Registered Nurse at Integrity Hospital

Integrity Hospital is an indigenous privately-owned healthcare facility that offers free modern model healthcare service delivery in Owerri.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Location: Owerri, Imo
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description

  • The Registered Nurse provides direct and indirect care for assigned patients in various nursing units and 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
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Applications are welcomed from Registered Nursing Midwives with at least 1 year experience, living within or around Owerri?
  • Single qualification RN or double qualification in any relevant qualification such as RM, A&E, ENT, Psychiatric, Paediatric, Orthopaedic/Trauma.
  • Must have current clinical experience in direct patient care and have worked a minimum of 12 months in a multiple bed hospital.
  • Hold and maintain a current nursing license to practice in Nigeria.
  • Ability to pass a written knowledge test and interview.
  • 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 higher level of care.

Compensation

  • Attractive and Competitive.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2019.

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