Clinical Facilitator ICU

Mediclinic; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Mediclinic Southern Africa invites applications for a Clinical Facilitator to plan and deliver training to nursing staff across hospital units. The role focuses on building clinical competency and ensuring adherence to nursing procedures and policies.

The successful candidate will hold a Professional Nurse qualification with a postgraduate diploma in nursing education (or equivalent mentorship experience) and possess strong facilitation, assessment, and infection control skills in a clinical

Qualifications

• 3 years of Professional Nurse experience in a hospital.
• 1 year of mentor experience.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education (or equivalent) is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop the competence of all nursing staff.
• Ensure the correct application of nursing procedures and policies.
• Identify training needs to guide the development of appropriate clinical training interventions.
• Promote a culture of continuous professional development.

Skills

Facilitation skills

Assessment skills

Infection prevention and control

Computer literacy

Nursing processes and procedures

Clinical risk management

Education

Professional Nurse qualification

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing

Assessor course (Generic Assessment)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Mediclinic Southern Africa is a healthcare provider operating in South Africa and Namibia focused on providing acute care, specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary hospital services and related service offerings. We place science at the heart of our care process by striving to provide evidence-based care of the highest standard. The group currently operates 50 private hospitals (excluding a growing number of day clinics) throughout South Africa and three hospitals in Namibia with more than 8 200 beds in total.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

The Clinical Facilitator plans and facilitates identified training and development interventions to ensure competency of all staff. They can be allocated to a specialist unit (e.g. the ICU) or work across the nursing units of a hospital.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Develop the competence of all nursing staff.
• Ensure the correct application of nursing procedures and policies.
• Identify training needs to guide the development of appropriate clinical training interventions.
• Promote a culture of continuous professional development.

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Professional Nurse qualification, and Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education OR 3 years experience as a mentor, and Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing if a Clinical Facilitator in a specialist unit (e.g.Critical Care Nursing) and a certificate of competence in Generic Assessment (Assessor course)

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

3 years of Professional Nurse experience in a hospital 1 year of mentor experience

REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Continuous improvement methodologies
• Facilitation skills
• Assessment skills
• Relevant legislation
• Infection prevention and control
• Computer literacy (MS Office package)
• Nursing processes and procedures
• Clinical risk management