Vacancies for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse in a Prestigious Hospital

HR Leverage Africa – Our client, a prestigious Hospital based in Abuja, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• Monitor exact, detailed reports and records of critical ICU patient.
• Administering intravenous fluids and medications as per doctor order.
• Monitor patients’ fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
• Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
• Direct and supervise less skilled nursing/health care personnel, or supervise a particular unit on one shift to patient’s response and conditions.
• Treating wounds and providing advanced life support.
• Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, and elective cardio version.
• Ensuring that ventilator, monitors and other types of medical equipment function properly.
• Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.
• Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.
• Collaborating with fellow members of the critical care team.
• Monitor and record symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions and inform to physician.
• Order, interpret and evaluate diagnostics tests to identify and assess patient’s condition.
• Carefully observe and document patient medical information’s and vital signs.
• Document patients’ medical histories and assessment findings.
• Document patients’ treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
• Consult and coordinate with health care team members about whole patient care plans.
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patient’s response and conditions.
• Monitor the critical patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
• Responding to life-saving situations, using nursing standards and protocols for treatment.
• Critical care nurses may also care for pre- and post-operative patients when those patients require ICU care.
• In addition, some act as manager and policy makers, while others perform administrative duties.
• Assess patients’ pain levels and sedation requirements.
• Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs.
• Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
• Acting as patient advocate.
• Providing education and support to patient families.
• ICU nurse must be able to draw ABG Blood and interpret report correctly.

Person Specifications

• RN & RICN
• Valid Licence – Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria
• 1-2 years as in hospital environment
• Basic computer skills.
• Professional, friendly attitude.
• Experience in intensive care
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Highly motivated team player willing to go the extra mile.

Deadline: 1st October, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: abuja@hrleverageafrica.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.