Eye Foundation Hospital Group (EFHG) is a healthcare group with specialty in Eye care services. The Eye Foundation Hospital was started in 1993 as a high tech specialist eye hospital capable of providing services comparable to those obtainable abroad. It is the first and foremost indigenous eye practice in the country that runs a group practice with many sub specialized ophthalmologists.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Nursing Officer
Locations: Ikorodu, Lagos and Ijebu Imushin, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports To: Director of Nursing/Clinical Service Practice Manager
Job Summary
A Nursing Officer is responsible for treating patients who are sick and injured, counselling, offering advice and emotional support to patients and their families, taking care of paperwork and providing advice and follow-up care.
Key Responsibilities (Morning Duty in the Admissions)
Check payment for surgery
Take patient to appropiete Quarters
Admit patient into the already prepared room ,day care or ops as case may be
Check vital signs
Care of patient using the check list
Get patients ready for surgery
Write admission room in the board and book
Ensure biometry is done for patient
Ensure pre op lab test done by calling the lab scientist.
Take consent from patient
Ensure prosthesis is removed and well preserved
Transfer the patient into the theatre with file
Ensure all pre GA patients are cared for adequately
Ensure post op care of all GA patients
Give medications and injection if necessary
Attend post op cases with residents and consultants
Enter comorbidity and pre op VA of all surgery cases
Report writting
Adequate room to room handover
Ensure discharge form is entered in the computer
Ensure admission and discharge book is adequately documented
Key Responsibilities (Night Duty In the Admissions)
Adequate take over of ward by ensuring room to room hand over.
Ensure post op vital signs
Medications and injection
Instillation of eye drops
Care of post op GA patient inside and outside the theatre
Removal patient eye pad
Post op VA of patient
Tag the patient files
Attend to post op patients with resident.
Attend to outpatient
Report writting
Hand over in theatre
Hand over in clinic
On Sundays, to do weekly clinic sale summary
Responsibilities for Nurses (Morning Duty)
Ensure you attend the morning meetings and hurdles at 8am
Ensure the clinic is ready by 8.10 am .
Ensure facial tissue,purit are in the consulting room
Ensure prescription sheet,lenses ,appointment sheet are in the consulting room
Ensure ROS pack is in the consulting room
Ensure indirect opthalmoscope is in consulting room
Ensure slit lamp is on and tested and ok
Ensure the computer is ready for indigo
Call the right patient in to see the consultant or resident as the case may be
Enter details on the indigo.
Take the file out to the outstationed nurse or ncop.
Ensure patients are attended to accordingly
Ensure the slit lamps are covered at the end of the clinic
If less busy at allocated point will be pulled to other busy points
Counsel patients and record appropriately
If on duty on Sunday, the slit lamps shoud be cleaned, savlon bottles washed and refilled per week quantity.
Supervision on weekend duty
Responsibilities for Outside Stationed Nurse
Collect file from inside stationed ncop
Ensure instructions are carried out e.g dilation,navigation to procedure or pharmacy or counselling dept etc
Ensure VA is done for patients if allocated to VA Room
Ensure vital signs are done in VA Room
Responsibilities of Nurses (Night Duty)
Take over from the morning nurses in clinic and on admission
Ensure drugs are sold
Ensure bills are raised and cash collected
Ensure GA patient is adequately taken care of
Ensure vital signs
Ensure removal of eye pad
Ensure post op VA
Write report
Skills and Competencies:
Must be Compassionate
Excellent Verbal and Written communication Skills
Strong Professional Conduct.
Commitment to Safety.
Attention to Detail.
Application Closing Date
30th November, 2022.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.