Medical Officer
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience 3 – 5 years
- Location Imo
- Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
Responsibilities and Duties
- Respond to patients’ medical concerns through a comprehensive approach, involving a review of their medical history, conducting diagnoses, administering treatment, providing counseling, and making referrals as needed.
- Request and interpret lab tests to obtain valuable insights from the results.
- Carryout emergency medical care when required.
- Manage both acute and chronic care for patients.
- Provide guidance to patients and their families on healthcare matters, encompassing health promotion, disease prevention, accident prevention, and lifestyle considerations.
- Coordinate primary patient care and oversee home health care services.
- Ensure the maintenance of confidentiality and impartiality in all interactions.
- Gather, document, and manage sensitive patient information, including examination results, medical history, and reports.
- Carry out minor surgical procedures and assist in major surgeries.
- Carry out procedures or prescribe treatments clearly to patients.
- Ensuring patients are comfortable, explaining procedures and positioning patients and equipment correctly.
- Engage in discussions and assessments of new pharmaceutical products with pharmaceutical representatives.
- Stay current with medical advancements, treatment practices, and medications.
Requirements
- Candidate must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery.
- Candidate must possess a license to practice medicine from the Nigerian Medical Association of Nigeria.
- Candidate must have at least 3 – 5 years’ post-NYSC experience as a Medical Officer.
- Candidates must be Knowledgeable in General Medicine and other related areas of medical practice.
- Candidate must possess strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Candidate must possess strong listening skill and problem-solving skills
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Method of Application
Responsibilities and Duties
- Ensuring patients are comfortable, explaining procedures and positioning patients and equipment correctly.
- Good knowledge of laboratory equipment
- Collect blood or tissue samples from patients, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood samples.
- Process specimens utilizing protocols and technical knowledge
- Develop a suitable standard operation procedure for the Phlebotomy unit
- Maintaining, calibrating, cleaning and testing the sterility of equipment
- Perform quality control, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting protocols to ensure the proper functioning of instruments, reagents, procedures, etc
- Review results for accuracy and report the results of tests performed to the Doctor.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in Medical Laboratory Science
- 3 – 5 years’ relevant post-NYSC working experience in a similar role
- Must be registered with a practicing license.
- Must be experienced in Hematology, Chemical Pathology and Microbiology.
- Must be able to work with minimum supervision.
- Knowledge in the handling of laboratory equipment.
- Knowledge in the use of Standard Operating Procedures in the field.
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