Professional Nurse - General Wards

Mediclinic; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Mediclinic is seeking a Professional Nurse to lead nursing teams and deliver safe, comprehensive care in collaboration with a multi-professional team. You will coordinate care according to Scope of Practice regulations and strive for optimal patient outcomes.

Essential education includes a General Nurse registration or a 4-year/nursing degree, with postgraduate options in midwifery or advanced nursing for specialist units. Strong infection control and record-keeping skills are required.

Qualifications

• Essential Education: Diploma leading to registration as a General Nurse OR 4-year Nursing Diploma or Bachelor of Nursing.
• Postgraduate Education: Postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Midwifery; Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (Critical Care, Emergency, Peri-operative) if placed in a specialist unit.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality nursing care in collaboration with a multi-professional team.
• Identify, prevent, and manage risks to ensure patient safety.
• Facilitate a positive client experience by creating a conducive environment.
• Provide accurate and comprehensive records of all nursing interventions.
• Create a learning environment that builds staff competence.
• Ensure that all utilised stock and equipment are accurately charted.

Skills

BLS ACLS PALS

Nursing care planning

Infection control

Nursing processes

Record keeping

Patient assessment

Pharmacology basics

Regulatory knowledge

Risk identification

Scientific nursing principles

Education

Diploma leading to General Nurse registration

4-year Nursing Diploma or Bachelor of Nursing

Postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Midwifery

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (Critical Care, Emergency, Peri-operative)

Job description

Mediclinic is an international private healthcare services group, founded in South Africa in 1983, with divisions in Switzerland, Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia) and the United Arab Emirates.

The Group is focused on providing specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary services across the continuum of care in such a way that the Group will be regarded as the most respected and trusted provider of healthcare services by patients, medical practitioners, funders and regulators of healthcare in each of its markets.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

The Professional Nurse, in collaboration with a multi-professional team, delivers safe, comprehensive, and quality nursing care according to their Scope of Practice regulations. They lead and coordinate nursing teams to enable optimal patient care.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Deliver quality nursing care in collaboration with a multi-professional team


• Identify, prevent, and manage risks to ensure patient safety


• Facilitate a positive client experience by creating a conducive environment


• Provide accurate and comprehensive records of all nursing interventions


• Create a learning environment that builds staff competence


• Ensure that all utilised stock and equipment are accurately charted

Required Education

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION:

Diploma leading to registration as a General Nurse OR

4-year Nursing Diploma or Bachelor of Nursing

DESIRED EDUCATION:

Postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Midwifery

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (e.g. Critical Care, Emergency Care, Peri-oprative Nursing) if place in a specialist unit

Required Experience

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

None

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

N/A

Required Job Skills And Knowledge

• Basic life support trained (ACLS; ATLS; PALS training for specialised wards)


• Computer literate (Microsoft Office)


• Develop/ modify a nursing care plan


• Infection prevention and control


• Nursing processes and procedures


• Nursing record keeping


• Patient assessment skills


• Pharmacology


• Relevant nursing legislation


• Risk identification


• Scientific nursing principles and process