JOB TITLE: Matron
JOB LOCATION: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to: Chief Matron and Consultants in charge
Supervises: Nursing sisters, Staff Nurses and Ward assistants
JOB DETAILS
- This role is responsible for coordinating and supervising the activities of Nursing staff towards restoring and sustaining patient’s wellbeing. This role is available in our Ikoyi facility.
Main Responsibilities
- Coordination and supervision of the activities of nurses and nurse assistants.
- Oversee admission and discharge of patients in the wards.
- Performing procedures such as taking of medical histories & vital signs with necessary follow up wound dressing, administering medications and providing other assistance needed.
- Responsible for performance and discipline among the nursing staff.
- Ensuring reduction in customer/patient complaints
- Ensuring adequate documentation and maintenance of patient’s records.
- Providing information and health education to patients and their attendants
- Maintaining ethical decisions related to consent and confidentiality
- Prompt incidence reporting and management of patients’ grievances
- Training and mentoring of new nurses
- Comply with the use of Standard Operating Procedures and policies / adherence to quality standards.
Key Result Areas/ Performance Goals:
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- Adequate documentation of nursing care plan
- Triage / Nursing care assessment
- Reduction in customer/patient complaint
- Reduced mortality and morbidity rate
- Incidence reporting and adequate documentation
- Confidentiality
- Use of SOPS / adherence to quality standards.
Job Qualifications
- RN, RM / B.Sc. Nursing Science
- Diploma in any other nursing specialty or hospital administration is an added advantage.
- 6 – 10 years clinical experience with 4+ years leading a Nursing team.
Core Competencies:
- Basic Life Support skills
- Mentoring and leadership skills
- Organization and training skills
- Multitasking and team building
- I CARE attitude
- Attention to details and empathetic
- Good interpersonal and communication Skills
- Ability to handle stress and crisis situations.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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