the clinical management of patient/client care;
- Offer psychological support, using highly developed problem solving & counselling skills, to patients, families, carers & colleagues, & to facilitate communication between patients, families & professionals
- Conduct patient assessment, IV cannulation and venous access device management
- Support registered nurses that need training in the oncology field
- Observe the clinical progress of patients, recognize and manage identified treatment side effects;
- Enhance patient flow, deliver the right care at the right time in the outpatient section
- Mix chemotherapy drugs according to international best practices and standards.
- Provide continuous support to the cancer patients and family members
- Participate on oncology research
- Attend to health emergencies
- Take vital signs in due time
- Prepare and submit patient health reports as appropriate
- Assist the Oncologist in consulting room
- Contribute to the development and implementation of evidence-based protocols, standards, policies and clinical guidelines within own work area
- Perform other duties as maybe assignment by Management
Qualifications
- Must possess a First Degree in Nursing
- Registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (RN)
- Must have at least (4) years of relevant work experience.
- Sufficient post registration nursing experience in oncology or speciality to be confident and competent in using the required skills to do the job.
- Learning & Growth /Innovation
- Continually seek out new ways of improving the company’s operations.
- Technical Competence
- Oncology care
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Clinical Management
- Drug Administration
- Patient Management
- Counselling skills
- Diagnostics Skills
- Service Management
- Generic Competence
- Report Writing
- Attention to details
- Microsoft office (Excel, word, PowerPoint)
- Record Keeping
- Communication skills
- Organizational skills
- Problem Solving skills
- Emotional Intelligence
- Teamwork.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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