Public Health Nurse at Terra Energy Services Nigeria Limited

Duties and responsibilities

• Identify and treat patients for health problems affecting their community (Health outreach).
• Developing health care plans; providing nursing services and treatments; referring patients with social and emotional problems to other community agencies.
• Support the community health care team /partners by coordinating assessment, planning, and providing of needed health and related services.
• Administer immunizations to children in poor communities.
• Inspect and supervise health facilities for safety risks.
• Monitor plans for increasing patience safety and improving health.
• Respond to emergency relief situations.
• conduct hospital inspection visits and perform preventive maintenance of health equipment’s.
• Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements, keeping patient information confidential.
• Prepare proactive emergency community plans for Prevention, Preparedness Response and Recovery.
• Disseminate health information /education by working with local officials, the community, and schools.
• Assess community needs & develop public health plans and programs for military members and their families.
• Carry out clinical, Emergency, Preventive healthcare, Occupational health, Community health care, External (HMO), Cleaning and Ancillary services.

Qualifications and Skills

• Current practicing licence with 5 years post qualification experience,
• Certification of completion - registered nurses (RN)
• B.Sc in Nursing with Nursing and Midwifery Council Registration in general nursing and midwifery, with anyone of the following - Accident and emergency nursing, public health, occupational health.
• BLs/ACLs
• Work experience in oil and gas will be an added advantage
• Experience in providing nursing care to patients and observation where necessary.
• Knowledgeable in infection control and management
• Ability to demonstrate authenticity, collaboration, and willingness to learn
• Report writing skills
• Good knowledge of maternal and child health (immunizations, family planning, gynae, Antenatal care, and health promotion
• Knowledge of proper nutrition in certain health conditions
• Health promotion skills which include presentation skills,
• Knowledge of Preventive & promotional health care,
• Emergency response skills.
• Supervision of primary referrals and tracking.
• Electronic record skills.
• Good communication & Time management skills
• Good customer relations and stakeholder engagement
• Ability to work unsupervised in the communities.
• Lead community works.
• Excellent telephone etiquette
• Ability to write proposal, deliver health outreach programme and design, implement, and evaluate both patient–specific and population-based programs of care.