Head Nurse at Lagos Executive Cardiovascular Centre

The nursing department delivers quality healthcare by providing evidence-based, patient-centered care, implementing quality improvement initiatives, and prioritizing the needs and preferences of patients. 

• Nurses work collaboratively to ensure that patients receive the highest standard of care and achieve optimal health outcomes.
• The Head Nurse provides direct and indirect care for assigned patients in various nursing units and home visits per scheduled shift.
• The Head 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.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Purpose:

• 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, implement and evaluate the outcome.
• Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety. Assess patient and family readiness and identify learning needs.
• Participate in voluntary community health activities to promote, maintain and restore health and prevent diseases.
• Provide basic life support when needed. 
• Document all relevant data in the electronic medical record accordingly.
• Administer medications, monitor desirable and undesirable effects, and intervene appropriately.

Engagement:

• Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
• Assess patient and family readiness and identify learning needs.

Delivery:

• Administer medications, monitor desirable and undesirable effects, and intervene appropriately.
• Manage patients with infectious diseases when applicable.
• Perform clerical duties when needed.
• Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition.
• Manage pediatric patients with infectious diseases when applicable.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma of Nursing from an accredited nursing college
• Must have at least 5 years of postgraduate nursing experience
• Hold and maintain a current nursing license to practice in Nigeria.

Key Skills and Attributes:

• Hold computer literacy
• Excellent communication and customer service
• Caring, compassionate, dedicated, and professional
• Ability to work under pressure
• Humane, empathetic, and supportive bedside manner
• Leadership and teamwork
• Problem-solving and initiative
• Time management and organization
• Attention to detail.