Night Quality Coordinator

LIFE Healthcare Group; Durban; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization seeks a Night Quality Co-Ordinator to oversee quality patient care at night, ensuring safe operations and effective staff management. The ideal candidate should hold a nursing degree, be SANC registered, and possess strong leadership and communication skills. Apply via email: [e-mail]. Closing date: September 26, 2025.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing is essential.
• Must be registered with SANC.
• Experience in a specialty is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead quality patient care during night shifts.
• Manage night staff effectively to ensure a safe environment.
• Participate in quality projects to foster a culture of excellence.

Skills

Problem-solving

Verbal & written communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Organisational awareness

Education

Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Registered with SANC

Job description

Overview

A vacancy exists for a Night Quality Co‑Ordinator based at Life Bedford Gardens Hospital, reporting to Nursing Standards Manager, Bongiwe Malane. The successful candidate will be responsible for co‑ordinating and leading provision of quality patient care during the night in support of hospital and nursing objectives of quality, growth and people.

Critical Outputs

• Effective quality management
  • Communicating, supporting, coaching and monitoring of night staff in order to ensure a safe patient and staff environment
  • Identifying clinical competence and addressing the concern with the line manager
  • Participating and leading quality projects in order to support a culture of quality
• Effective operations management
  • Ensuring staff allocations are adequately assigned
  • Understanding stock management processes in order to achieve unit targets
  • Effectively managing unplanned events in order to ensure optimal utilization of resources
  • Providing direction and inspiring positive work behaviour in order to keep staff motivated and productive
• Effective relationship building with internal & external stakeholders
  • Displaying visible leadership to night staff and management in order to ensure productive and motivated team work
  • Participating in meetings in order to ensure productive and meaningful relationships with external stakeholders

Requirements

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• Registered with SANC
• Preferably have midwifery (Not compulsory)
• Experience in a specialty would be advantageous
• Management Qualification or experience will be an advantage
• Proven leadership abilities

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• Influencing
• Drive & energy
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Leading by example (Key for Managers)
• Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)

How to apply

Email: [e-mail]
Closing date: Friday, September 26, 2025

Equal Opportunity

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.