Registered Nurse
EHA Clinics
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Kano
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Job title : Registered Nurse jobs in Kano Job Location : Kano Deadline : April 24, 2023 Quick Recommended Links
Purpose of this position
• 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.
• Duties include but are not limited to, managing patients with various medical cases.
Job Responsibilities
The Registered Nurse will support the nursing department predominantly to:
• Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
• Analyze the assessment data, derive nursing interventions, set priorities according to patient needs, formulate a plan of care, and 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.
• Demonstrate the 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 the availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.
• Accountable for the use of patients and the clinic's resources.
• Accountable to the patient, the organization, the profession, and self.
• Perform clerical duties when needed.
• Provide basic life support when needed.
• 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.
• Travel to patients' homes to deliver care as required.
• Strictly follow clinical guidelines and standard operating procedures set by the clinic management.
• Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety.
• Assess patient and family readiness and identify learning needs.
• Lead/encourage multidisciplinary approach for patient's discharge.
• Develop and implement the teaching plan utilizing the patient education manual.
• Document patient and family education.
• Participate in voluntary community health activities to promote, maintain and restore health and prevent diseases.
• Adheres to Policies and Procedures.
• Adheres to the REACH program Code of Conduct and ethical standards of the field.
Key Areas of Note
• Ensure continuing education, training and development is undertaken to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development and a Personal Development Plan.
• Keep up to date with relevant medical research, technology, and evidence-based medical practice by attending continuing education courses and professional meetings, reading journals, etc.
• Perform a variety of research and analysis tasks associated with the improvement of clinical care, medical diagnosis, and treatment where appropriate.
• Audit of clinical practice and review of relevant literature.
• Research unusual symptoms and treatment options, through consultation with physicians and other medical specialists.
• Provide literature reviews and the like; review, analyze and determine the significance of a variety of diagnostic test results.
Requirements
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to successfully perform this job.
• Must have current clinical experience in direct patient care and have worked a minimum of 2 years in the last 3 years.
• Must have at least 3 years of postgraduate nursing experience in an accredited University Teaching, Federal Medical Centre, or International hospital.
• Bachelor's Degree OR Diploma of Nursing from an accredited nursing college, University with High Distinction (Top 10% of graduating class).
• Hold and maintain a current nursing license to practice in Nigeria.
NB: SCAN AND UPLOAD IN ONE DOCUMENT THE FOLLOWING BELOW
• Valid license
• Curriculum Vitae
• Registration Certificate
• License to practice
• graduation certificate
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
