Current Vacancies at Royal Hospital

Royal Hospital, a National Health Insurance Scheme accredited health care provider and one of the first ever private hospitals located in Enugu requires for immediate employment the services of:       Job Title: Nurse/Midwife Location: Enugu Responsibilities and Attributes

• Provides direct and indirect care for assigned patients in various nursing units and per scheduled shift
• Role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients across the healthcare continuum involving families
• Managing patients with various medical cases
• 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 medical record according to hospital 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
• Initiate appropriate discharge plan
• Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems
• Demonstrate required assessment and therapeutic skills
• Implement and monitor infection control measures
• Apply safety measures related to patient care
• Operate all unit-required equipment safely
• Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care
• Administer medications, monitor desirable and undesirable effects and intervene appropriately
• Ensure that patients are provided with appropriate nutrition
• Manage patients with infectious diseases when applicable
• Manage pediatric patients with infectious diseases when applicable
• Strictly follow clinical guidelines and standard operating procedures set by the hospital management
• Provide emotional support and measures to alleviate fear and anxiety
• Assess patient and family readiness and identifying learning needs.

• Must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria as staff nurse (RN) / Midwife (RM),
• Must have 2-4 years cognate clinical experience in direct patient care and a minimum of 12 months in a multiple bed hospital.
• Age: Not more than 40 years

• Executes a range of standardized microscopic, chemical and bacteriological tests.
• Take part on collecting samples which includes collecting urine, blood and other samples.
• Counsel patients on pre-test requirements and answer questions related to testing.
• Assess the validity of results obtained, preserves proper records of the results and makes a report of results. Makes sure that the testing method used follows established quality control procedure and assists with the preparation of laboratory reports.
• Organizes and maintains reagents and equipment.
• Perform maintenance on equipment in the laboratory and keeps laboratory in a clean and organized condition.
• Makes use of the laboratory computer systems to place testing data, generate reports of testing results and search for test results for physicians.

• A Medical Laboratory Degree from a reputable University
• Membership of the Medical Lab Science Council of Nigeria is mandatory
• Current certificate of practice
• Minimum of 2 years experience in laboratory practice
• Age: Not more than 40 years