Matron at Lagoon Hospitals


Posted on: Tue 07-01-2025

Lagoon Hospitals has consistently been providing healthcare of international standards in Nigeria. Established in 1984 by Professor Emmanuel and Professor (Mrs.) Oyin Elebute, and commencing operations in 1986 as a provider of integrated healthcare services, Lagoon Hospitals is currently the largest private healthcare services Group in Nigeria with six healthcare facilities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Matron

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time

Job Profile

  • This role is responsible for providing leadership and direction to the nursing team, ensuring the implementation of quality care for patients while helping them restore good health and well-being.

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Work alongside other matrons to coordinate all nursing staff duties and responsibilities
  • Provide leadership and direction to the unit, ensuring the implementation of quality nursing care for patients.
  • Ensure discipline in the nursing department.
  • Establish and coordinate good working relationship with other departments to promote a culture of safety, quality and risk management.
  • Promote and imbibe in all nursing staff the need for proper, complete and accurate documentation in patients records.
  • Develop and implement initiatives to enhance patient experience, satisfaction and engagement.
  • Participate in recruitment, induction and training of nurses.
  • Enforce conformity with Standard Operating Procedures and policies/ adherence to quality standards.
  • Participate in departmental quality improvement project.

Key Result Areas / Performance Goals

  • Quality nursing care for patients
  • Adequate documentation
  • Discipline in the nursing department
  • Conformity and adherence to nursing standard operating procedures, quality standards and policies.

Job Qualifications

  • Post-Basic Qualification; (Midwifery, Perioperative Nursing etc.)
  • RN, BNSC
  • Valid nursing practicing license.
  • Post-graduate qualification in Nursing, Public health etc. will be an added advantage
  • Nursing administration/Hospital management Diploma, an added advantage.

Core Competencies:

  • Mentoring ability
  • Leadership/ Managerial skills
  • Self-motivating and multi-tasking
  • Diligent and responsible
  • Honest and Reliable
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online




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