Enrolled Nurse | Auxiliaries X 1

Life Healthcare Group; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 180 000 - 240 000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking an Enrolled Nurse Auxiliary to ensure quality care at their facility in Gauteng. The ideal candidate must have relevant qualifications, current SANC registration, and demonstrate strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills. Responsibilities include monitoring patient health, ensuring compliance with care standards, and participating in quality improvement initiatives. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patient care.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with SANC.
• Experience in a psychiatric facility is advantageous.
• Understanding of SLA with DOH is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of quality care in compliance with health legislation.
• Participate in quality programs and complete quality evaluator cards.
• Monitor and record patients' vital signs and report abnormalities.
• Build and maintain relationships with patients and staff.

Skills

Problem-solving and analysis

Resilience

Ability to build relationships

Customer responsiveness

Education

Qualification as an Enrolled Nurse Auxiliary

Current registration with SANC

Grade 12 NSC

Job description

A vacancy has arisen for Enrolled Nurse Auxiliary at Life Nkanyisa Baneng Care Centre in Florida, Roodepoort.

This position reports to the Unit Manager.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring delivery of uncompromising quality care in line with Company strategic objectives and applicable health / nursing legislation for our intermediate care.

Critical Outputs

• Attending and participating in quality programmes and ensuring induction training is carried out
• Ensuring monthly quality evaluator cards are completed and reported to the shift leader or unit manager
• Ensuring comment cards are completed and reported to the shift leader or unit manager
• Attending and participating in review and ward meetings in order to ensure conformance to QMS audit standards
• Performing, understanding and complying with the company infection control standards in order to adhere to PPE standards and procedures
• Adhering to safety measures
• Ensuring correct and accurate stock administration
• Determining patients' special needs during activities
• Correctly reporting patient movements on discharge or transfer
• Ensuring correct and proper usage and maintenance of equipment
• Ensuring personal absenteeism is minimized and justified
• Performing and completing tasks assigned in order to maximize patient care
• Ensuring patients' hygiene, comfort and safety is measured in accordance with the nursing care plan
• Following the correct techniques and wearing PPE’s in order to promote aseptic technique
• Ensuring patients pre and post weight is recorded and report any abnormality
• Monitoring and recording patients' vital signs and report abnormalities to the shift leader
• Ensuring patients' comfort during the sessions and tidiness of the unit at all times
• Building and maintaining healthy relationships with internal and external customers and supporting all new staff with the orientation programme

Requirements

• Qualification as an Enrolled Nurse Auxiliary
• Current registration with SANC
• Understanding of the SLA with DOH, its challenges and role players would be an advantage
• Work experience in psychiatric facility will be an advantage
• Grade 12 NSC

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Influencing
• Flexibility
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organizational awareness
• Ethical behavior

Contact Information

• Closing date: Thursday, November 6,

Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager.

External candidates will also be considered.

Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.