Nurse / Midwife at St Luke's Hospital Asaba

The Role

• Reporting to the hospital’s matron in the day-to-day management of patients.
• The Nurse/Midwife will also take an active role in overseeing and assisting patients in sustaining and maintaining their health and wellbeing. They may participate directly in care when services are initially implemented.

Responsibilities

• Implementing nursing care plan for patients at designated work station
• Assist medical team in patients' diagnosis and treatment
• Performing procedures such as admission & discharge, taking histories, monitoring vital signs with necessary follow-up, wound dressings, administering medication, IV placement, insertions and providing other assistance as needed
• Prompt incidence reporting and management of patients' grievances
• Admission and discharge of patients
• Maintain complete and accurate documentation of patients' encounters.
• Maintaining a clean and safe environment always
• Comply with the use of Standard Operating Procedures and policies
• Complete and accurate documentation
• Incidence reporting.
• Adherence to quality standards.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Double qualification: RN, RM, or any other specialty with a valid nursing practicing license.
• 1 - 4 years relevant work experience.
• Computer literacy.
• Good organizational skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Attention to details.
• Ability to handle stress and crisis situations.