Auxiliary Nurse

Netcare; Gqeberha; Vor Ort; ZAR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Netcare Hospitals Pty Ltd is seeking an Auxiliary Nurse to provide direct patient care and support the nursing team. The role emphasizes comfort, safety, and high standards of care in line with Netcare's values.

Responsibilities include assisting with daily living activities, monitoring vital signs, and maintaining a clean, safe patient environment. You will collaborate with healthcare professionals to deliver holistic care and participate in improvement initiatives within a values-driven

Qualifikationen

• Adaptability to changing patient needs and hospital environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Commitment to continuous improvement in patient care and operational processes.
• Strong customer focus and dedication to service delivery.
• Sound decision-making within an auxiliary nurse’s scope.

Aufgaben

• Assist patients with personal hygiene, mobility, feeding, and daily living activities with dignity.
• Monitor and record vital signs, reporting changes to the registered nurse.
• Maintain a clean, safe patient environment and ensure supplies are available.
• Assist with admissions, transfers, and discharges to support smooth care.
• Provide emotional support and companionship, fostering a compassionate atmosphere.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the healthcare team to coordinate care.
• Participate in improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and efficiency.
• Adhere to Netcare’s values and caring principles in all interactions and tasks.
• Collaborate with nursing and healthcare professionals to deliver holistic care.
• Demonstrate reliability, initiative, and accountability for duties.
• Respond calmly to emergencies and adapt to changing circumstances.

Kenntnisse

Compassionate care

Patient hygiene

Vital signs

Team collaboration

Communication

Jobbeschreibung

Auxiliary Nurse Company: Netcare Hospitals Pty Ltd

Job Summary

As an Auxiliary Nurse at Netcare Hospitals, you will play a crucial role in providing direct patient care, supporting the nursing team, and ensuring a comfortable and safe environment for our patients. You will contribute to the overall well-being of patients by assisting with daily living activities and maintaining a high standard of care in line with Netcare's values.

Netcare invites you to be part of our journey. We provide meaningful careers that connect people with purpose. We are united by a common purpose of providing the best and safest care; and by our shared values of Care, Truth, Participation, Compassion and Dignity.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist patients with personal hygiene, mobility, feeding, and other daily living activities, ensuring their comfort and dignity.
• Monitor and record vital signs, reporting any changes or concerns to the registered nurse promptly.
• Maintain a clean, tidy, and safe patient environment, including tidying beds, changing linen, and ensuring supplies are readily available.
• Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, ensuring a smooth and supportive process.
• Provide emotional support and companionship to patients, fostering a compassionate and caring atmosphere.
• Effectively communicate with patients, their families, and the healthcare team to ensure coordinated care.
• Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives, identifying areas for enhanced patient care and operational efficiency.
• Adhere strictly to Netcare's values and caring principles in all interactions and tasks.
• Collaborate effectively with the nursing team and other healthcare professionals to deliver holistic patient care.
• Demonstrate a strong personal work ethic, taking initiative and accountability for assigned duties.
• Respond efficiently and calmly to emergency situations, adapting to changing circumstances.

Job Qualifications

• Proven ability to adapt and respond effectively to changing patient needs and hospital environments.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, for interacting with patients, families, and colleagues.
• A commitment to continuous improvement in patient care and operational processes.
• Strong customer focus and dedication to service delivery, ensuring patient satisfaction.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions within the scope of an auxiliary nurse’s responsibilities.
• Capacity for effective self-management, including prioritizing tasks and managing time efficiently.
• Alignment with Netcare Values and a deep commitment to caring for patients.
• A strong personal work ethic, demonstrating reliability, responsibility, and diligence.
• Proven ability to build positive relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Proactive approach to taking action and resolving issues promptly.
• Excellent teamwork skills, collaborating effectively with diverse healthcare professionals.

Join the team that provides the best and safest care. We provide meaningful careers that connect people with purpose. We attract highly skilled, engaged, and performing employees who are passionate about providing quality health and care. By joining Netcare, you will feel a great sense of inclusion and belonging as part of a family that cares about your growth and wellbeing. You will work with the best-in-class technology with high standards of health and safety. We offer competitive remuneration and benefits that are benchmarked against the best market trends. You will enjoy a fulfilling career working in a high performance, values driven organisational culture that values diversity.

The Netcare Group offers a wide spectrum of career opportunities within various disciplines including nursing, emergency medical services, pharmaceutical services, information technology, human resources, finance and administration, procurement, technical and maintenance and marketing.

Our recruitment process typically follows the following steps: Should you be shortlisted for the position, you will be contacted by the relevant HR Department to arrange an interview. Our selection process may further include employee risk assessments which includes employment references, credit, criminal and qualification checks. Should your application be successful, our human resources department will provide you with a formal letter of appointment and will contact you with information to facilitate your onboarding process. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within 30 days of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.

Our story begins with our values and our behaviours. We are motivated by a belief in the sanctity of human life. We see it as a privilege to serve South Africans in their time of greatest need and vulnerability. To this end, we constantly explore new ways to blend compassion with cutting edge capabilities. But while much has been said about our world class facilities, our global benchmarks and clinical best practice, our greatest strength is our people. People who care for other people. Our Netcare people At Netcare, our people are the heartbeat of our organisation. We strive to grow with talented, compassionate people. Our people come from diverse backgrounds and cultures, and are united by a common purpose of providing the best and safest care; and by our shared values of Care, Truth, Participation, Compassion and Dignity. Our values and behaviours reflect our belief in human dignity, and guide how we treat each other.