Nurse / Assistant House Parent

Meadow Hall Group (MHG) is an educational group with six subsidiaries; Meadow Hall Education, Meadow Hall Consult, Spring Meadow Edutainment, Meadow Hall Branchise, Meadow Hall Resources and Meadow Hall Foundation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Nurse/Assistant House Parent

Location: Any City, Nigeria

Job Summary

• The school nurse is a registered professional nurse certified and licenced by the nursing and midwifery council of Nigeria
• She works in the school to strengthen and facilitate the education process by improving and protecting the health status of children. Also as Assistant House Parent, she will report to the House Parent and assist the House Parent in all Boarding House activities.

Persons Specifications

• Must be a lover of children and a mother figure
• Able to communicate clearly,
• Must have a warm and friendly personality,
• Be sensitive to the feelings and needs of others,
• Caring and sympathetic,
• Must be concerned with the physical, mental, and emotional needs of their students.
• Must have excellent listening skills
• Must be able to instruct both children and adults about a variety of health issues and treatments.
• Support children’s learning and assist in ensuring a safe and enjoyable boarding experience.

Functions

• Provides health assessment
• Develops and implements a health plan
• Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.
• Develops procedures and provides for crisis intervention for acute illness, injury and emotional disturbance.

She Serves as an Excursion Team Member to:

• Assess the excursion place for hazards and potential hazards then offers professional advice. Accompanies and guides the children to prevent injury and treat any emergency that may occur while on the excursion.
• Promotes and assists in control of communicable diseases by ensuring adequate sanitation around the school, early detection, surveillance and reporting of contagious diseases.
• Provides information on health.( health education)
• Participates in school and community health activities
• Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs

Other Duties Includes:

• Regular hair check for lice, nutrition and growth monitoring. Monitoring for substance abuse, including smoking and alcohol, mental health and wellbeing.
• Assists in planning and supervising school health screening programs
• Serves as a resource person to school personnel on health matters.

Deadline
3rd March, 2017.