Nursing Officer at Lagos Executive Cardiovascular Centre

LECC is a multidisciplinary cardiovascular and cardiac rehabilitation 24/7 facility focused on the treatment and management of cardiovascular diseases and trigger diseases using both invasive and non-invasive procedures, as well as preventive cardiology.

Role Description:

• 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.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

• 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 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.
•   Apply safety measures related to patient care.
•   Provide basic life support when needed.
•   Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition.
• Strictly follow clinical guidelines and standard operating procedures set by the clinic management.
• Adheres to LECC's Code of Conduct as well as ethical standards of the field.

Competencies:

• Must have excellent  communication skills.
• Must be kind, compassionate, dedicated and patient.
• Must be focused, very detailed and empathtic.
•  Must be physically and mentally stable.
•  Humane, Empathetic and Supportive Bedside Manner.
• Leadership and Teamwork.
• Knowledge and skills to provide vaccination
• 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 a higher level of care.

Qualifications & Training

• Candidates should possess an HND qualification.
• Hold and maintain a current nursing license to practice in Nigeria.

Work Experience:

• Must have current clinical experience in direct patient care and have worked a minimum of 2 years§  Problem solving and Initiative