Nursing Officer - Lagos at Dragnet Nigeria

About the role

• The Nursing Officer position involves delivering safe, effective and compassionate nursing care across out-patient and in-patient settings, which includes assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.
• Responsibilities are split into two streams: out-patient nursing, which includes ambulatory and appointment-based care, and in-patient nursing, which includes 24-hour ward-based care, medication administration, clinical record-keeping, and infection prevention.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for patients.
• Administer medications and treatments accurately within scope of practice.
• Maintain accurate, complete and timely nursing records and apply infection-prevention and clinical-governance standards.
• Maintain valid NMCN registration/licence and MCPDP compliance, and comply with internal policies.
• Work effectively within the multidisciplinary team and support managed-care processes.
• Triage patients, take vital signs and prepare patients and rooms ahead of consultations (Out-Patient).
• Run injection, dressing and minor-procedure clinics and deliver point-of-care health education (Out-Patient).
• Coordinate same-day referrals and ensure patients are safely discharged from the clinic (Out-Patient).
• Deliver bedside nursing care across the shift, including medication rounds, IV therapy and fluid-balance charting (In-Patient).
• Monitor vital signs and early-warning scores, escalating deteriorating patients promptly (In-Patient).
• Lead admission and discharge processes and participate in ISBAR shift handover (In-Patient).
• Apply pressure-area care and falls-prevention measures for admitted patients (In-Patient).

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) qualification from an accredited School/College of Nursing, or a Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc/BSc Nursing) from a recognised university.
• Completion of any required orientation/internship and NYSC (for degree holders), or a valid exemption where applicable.
• Minimum of 1 year of post-registration (NMCN) nursing experience; newly registered nurses may be considered.

Required skills:

• Competence in nursing assessment, care planning and safe medication administration.
• Understanding of patient safety, infection prevention and clinical governance.
• Accurate nursing record-keeping and competent use of clinical systems.
• Effective communication with patients, families and colleagues.
• Knowledge of nursing practice relevant to out-patient and in-patient nursing.

Nice to have:

• Additional registrable nursing qualification (e.g. midwifery or a relevant specialty).
• Experience in a multi-specialty hospital, corporate hospital network, HMO-facing health system, public-sector hospital or large institutional healthcare environment.