Posted on: Mon 16-12-2019

Applications are invited from qualified candidates, male and female for admission into the POST BASIC COURSE in Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing for the year 2019/2020. The course leads to the award of REGISTERED PSYCHIATRIC NURSE CERTIFICATE (RPN) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN).

Entry Requirements:

1. Prospective candidates must POSSESS RN CERTIFICATE of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria with at least ONE YEAR post qualification experience, NYSC for degree holders, and a current practicing license. Other nursing qualifications will be an added advantage.
2. Applicants must possess WASC/GCE O/L with at least five (5) credits in NOT MORE THAN TWO (2) SITTINGS.
3. National Examination Council Secondary School Certificate (NECO) with at least five (5) credits in NOT MORE THAN TWO (2) SITTINGS.
4. NABTEB Secondary School Certificate in science subjects with at least five (5) credits at a maximum of two (2) sittings that must not be combined with WASC/GCE OR NECO.

• The credit must include ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY and PHYSICS.
• The duration of the course is eighteen (18) months.

Method of Application:

Applications are to be made in candidates’ own handwriting, stating both their educational and professional qualifications, NYSC status if applicable and should be accompanied with Photostat copies pdf credentials, two (2) recent passport photographs on white background, email address, phone numbers and evidence of payment of a non-refundable application fee of N15,000.00 (Fifteen thousand naira only) which can be paid at the hospital’s revenue unit or into the hospital’s treasuring single account (TSA) with the central bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Account Name: Federal Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City

Account No: 0040201161012

And application should be forwarded to:

THE PRINCIPAL,

SCHOOL OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING,

FEDERAL NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL,

PMB 1108, BENIN CITY

Closing Date:

Forty-two (42) days from the date of this publication.

Shortlisted candidates will appear for examination and interview on a date to be communicated to them later.

Signed

Okolo S.O.

Principal/HOD

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