Enrolled Nurse | Specialist

LIFE Healthcare Group; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 25 000 - 35 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an Enrolled Nurse Specialist for the Trauma/Casualty unit at Life Peglerae Hospital. This role involves conducting nursing activities to ensure quality patient care while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to foster a positive working environment. Responsibilities include delivering evidence-based clinical care, managing resources effectively, and maintaining compliance with healthcare legislation. The ideal candidate will be registered with the South African Nursing Council and possess post-qualification experience in an Emergency Unit.

Qualifications

• 1-year post qualification experience in an Emergency Unit.
• Compliance with the SANC code for an Enrolled Nurse and all applicable healthcare legislation.
• Updated knowledge of relevant legislation, industrial relations, standards, codes, ethics, and competency standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct nursing activities to ensure quality patient care.
• Participate to meet Patient Experience, Clinical and Safety outcomes targets.
• Report any Customer complaints and participate in investigations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Effective communication

Resilience

Customer responsiveness

Education

Registration with the South African Nursing Council as an Enrolled Nurse

Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS)

Job description

Enrolled Nurse Specialist (Trauma/Casualty)

A vacancy exists for an Enrolled Nurse Specialist in the Trauma/Casualty unit based at Life Peglerae Hospital, reporting to Turi Makgamathe, Unit Manager. The purpose of this role is to conduct nursing activities to ensure quality patient care.

Critical Outputs

Effective Clinical skills to grow the business

• Delivery of market-leading evidenced-based holistic clinical care within the scope of practice.
• Effective relationship with internal and external stakeholders that enhances and optimise business growth.
• Participative and collaborative with all members of the team to foster and develop a healthy and positive working environment that actively promotes a joint performance and value-based culture.
• Effective people management – interacting and communicating with a multi-disciplinary team.

Effective cost management – Cost-effective utilisation of resources across all business processes (including pharmacy and clinical engineering)

• Delivery of cost-effective care across all business processes within the agreed budgetary parameters.
• Optimal and efficient resource utilisation as per agreed budgetary parameters.
• Optimal and appropriate product utilisation including pharmaceuticals and equipment and sundries.
• Control and manage Labour hours in accordance with the company policy.

Effective clinical skills to deliver the highest level of quality care benchmarked against international standards for quality and safety

• Participate to meet Patient Experience, Clinical and Safety (Patient and Employee) outcomes targets in accordance with Life Healthcare set standards.
• Report any Customer complaints and adverse events and participate in the investigation within the allocated timeframes.
• Conduct all allocated tasks delegated by the Unit Manager/Shift Leader/Senior Registered Nurse.
• Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to company policy.
• Promoting a safe and healthy working environment.
• Enforcing infection prevention principles as per company policy.

Effective communication skills– participate in collaborative and engaging team dynamics (internal and external stakeholders)

• Establish Lifelong partnerships with our customers and stakeholders to promote LHC as the preferred hospital of choice.
• Effective communication skills

Requirements

• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as an Enrolled Nurse is essential.
• Compliance with the SANC code for an Enrolled Nurse and all applicable healthcare legislation.
• 1-year post qualification experience in an Emergency Unit.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Participative and collaborative with all members of the team to foster and develop a healthy and positive working environment that actively promotes a joint performance and value-based culture.
• Updated knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, industrial relations, standards, codes, ethics, and competency standards.
• Updated knowledge and understanding of relevant pathophysiology, anatomy, and diseases to render optimal holistic care.

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Attention to detail
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Professional and technical proficiency
• Excellence orientation
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Action orientation
• Ethical behaviour

Contact

Email: [e-mail]
Closing date Saturday, December 20, 2025

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.