Jobs at Eye Foundation Hospital Group (EFHG)

Job Summary

• A Senior Nursing Officer acts as a team leader to assist with the provision and supervision of patient care in the health facilities, offering advice and emotional support to patients and their families, taking care of paperwork, and providing advice and follow-up care.

Responsibilities

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, and psychological, support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered Nurse
• Double qualification in Ophthalmic Nursing is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in Nursing and patient care.
• Experience in Eye Healthcare is an added Advantage.
• Must have a current practicing license.
• Must have a sound knowledge and application of Microsoft Office Suite {Word, Excel, and PowerPoint}

Skills and Competencies:

• Must be Compassionate
• Excellent Verbal and Written communication Skills
• Strong Professional Conduct.
• Commitment to Safety.
• Attention to Detail.

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About the Role

• The Programme Manager is responsible for driving the Eye Foundation Community Hospital and Kunle Hassan Eye Foundation Academy’s strategic direction. The Programme Manager will have experience in key management and leadership roles.
• The Programme Manager is responsible for achieving the strategic direction of the social enterprise. They lead external relations with government, donors, local and international NGOs as well as corporate organizations to identify collaboration opportunities, fundraise and ensure delivery of key programmes.
• The Programme Manager has overall responsibility for the financial and administrative management of the social enterprise in compliance with set policies and procedures.
• They provide guidance, supervision, capacity building, and leadership and oversees performance management.

Responsibilities
Strategy, Leadership and Management:

• Support the development of a strategy to drive the success of the respective institutions and be responsible for helping to deliver that strategy
• Lead on selected operational management responsibilities, including potentially: project oversight, budget management, impact assessment (monitoring and evaluation), communications or as further defined according to need
• Provide general support to all projects implemented by the respective institutions
• Develop performance metrics, monitoring and reporting frameworks
• Provide progress reports on projects to key officers for prompt decision-making
• Oversee activities of the Academy in the absence of the Director

Programme Management:

• Lead on Programme Management & Delivery, including budget development, management, monitoring and evaluation
• Lead and manage fundraising, communication, outreach, volunteers and external relations efforts that build and sustain the work of the institutions
• Lead and manage staff to oversee internal and external communications to all stakeholders including print, web, and social media activities.
• Ensure effective leadership and management of all programmes
• Lead proposal writing processes from a programme perspective and coordinate with other departments
• Ensure timely and high-quality reporting is done by all programmes to donors/stakeholders
• Ensure projects developed meets high standards in terms of design, implementation and M&E through proper Project Cycle Management
• Prepare programme budgets collaboratively with programme and finance staff
• Track programme expenditure through monthly programme review meetings using financial expenditure reports prepared by the finance department
• Ensure compliance to donor policies, procedures and procurement

Documentation And Learning:

• Ensure that profiles, activities and learning of the respective institutions are properly documented disseminated and effectively stored
• Coordinate the development of reports, newsletters and other communication of the institutions

External Relations:

• Maintain active and regular working relationships with donors, other NGOs, private sector and other formal support base of the institutions
• Maintain and regularly update a directory of partners, donors, international and local NGOs, companies and other partners and stakeholders
• Develop and manage relationships with local and international stakeholders, using these to support the development of new partnerships and programmes
• Represent the institutions externally in some circumstances (media, speaking opportunities, event representation, exhibitions and workshops)
• Coordinate visibility and profile raising of the organizations across various platforms - including advertisements, events, communications, programmes, promotions aimed at sponsors, promoters, partners, influencers and general public
• Facilitate partnerships between local and international companies in the form of commercial partnerships or joint ventures and social impact collaborations
• Take responsibility for delivering delegations (both inward and outward) and events that support the development of the respective institutions

Business Development:

• Develops annual and long-term strategic plan for enhancing corporate fundraising
• Lead effort to develop and grow the institutions’ presence among corporate institutions and high net worth stakeholders
• Identify potential relevant international and/or local partners and funders (private sector partners, national and international NGOs, think tanks, academia, etc.)
• Develop fundraising documents (be it expression of Interests/ Concept Notes / Proposals) in line with strategy and donor requirements and in close collaboration with relevant units
• Pursue new strategic opportunities, cultivate new leads, understand business and innovation needs and convincingly present the opportunities for collaboration
• Own all funding and partnership contracts and be responsible for their review and negotiation
• Ensure that contractual obligations and reporting deadlines are known and met.

Qualifications

• Minimum of BSc in Public Health from a reputable institution; a Master's in Public Health is preferred.
• 10 - 15 years work experience.
• Must have NGO experience.
• Education Services NGO experience is an added advantage.
• Must be an intermediate user of Microsoft Office Suite {Word, Excel, and PowerPoint}
• A medical Doctor with experience in Ophthalmology is highly desirable

Skills and Competencies:

• Project Management
• Negotiation and Business Case Analysis
• Effective Planning Skills
• Leadership and Team Building
• Strong Communication Skills
• Data Analysis and Interpretation.