Enrolled Nurse-1

Netcare; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Netcare invites you to join our team as an Enrolled Nurse. You will contribute to patient care, ensure accurate documentation, and maintain safety and hygiene standards within a busy hospital environment.

You will work under supervision, supporting ENA’s and adhering to Netcare policies while upholding our values of care, truth, participation, compassion and dignity.

Qualifications

• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as an Enrolled Nurse.
• Compliance with the SANC code for an Enrolled Nurse and all applicable health care legislation.
• Relevant experience in the nursing discipline.

Responsibilities

• Maintain all documentation timeously and accurately, reflecting patient care.
• Ensure all stock is charged appropriately and maintain stock control.
• Governance, quality and risk management in patient care.
• Maintain a safe environment free from medico-legal hazards and comply with waste management principles.
• Report risks and ensure infection prevention and standard precautions are followed.
• Participate in ward/unit quality improvement programmes and handover processes.
• Communicate effectively with patients regarding their care and promote overall health and wellbeing.

Education

Registration with the South African Nursing Council as an Enrolled Nurse

Job description

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. Netcare invites you to be part of our journey.

Key Work Output and Accountabilities

• CONSISTENCY OF CARE
• Administration Management
• Maintain all documentation is maintained timeously and accurately, reflecting patient care.
• Ensure all stock is charged appropriately.
• Assist with file compilation.
• Governance, quality and risk management
• Maintain a therapeutic, clean and safe environment that is free from medico-legal hazards.
• Adhere to Netcare medical waste management principles and all other waste management principles.
• Maintain a safe working environment in accordance with the Machinery and Occupational Safety Act.
• Report potential/actual risks identified.
• Ensure all stock is well controlled.
• Responsible for ensuring correct use, cleaning and storage of equipment.
• Report equipment needing repair or replacement to sister-in-charge.
• Maintain professional conduct and standards at all times in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Acts in a supervisory capacity over ENA’s.
• Patient care
• Practice patient care according to his/her Scope of Practice and assume total responsibility for these activities.
• Contribute to the holistic care of patients.
• Participate in ward/unit’s quality improvement programme.
• Attend handover of report at shift commencement.
• Effective communication with patients regarding their care.
• Promotion of patient overall health and wellbeing.
• Practice the principles of infection prevention and all standard precautions.
• Promote and maintain good public relations with patients, relatives and visitors.
• Execute all procedures according to hospital standards.
• Refer all complaints from patients and doctors to sister-in-charge of the unit.
• Carry out all departmental duties as assigned by supervisors.

Transformation of Our Society

• Teamwork - Supports the education and training of the ENA’s.
• Actively participate as a member of a team to achieve goals.
• Personal and professional development - Active involvement in own professional development to maintain a satisfactory level of skill and knowledge.
• Keep up to date with Netcare’s evolving policies and procedures.
• Assume responsibility for maintaining competence in CPR.
• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships - Work effectively and co-operatively with others to establish and maintain good working relationships that are mutually beneficial.
• Develop collaborative relationships to help accomplish work goal.

Skills Profile

• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as an Enrolled Nurse.
• Compliance with the SANC code for an Enrolled Nurse and all applicable health care legislation.
• Relevant experience in the nursing discipline.

Netcare Values and Behaviours

• Netcare Values At Netcare, our core value is care. We care about the dignity of our patients and all members of the Netcare family.
• We care about the participation of our people and our partners in everything we do.
• We care about truth in all our actions.
• We are passionate about quality care and professional excellence.
• At Netcare, our core value is care. We listen with empathy and respond with acts of compassion in all interactions with our patients and their families.

The Netcare Way

• Respect - I always greet everyone to show my respect.
• Identity - I always wear my name badge to show my identity.
• Dignity - I always treat others with consideration and humility to uphold dignity.
• Care - I always act in the best interest of Netcare and others to show I care.
• Compassion - I always listen with empathy and respond with kind action to show my compassion.
• Appreciation - I always say thank you to show my appreciation.
• Diversity - I always embrace diversity to strengthen inclusivity and belonging.

Join the Team

• 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.

Recruitment Process

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.