The Chief Medical Director,
Bayelsa
State Hospital Management Board,
Yenagoa,
Bayelsa State.
Attention:
The
Director of Nursing Services,
Hospital
Management Board, Yenagoa,
Bayelsa
State.
&
The
Director of Nursing Services,
Ministry
of Health, Yenagoa,
Bayelsa
State.
Sir/Madam,
NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF
PROPER PLACEMENT OF GRADUATE NURSES AND EXCLUSION OF NURSE INTERN POSITION FROM INTERNSHIP ADVERT OF THE
BAYELSA STATE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT BOARD
Nightingales’
greetings from members of this association.
2. The
report we received from the Bayelsa State chapter of our association on the
above subject matter, prompted our writing to abreast you with extant issues on
internship and proper placement of graduate nurses [.i.e. Registered Nurses
(RN) with Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc) degree].
3. Kindly note that on September 8, 2016,
the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF) released a circular, Ref No.
HCSF/EIR/CND/S.100/ST/97, which prescribed compulsory internship training for
fresh graduates of BNSc degree and their extant placement post-NYSC (National
Youth Service Corps) as Grade Level 09 (.i.e CONHESS 08). The release of the
referred circular was sequel to National Council on Establishment (NCE) meeting
held on July 22, 2016 in Minna, Niger State, which Bayelsa State Government was
ably part and parcel of.
4. Following the release of the circular,
the placement of graduate nurses in the civil service anywhere in Nigeria
became Grade Level 09 post-NYSC (.i.e. CONHESS 08).
5. This was further evident in the Federal
Ministry of Health (FMOH) Circular, Ref No.C6093/T/13 dated 19th
June 2017, which succinctly spelt out that the extant placement of graduates of
BNSc degree post-NYSC as CONHESS 08 effective from 8th September
2016 (being the date of release of the circular by the office of the Head of
Civil Service of the Federation) and that Nursing officers who were already in
the service before this date, and are still below this new base shall be
upgraded to the new base (.i.e. CONHESS 08) effective from the said date of
release of the circular (.i.e. 8th September 2016).
6. Aside the FMOH circulars, another
circular from the office of the HCSF, Ref No.B63279/S.7/II/T/273dated 24th
April 2002 clearly stated that when there is an adjustment of salary grade
level as a result of Enhanced Entry Point (Base Grade) to a cadre in the Civil
Service, the adjustment shall affect officers within the cadre whose positions
fall below the new entry point.
7. Consequent from the above-referenced
circulars, all nursing officers who were below CONHESS 08 prior to the date of
release of the circular became automatically promoted to CONHESS 08 effective
from the date of release of the circular (.i.e. 8th September
2016).
8. Furthermore, to ensure speedy implementation
of the internship and new entry point for the graduate nurses by all
institutions that employ nurses, the FMOH vide another circular Ref No.
C.6093/T/16 dated February 20, 2018, and also vide a reminder, Ref No.C2920/5.3/C.2/1/155
dated 5th February 2019, directed all heads of healthcare institutions
to expressly implement the internship and proper placement of graduate nurses
in their various institutions. This resulted in massive implementation of the
circular in many institutions across the federation.
9. We were surprised to get the report that
the progressive Bayelsa of all States is yet to implement these circulars in
its Hospital Management Board (HMB).
10.
We therefore most respectfully demand
that you kindly implement the internship and proper placement of graduates of
BNSc degree in the Bayelsa State Hospital Management Board without further
delay in the spirit of the extant laws as espoused by the referenced circulars.
11.
Attached herewith are the referenced
circulars and documents labeled in the following order:
Annexure A:
Complaint from the Bayelsa State chapter of our association
Annexure B:
Circular from the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Ref No. HCSF/EIR/CND/S.100/ST/97
dated September 8, 2016.
Annexure C:
Circular from the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Ref No.C6093/T/13 dated 19th
June 2017.
Annexure D:
Circular from the office of the HCSF, Ref No.B63279/S.7/II/T/273dated 24th
April 2002.
Annexure E:
Circular from the FMOH, Ref No. C.6093/T/16 dated February 20, 2018.
Annexure F:
Circular from the FMOH, Ref No.C2920/5.3/C.2/1/155 dated 5th February
2019
Signed:
CHIEF (HON.) S.E.O. EGWUENU NURSE P.O. ETENG
National President Ag.National Secretary
CC:
Head of Service,
Bayelsa State,
Office of the Head of
Service
State Government
Secretariat, Yenagoa,
Bayelsa State.
No comments:
Post a Comment