Job Description
About the role • The Nursing Officer (Specialised) will deliver safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care within specialised nursing such as chemotherapy, infusion, and radiotherapy-adjacent care.
• Responsibilities include assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care, administering medications and treatments accurately, ensuring documentation is timely and accurate, adhering to clinical governance standards, and working within a multidisciplinary team in a high-quality, patient-centered environment.
Responsibilities
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for patients within the stream.
• Administer medications and treatments accurately within scope of practice.
• Maintain accurate, complete and timely nursing records and apply infection-prevention and clinical-governance standards.
• Maintain valid NMCN registration/licence and MCPDP compliance, and comply with internal policies.
• Work effectively within the multidisciplinary team and support managed-care processes.
• Administer chemotherapy and other high-risk infusions safely, following protocol and safety-checklist requirements.
• Monitor for and manage treatment toxicity, hypersensitivity reactions and extravasation.
• Provide care for central venous access devices/ports and maintain aseptic technique.
• Provide psychosocial support and symptom-management education to patients undergoing treatment.
Requirements
Experience
• Minimum of 1 year of post-registration (NMCN) nursing experience. Newly registered nurses may be considered.
Education:
• Registered Nurse (RN) qualification from an accredited School/College of Nursing, or a Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc/BSc Nursing) from a recognised university. Completion of any required orientation/internship and NYSC (for degree holders), or a valid exemption where applicable.
Required skills:
• Nursing assessment
• Care planning
• Safe medication administration
• Understanding of patient safety
• Infection prevention
• Clinical governance
• Accurate nursing record-keeping
• Competent use of clinical systems
• Effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues.
Nice to have:
• Additional NMCN register entries or specialist nursing certification relevant to the area of practice.
