Do You Want to Be Healthy? Marry a Happy Person

New research suggests that partner happiness may boost your health.

Having a happy spouse obviously makes for a more pleasant marriage. But what if it could also boost your health?

A recent study from the American Psychological Association examined a survey of 1,981 middle-aged heterosexual couples. The data revealed that, over time, happy spouses had a higher likelihood of reporting better health. The study was published earlier this month in the association's journal, Health Psychology.

Specifically, the study looked at survey results from couples ages 50 to 94. Participants shared details on their happiness, health and physical activity levels spanning six years. The couples discussed both their own health and concerns about the health of their spouse.

Why might having a happy spouse equate to better health? William Chopik, an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State University and they study's co-author, has three hunches:

·        Happy partners have a higher likelihood of offering social support like caretaking

·        They may encourage unhappy partners to have better health habits

·        They ought to help a person's life run more smoothly

"This speaks to the power of our close relationships," Chopik told The New York Times. 

"We've known for a long time that when we surround ourselves with happy people, we're happier. But now we know that it not only makes us happier, but healthier as well."

By David Oliver

usnews.com 

MIDWIFE DAILY WORKER POOL

RECRUITMENT NOTICE

The French Section of Médecins Sans Frontières is recruiting for its project in Jahun:

MIDWIFE DAILY WORKER POOL

CONTEXT

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

JOB DESCRIPTION

·        Ensure all drugs, material and equipment are available at the beginning and end of the shift to enable work to be performed safely;

·        Maintain accurate data and record information in OPD register and/or patient charts at all times;

·        Document all care thoroughly and ensure continuity of care through handover;

·        Ensure health education on a regular basis to the inpatients;

·        Apply waste management protocols correctly (use Bin system correct);

·        Follow standard precautions and Procedure of Accidental Blood Exposure

·        Maintain the ward in a clean and hygienic state.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND CONDITIONS

·        Midwife qualification with minimum of I year of active clinical experience since graduation;

·        Strong work ethic, commitment to humanitarian objectives and patient care;

·        Motivation, flexibility and capacity to work as a team and in emergency program;

·        Fluent in spoken and written English and Hausa (preferably).

WORK LOCATION

Jahun Hospital, Jigawa State (Nigeria).

WORK HOURS

Recruitment is for daily worker pool. Workers will be requested according to project needs. Availability for shifts up to 12 hours, night or day is required.

TO APPLY

Submit your CV, copies of nursing qualifications and a cover letter with contact details to the MSF Admin' Office in Jahun ("Application Box" at the Watchmen Desk). (With Reference "DAILY WORKER MIDWIFE")

Applications can be submitted in person or by email to:

msff-jahun-recruitment@paris.msf.org

Deadline for the submission of applications: 13^th October 2016.

Please make sure to submit your application by this date.

NB: only Successful applicants will be called for interview.

Call Centre Agent at Total Health Trust Limited

Total Health Trust Limited (THT), Nigeria’s leading Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) was founded in 1997 and commenced operations in June 1998. Renowned by our stakeholders for our reliability, we have been connecting our members to healthcare providers since 1998.

Our unrivalled 18 years industry track record has seen us build a formidable reputation in Nigeria and we remain the HMO of choice for over 300,000 members and over 500 corporate clients and government institutions. We were the first HMO to be registered in Nigeria and 18 years later, we are still number one in the market. We are one of the very few HMOs that can boast the financial and technical backing of a world class company – Liberty Health (a member of the Liberty Group).

The organization further prides itself with its rich culture of Respect, Compassion, Pride and Expertise.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

• ·        Job Title: Call Centre Agent
• ·        Location: Lagos

Job Description:

• ·        Receive calls from members or employer groups and providers and prospective clients
• ·        To receive calls from providers and have first call resolution on pre-authorization queries for limited and straight forward cases or route the query to the correct department for call resolution
• ·        To receive Employer group calls and to resolve queries relating to the specific group or members within the group and route the query to the correct department for call resolution in the more complex cases
• ·        To receive and resolve all member related calls and to ensure that all complaints and queries are resolved on first call resolution or escalate the query for resolution
• ·        To receive calls from prospective clients and re-route the calls to the Sales and Distribution department ensuring that het prospective clients receive the best service
• ·        To log enquiries for all calls relating to registered providers, Clients and members
• ·        To follow up on specific cases as distributed by the manager to ensure a value added service offering
• ·        To adhere to and live the organizational values

Requirements:

• •      Candidate must be a registered nurse and midwife
• •  B.Sc. Nursing and additional medical qualification will be an added advantage
• •      Candidate must have minimum of 3 years medical experience including 2 years in similar role in a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
• •   Candidate must have Clinical or General Nursing and Insurance Call Centre experience
• •  Candidate must have advanced knowledge of NHIS regulatory guidelines, Medical Global Best Practices, Health Insurance, Products and Processes, and Scheme Rules.
• •      Excellent organizational, communication (verbal and written), listening skills and attention to detail.
• •      Candidate must be very proficient in Microsoft office packages

Other requirements:

• •      Good organizational and planning capabilities
• •      Innovative and quick thinking capabilities
• •      Innovativeness
• •      Adaptive
• •      Decision Making skills
• •      Integrity
• •      Ability to work under pressure
• •      Adaptive, expertise, Result-Oriented, Relationship Skill
• •      Working with people
• •      Strategic
• •      Must be a good collaborator/Team player

Click here to APPLY

Laughter Therapy

So, I went to see a dentist for the crazy toothache I have been having and the analgesics and anti-inflammatory medications taken for the past three days seemed to have no effect on the "goliath of a  pain".



I was happy there was no queue but my happiness was short lived.

The smiled on my face quickly faded as I read the note that  hung on the dentist's door.

"SMILE. YOU MIGHT BE DOING THIS FOR THE LAST TIME".

Nursing Officer at The Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State

The Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State is an institution of higher learning that is committed to excellence and integrity in the pursuit of knowledge within an environment that respects diversity, the worth of the individual, academic freedom, a commitment to service learning, and a shared responsibility for applying knowledge and skills to address the interrelated issues that affect the local, national, and global communities.

Applications are Invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following positions below:

Nursing Officer - Conhess 7

Qualifications

•              B.Sc in Nursing plus NYSC or Exemption certificate.

•              Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

Remuneration

The salary and other conditions of service are similar to what is obtained in the Nigerian University System. Placement of the successful candidates would be on enhanced steps within the appropriate CONHESS grade as an incentive.

Method of Application

Applicants should submit twelve (12) copies each of their application letter and comprehensive CV's attaching copies of relevant credentials under confidential cover in an envelope sealed and marked "Post of Medical Record Officer" on the top right corner and addressed to:

The Registrar,

Federal University Kashere,

P.M.B. 182,

Gombe,

Gombe State.

Referee Report

Applicants are to request three (3) of their referees to send a confidential Report on them directly to the Registrar, Federal University, Kashere, via the address above before the application closing date.

Due Date:

4^th October, 2016

Laughter Therapy: Differences Between Graduate Nurse and Experienced Nurses

This one really got me laughing! 

Some truth in it...

Differences Between Graduate Nurse and Experienced Nurses

·        A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does.

An experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up.

·        A Graduate Nurse wears so many pins on their name badge you can´t read it.

An experienced nurse doesn´t wear a name badge for liability reasons

·        A Graduate Nurse charts too much.

An experienced nurse doesn´t chart enough.

·        A Graduate Nurse loves to run to codes.

An experienced nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.

·        A Graduate Nurse wants everyone to know they are a nurse.

An experienced nurse doesn´t want anyone to know they are a nurse.

·        A Graduate Nurse keeps detailed notes on a pad.

An experienced nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps, napkins, etc.

·        A Graduate Nurse will spend all day trying to reorient a patient.

An experienced nurse will chart the patient is disoriented and restrain them.

·        A Graduate Nurse can hear a beeping I-med at 50 yards.

An experienced nurse can´t hear any alarms at any distance.

·        A Graduate Nurse loves to hear abnormal heart and breath sounds.

An experienced nurse doesn´t want to know about them unless the patient is symptomatic.

·        A Graduate Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath.

An experienced nurse lets the CNA give the patient a bath.

·        A Graduate Nurse thinks people respect Nurses.

An experienced nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.

·        A Graduate Nurse looks for blood on a bandage hoping they will get to change it.

An experienced nurse knows a little blood never hurt anybody.

·        A Graduate Nurse looks for a chance “to work with the family.”

An experienced nurse avoids the family.

·        A Graduate Nurse expects meds and supplies to be delivered on time.

An experienced nurse expects them to never be delivered at all.

·        A Graduate Nurse will spend days bladder training an incontinent patient.

An experienced nurse will insert a Foley catheter.

·        A Graduate Nurse always answers their phone.

An experienced nurse checks their caller ID before answering the phone.

·        A Graduate Nurse thinks psych patients are interesting.

An experienced nurse thinks psych patients are crazy.

·        A Graduate Nurse carries reference books in their bag.

An experienced nurse carries magazines, lunch, and some “cough syrup” in their bag.

·        A Graduate Nurse doesn´t find this funny.

   An experienced nurse does.

Medical Coordinator M/F At Alliance For International Medical Action (ALIMA)

ALIMA’s (Alliance For International Medical Action) aim since its creation in 2009 is to provide a high standard of healthcare in situations of emergency or medical disaster and to improve the practice of humanitarian medicine by developing innovative projects associated with medical research. 

By joining us, you will integrate a young and dynamic organization and contribute to its associative development as well as its operational impact on the field. As Medical Coordinator, you will have the opportunity to manage challenging and innovative medical programs in the line of ALIMA’s values and objectives while bringing your humanitarian experience

Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, has seen its population more than double with the influx of people displaced from other areas of the state. Especially in Muna where about 50 000 IDP moved into the Muna Garage camp and all around, the bad sanitarian, medical and nutritional situation has to be addressed. ALIMA is opening a clinic by the end of August, and already provide general consultations for children and adults. Malnutrition cases are managed by the teams, but a larger screening would show how numerous they really are. ALIMA plans to enlarge its activities to provision of services for pregnant women and capacity to take in charge victims of sexual violences.

ALIMA’s teams in Nigeria represent as of now 16 expatriates

Mission Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri

MAIN PURPOSE

The Medical Coordinator plans, designs, leads, coaches and coordinates the implementation of the overall medical content, strategies, activities and resources in the missions in order to facilitate the delivery of quality medical care for patients and their communities as well as to improve population health condition, its humanitarian living conditions and disease prevention.

He guarantees the appropriate implementation and management of medical aspects of ALIMA projects in the mission, ensuring the achievement of the objective set. This will be done in close collaboration with the Head of Mission, the Medical Department and other local authorities and following the corporate ALIMA ethos and values, health policies, protocols, and operational plan; and monitoring medical and humanitarian situation in the country.

MISSION AND MAIN ACTIVITIES

• ·        Be responsible to define, monitor and update the medical content of the ALIMA country policy, annual plan and budget, by scanning health needs through exploratory missions and implementation of health information system, elaborating, monitoring and reviewing project proposals, determining, necessary resources in order to cover medical and humanitarian needs of the population at risk. This will be done ensuring linkage with the community, its proximity by safe-guarding medical ethics and the quality of medical programming (ie. Relevance, effectiveness, safety, accessibility and appropriateness of ALIMA’ s medical interventions, as well as “best practices” clinical management of patients.).

• ·        Be accountable to ensure that the objectives and goals set in the Mission’s annual plan, project plans in regards to the medical activities carried out by ALIMA are achieved.

• ·        In close collaboration with the HR Coordinator, participate in the planning, definition and sizing of the health-workforce in the mission to ensure the implementation of medical activities in the mission.

• ·        Be responsible to define and size other resources (pharmacy and medical equipment management in collaboration with logistics) and timelines, procedures and protocols in order to efficiently achieve the medical objectives in the mission.

• ·        Be responsible to coach, and directly support medical teams in the implementation of the medical activities, translating the ALIMA health policy and identified health needs into project objectives and activities in order to ensure high quality health assistance to population and that mission medical objectives are achieved.

• ·        Be responsible to evaluate medical team through regular appraisals and detect training and developing needs in order to manage talent and increase medical staff contribution.

• ·        Be responsible for the Mission’s Health Policy and Medical Repatriation Policy. Together with the HR Coordinator, define, update and implement an appropriate health policy framework, including medical insurance and social packages, for international and national staff, providing all prophylactic and preventive necessary measures, structures and emergency plans, managing any medical evacuation in order to ensure ALIMA staff health.

• ·        Be responsible for preparation of all medical orders in collaboration with Logistics Department, ensuring they are done according to guidelines and on time, and ensuring fulfillment of all procurement policies adhered to.

• ·        Be responsible for the submission of all local medical purchase requests to HQ.

• ·        Be accountable for and supervise the medical technical aspects and, in coordination with the Logistics Coordinator, the material aspects of the programs (quality of drugs, safety and quality of health care facilities, consumptions, etc.) through regular field visits as well as analyze difficulties during the implementation (on district, provincial and national level) and report deviations as they appear (amongst the local authorities, the capital coordination team, field project teams and headquarters), in order to proactively provide the necessary solutions and achieve operational results.

• ·        Be responsible to promote communication, exchanging information and active participation of all medical staff in the mission’s development as well as remind and underline ALIMA values and philosophy to improve team motivation and engagement.

• ·        Be responsible to monitor the psychological status of all Mission’s staff, and suggests solutions to help improve mental health related issues.

• ·        Be accountable for the proper management of the pharmacy in the Mission, including projects.

• ·        Be responsible to ensure security related to medical issues (Bio-security, universal precautions and health and safety in the workplace) is guaranteed to the highest possible level, by implementing all ALIMA policies, protocols and procedures (i.e. Use of condoms, needle accidents, etc.)
• ·        Be responsible and supervise all medical team at capital level.

• ·        Be responsible for the Medical Library of the Mission, informs the medical field staff of all material available, and keeps all medical documents updated in the database.

• ·        Represent ALIMA before local medical authorities and keep regular contact with other counterparts in the mission (such as other NGO’s, local and international organizations, donors, civil and military authorities) in order to broaden the medical-humanitarian situation analysis, strengthen the impact of the medical intervention and support advocacy actions to raise humanitarian awareness.

• ·        Be responsible to contribute to the proper induction of all staff, ensuring that medical briefings and debriefings are done to all ALIMA staff.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS 

• ·        Essential, degree in medicine or other paramedical studies. Specialization in tropical medicine or a degree in Public Health would be an asset
• ·        Essential, working experience of at least two years in relevant jobs and previous humanitarian experience in ALIMA or other NGOs in developing countries.
• ·        Essential working experience of one year as a Medical Coordinator
• ·        Fluent English; local working language like Hausa/Kanuri would be an asset.
• ·        Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
• ·        Strategic Vision
• ·        Leadership.
• ·        Networking
• ·        Cultural.

CONDITIONS 

• ·        Contract term: contract under French law, contract length: 3 to 6 months
• ·        Position to be filled: As soon as possible
• ·        Salary: depending on experience + per diem ALIMA pays for:

·        travel costs between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location

·        accommodation costs

·        medical cover from the first day of the contract to a month after the date of departure from the mission country for the employee

·        evacuation of the employee

Documents to be sent: To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to candidature@alimango.org with the reference “Nigeria- Medical Coordinator” in the subject line.


Deadline: 30th/09/2016

Occupational Health Nurse At Teclab Management Services Limited

 Teclab Management Services Limited, is recruiting on behalf of its client to fill the position below:

 

Job Title: Occupational Health Nurse

Overall Purpose of the Job

• ·        The personnel will be responsible for the administration of all occupational health services in accordance with company standard operating policies, practices, procedures, and applicable regulations to achieve the desired goals and objectives.
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• ·        Assists with all aspects of health services, staffing, client services, competency, processes, customer service, and quality improvement.

Roles & Responsibilities 

• ·        Responsible for daily administrative and operational activities of occupational health services.

• ·        Assure compliance with regulatory requirements related to clinical operations

• ·        Responsible for securing and developing all records, equipment, and pro-grams related to occupational health services

• ·        Collaborate with outside resources for client services, such as booking appointments, sourcing healthcare providers, third-party administrators, legal advisors, medical director, regulatory agencies, etc.

• ·        Evaluate and treat all injuries and illnesses in an efficient and professional manner within the scope of practice and consistent with clinical nursing guidelines

• ·        Guide and direct all referrals to outside healthcare providers and services; Provide appropriate case management, disability evaluation, return to work assessments and patient counseling.

• ·        Administer the company’s Drug-Free Workplace Program.

• ·        Assist with the accident investigation program to identify root cause analysis of all incidents and near misses.

• ·        Assess healthcare needs, then implement and manage healthcare programs to improve health and facilitate return to work, maintain OSHA records/reports and worker medical files

Key Performance Indicators

• ·        Ensuring occupational health equipments and consumables are always available, fully functional and calibrated

• ·        Attends to all clients promptly, keeping all appointments, referrals and conducting relevant and indicated screening services
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Academic and Professional Qualification

Must be a Qualified and Registered Occupational Health Nurse.

3 years minimum work experience.

Method of Application

Applicants should send their CV's to: hr@teclab-ng.com