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Rockgarden Homes is a new indigenous elder care home for older adults in Ikorodu, Lagos State. We provide medically-skilled nursing care in a respectful and cozy shelter for geriatric assisted living residents. We are guided by passion and excellence, as we provide quintessential residential care services for the elderly.

Rockgarden Homes is currently recruiting suitably qualified, highly motivated, experienced and hard working persons, to fill the following positions:

Job Title: Business Administrator
Location: Lagos
Positions: 1
Job Summary
o As an Administrative Officer you will be responsible for the efficient operation of the front line office.
o You will support the Directors and other employees through a variety of tasks related to organization and communication.
o The Successful candidate will be required to market the company's services.
o Applicant must have the ability to identify clients, follow up on deals and close out accordingly, must also be able to monitor current market trend as regards to new entrants, pricing etc.
o You will be expected to improve the performance in client recruitment and effectiveness in marketing and advertising.
o You will spend much of the day managing the facility while maintaining close contact with key clients in order to guarantee a high level of customer satisfaction.
o The Candidate will be required be build and develop new models for the company and drive same to commercial success.
o You will often communicate via phone, email and other social media networks ensuring that the business enterprise is given maximum publicity and leverage.
o The role requires administration tasks are completed accurately and delivered with high quality and in a timely manner.
o The applicant must be result oriented and also a team player.
o S/he must be willing and motivated to work extra hours in order to meet up with responsibilities and may be assigned other tasks as management decides.

Key Responsibilities
o Implements administration strategies, policies and procedures.
o Ensures that the office premises and facilities are maintained in a clean and decent state.
o Act as a property manager and resolve any issues that arise within the estate.
o Service marketing and promoting responsibilities.
o Managing the office environment, including sanitation and maintenance activities.
o Answering and acting on phone calls and maintaining contact lists.
o Ensures proper tagging of all assets with appropriate reference numbers for proper inventory keeping.
o Maintains effective working relationship with all prospective clients and relatives.
o Liaises with other staff and conducts checks to ensure the safe keeping and efficient utilization of all facilities and equipment.
o Ensure property and facilities meet legal, environmental, health, security and safety standards and requirements.
o Produce and distribute correspondence memos, letters, faxes and forms.
o Assist in the preparation of regularly scheduled reports.
o Develop and maintain a filing system.
o Organizes payments and reconciles expense reports
o Provide general support to visitors and prospective clients.

Essential Requirements
o B.Sc/HND in a relevant discipline.
o Minimum of 2 years experience as an administrator in a hospitality or healthcare industry.
o Proven administrative or management experience.
o Proven experience in estate management/facility management
o Commercial awareness and entrepreneurial skills
o Knowledge of office management systems and procedures
o Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work
o Attention to detail and proactive problem solving skills
o Excellent written and verbal communication skills
o Strong organizational and planning skills
o Pleasant personality, with good customer relationship and management skills.
o Project management, analytical and interpersonal skills.
o Creative/Innovative thinker.
o Proficiency in MS Office.
o Experience with social media management and brand message crafting.
o Willingness to relocate as accommodation may be provided.

Core Competence:
o Marketing & Management

Job Title: Registered Supervisory Nurses
Location: Lagos
Positions: 2
Job Summary

o The main function of the Registered Nurse (RN) is to evaluate clients, and develop as well as coordinate plans of care.
o The RN will work as part of a team of professionals and medical staff that includes doctors, physiotherapists and Home Care Assistants providing care to aged adults in a Residential Setting.
o They will be involved in the social work aspect of healthcare as well as the clinical aspect.
o Registered nurses are expected to execute supervisory and administrative nursing functions, with an aim of ensuring clients' lives are easier and more comfortable.
o They will assist old adults with daily tasks such as personal grooming, dressing, feeding, and general housekeeping.
o You will spend much of the day managing the facility while maintaining close contact with key clients in order to guarantee a high level of customer satisfaction.
o They will provide needed companionship to clients, lending an ear and letting them know they are being listened to.
o Duties include transporting patients to doctor's appointments, making beds and giving patients their medications.
o You will supervise junior staff to ensure thorough cleaning and sanitizing of clients’ rooms and the work environment with the aim of maintaining excellent standards of cleanliness.
o You must be willing and motivated to work extra hours in order to meet up with responsibilities, and may be assigned other tasks as management decides.
o Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
o These positions attract good remuneration packages with opportunities for further career development.


Key Responsibilities
o Providing holistic healthcare to elderly clients in a residential setting.
o Ensuring that the estate and facilities are maintained in a clean and decent state.
o Maintenance of patients’ dignity at all times.
o Fulfilling all reasonable requests from clients, to ensure their comfort, satisfaction and safety.
o Providing general support to visitors and prospective clients.
o Liaising with other staff and conducting checks to ensure the safe keeping and efficient utilization of all facilities and equipment.
o RNs will perform a wide variety of duties during their shifts, caring for and educating patients and clients about their conditions, as well as establishing trust and building rapport with clients and their families.
o You will consult with physicians, establish treatment plans, operate medical equipment and perform diagnostic checks and tests.
o You will efficiently supervise Home Care Assistants and other junior staff.
o Availability and willingness to lift patients into and out of their beds, chairs, or bathtubs.
o Changing patient's bandages, checking vital signs or applying lotion to dry skin areas.
o Helping patients get a bath, get to and from the toilet, and sometimes changing a patient's adult diaper.
o Monitoring and recording patient’s condition and documenting daily care services.
o Educating and supervising junior staff on how to follow their nursing care plans.
o Escorting clients to appointments (doctor, physical therapy, hair salon, etc.) and religious services.
o Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following aseptic standards and procedures; maintaining security precautions; following prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards.
o Respect for patient rights regarding choice of lifestyle, i.e. political, social, religious, sexual and cultural.


Essential Requirements
o RN, BNSc., BS or Diploma in nursing. BLS, ACLS will be an added advantage.
o Full registration and affiliation with relevant professional bodies with the knowledge, ability and experience of caring for elders.
o Applicants must hold a valid nursing license with a minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role in the hospitality or healthcare industry.
o A compassionate, caring and patient nature.
o Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.
o Ability to provide first aid during medical emergencies, such as heart attacks, strokes etc.
o Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
o Attention to detail and proactive problem solving skills.
o Good written and verbal communication skills.
o Pleasant personality, team player, with good interpersonal skills.
o Ability to maintain confidentiality in both written and spoken information.
o Knowledge of the environment and more than one major Nigerian language will be an added advantage.
o A flexible and highly adaptable approach to work.
o Willingness to relocate as accommodation may be provided.


Job Title: Part Time Physiotherapist

Location: Lagos
Positions: 1
Essential Requirements

o B.ScPT, BPT, BMR or a similar relevant qualification.
o Minimum of 5 years experience as a Physiotherapist in the healthcare industry.
o Full registration and affiliation with relevant professional bodies with the knowledge, ability and experience of caring for elders.
o Ability to work with minimal supervision.
o A compassionate, caring and patient nature.
o Pleasant personality, team player, with good interpersonal skills.
o Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks and intense pressure to perform.
o Ability to maintain confidentiality in both written and spoken information.
o Knowledge of more than one major Nigerian language will be an added advantage.
o A flexible and highly adaptable approach to work.


Job Title: Elderly Home Care Assistant
Location: Lagos
Positions: 5
Job Summary

o Home care assistants are expected to execute auxiliary nursing functions; ensuring clients' lives are easier and more comfortable.
o They will assist old adults with daily tasks such as personal grooming, dressing, feeding, and general housekeeping.
o You will spend much of the day providing personal care to the clients in order to guarantee a high level of customer satisfaction.
o They will provide needed companionship to clients, lending an ear and letting them know they are being listened to.
o Duties include transporting patients to doctor's appointments, making beds, doing laundry (including ironing), preparing meals, giving patients their medications, or running errands.
o Thoroughly cleaning and sanitizing clients’ rooms and the work environment with the aim of maintaining excellent standards of cleanliness.
o You will often be required to provide necessary social interaction by reading and playing card or board games with clients, because it helps to keep them mentally active and alert.
o You will also often help clients to walk / move around and will occasionally sit with them for a couple of hours as may be necessary.
o You must be willing and motivated to work extra hours in order to meet up with responsibilities and may be assigned other tasks as management decides.

Key Responsibilities
o Assisting registered nurses in providing healthcare to elderly clients
o Ensuring that the estate and facilities are maintained in a clean and decent state.
o Managing the office environment, including sanitation and maintenance activities.
o Fulfilling all reasonable requests from clients, to ensure their comfort, satisfaction and safety.
o Availability and willingness to lift patients into and out of their beds, chairs, or bathtubs.
o Helping patients get a bath, get to and from the toilet, and sometimes changing a patient's adult diaper.
o Changing linens, making beds and servicing all bedrooms in line with company policy.
Routine duties also include cleaning soiled laundry and housekeeping duties (such as vacuuming and dusting).
o Changing patient's bandages, checking vital signs or applying lotion to dry skin areas.
o Escorting clients to appointments (doctor, physical therapy, hair salon, etc.) and religious services.
o Recording daily care notes and completing the required documentations.
o Respect for patient rights regarding choice of lifestyle, i.e. political, social, religious, sexual and cultural.


Essential Requirements
o SSCE/GSCE/OND or similar relevant qualification.
o Knowledge, ability and experience caring for elders.
o Minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role in the hospitality or healthcare industry.
o A compassionate, caring and patient nature.
o Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.
o Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
o Attention to detail and proactive problem solving skills
o Good written and verbal communication skills.
o Pleasant personality, team player, with good interpersonal skills.
o Ability to maintain confidentiality in both written and spoken information.
o Giving and receiving information both written and verbal.
o Knowledge of the environment and more than one major Nigerian language will be an added advantage.
o A flexible and highly adaptable approach to work.
o Certified courses in First Aid and CPR are a plus.


Job Title: Professional Cook
Location: Lagos
Positions: 1
Essential Requirements
o Candidates should possess HND qualification in Hotel and Catering Management or a similar relevant qualification.
o Minimum of 2 years experience as a Cook or Chef in a hospitality or healthcare industry.
o Knowledge, ability, experience and willingness to provide compassionate care to elders.
o Ability to work with minimal supervision and deliver within short deadlines.
o Pleasant personality, with good customer relationship and management skills.
o Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks and intense pressure to perform.
o Knowledge of the environment and more than one major Nigerian language will be an added advantage.
o A flexible and highly adaptable approach to work.
o Willingness to relocate as accommodation may be provided.


Job Title: Male Security Guard/Gateman/Gardner
Location: Lagos
Positions: 1

Job Summary
o The Security Guard is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for staff, clients and visitors by patrolling and monitoring premises and personnel.
o He will also be responsible for mowing the lawns and maintaining the flowers.

Key Responsibilities
o To secure premises and personnel by patrolling property, monitoring surveillance equipment, inspecting buildings, equipment and access points, permitting entry.
o To prevent losses and damage by reporting irregularities, informing violators of policy and procedures, restraining trespassers.
o To maintain crime record of incidents in the property.
o To maintain a safe environment by monitoring and setting building and equipment controls.
o To be familiar with all aspects of emergency procedures.
o To answer alarms and investigate disturbances.
o To write reports of daily activities and irregularities, such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons or unusual occurrences.
o To maintain the home’s reputation by complying with legal requirements.
o To contribute to team effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed.

Essential Criteria
o Good standard of education including GCSE in Maths/English (Grades A* to C) or equivalent.
o Experience of working within a similar role (preferably estate security).
o Experience of working within a team.
o Ability to work independently with supervision.
o Working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
o Knowledge of Fire and security systems.
o Good administrative skills.
o Understanding of safeguarding in the context of healthcare service provision.
o Ability to effectively plan and priorities workload.
o Professional approach to work and appearance.
o Evidence of commitment to self-development.
o Good verbal and written communication skills.
o Knowledge of more than one major Nigerian language will be an added advantage.


Application Closing Date:
30th December, 2015

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit:
 An Application letter of no more than 2 pages (2,000 words) explaining how your experience matches the essential criteria and your salary expectations.
 An up - to - date CV. This should include the names, addresses (including email), and phone numbers of two professional referees.
 A recent Passport Photograph.
 Submit documents to: rockgardenhomes.recruitment@gmail.com
Note
o The title/subject of your email and application should be the position you have applied for.
o Only qualified and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
o Any successful candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Referees will only be contacted if successful at interview but prior to appointment.