For Doctors and Medical professionals there are tons of jobs available in Nigeria. Generally, the people from the Medical field are required for the following posts. Clinic Managers of privately owned clinics. Doctors as well as nurses at hospitals and nursing homes. Nannies and housekeepers are also needed to take care of the young and the aged.
Currently, there is a national health policy in the country that helps take care of the Primary sector of healthcare, secondary sector of healthcare as well as tertiary sector of health care. Thus the National health policy is aimed at providing health care to all people irrespective of any religious or nationality barriers. People who are trained in the Medical field come to Nigeria and join hospitals and nursing homes and begin treating patients. Hospitals are located in all the major cities of the country like lagos, kano, zaria and jos.
There are many medical colleges as well that teach young budding students and help them become doctors. In the medical colleges also doctors are recruited. So if you are from the medical field and are also interested in teaching, then you could be fit to teach in any of the many medical colleges in Nigeria. Some of the famous medical colleges located in Nigeria are Abia State University, University of Jos, University of Lagos, University of Maiduguri, University of Nigeria, University of Port Harcourt, University of Calabar, Ahmadu Bello University and the Danfodiyo University. These universities house colleges for studying Medical Sciences.
There are many government as well as Non government organizations which work for the betterment of the health of all the citizens. A few of these organizations are International Committee of the Red Cross: Nigeria, International Women's Health Coalition: Africa
And the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas.