Registered Nurse | Cardiac High Care | Experienced

LIFE Healthcare Group; eNtabeni; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider based in Eastern Cape is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for their High Care unit. The role involves providing holistic nursing care to critically ill patients, managing healthcare records, and ensuring medication adherence. Successful candidates should have a relevant nursing degree/diploma and experience in high care settings, alongside strong interpersonal skills and customer orientation. The position offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment committed to quality care.

Qualifications

• Experience in a High care nursing environment.
• Ability to work under pressure in a continuously changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality basic and specialized nursing care.
• Administer medication in accordance with ethical and legal frameworks.
• Interact with a multi-disciplinary team for effective patient care.

Skills

Customer orientation

Team player

Strong interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Job description

Registered Nurse | Cardiac High Care | Experienced

Function Nursing Facility Life Entabeni Hospital Position Registered Nurse | Cardiac High Care | Experienced Introduction

A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse High Care experienced, based at Life Entabeni Hospital, reporting to Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic and optimal quality nursing care to critically ill patients in order to maximize a positive outcome for the customer in line with Company & Hospital strategic objectives.

Critical Outputs

To provide quality patient care by

• Providing quality basic and specialized nursing care
• Continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patients condition
• Administering of medication in accordance to ethical, legal framework
• Review and comply with internal policies and protocols
• Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to the unit specification
• Advocate the patient by motivating acuity to the case management and notify the doctor of any limitations

Provide effective people management by

• Interacting and communicating with a multi-disciplinary team
• Provide training and development to ensure personal and professional growth
• Ensure the ICU team works according to the scope of practice in order to ensure the correct skills mix is utilised

Provide effective cost management by

• Managing all stock used according to unit specific policies and protocols
• Control and manage staff hours leave in accordance with the company policy

Provide effective Infection Control and SHEQ by

• Maintaining a safe and holistic patient environment in order to enforce infection control
• Promoting a safe and healthy working environment by completing SHEQ alerts and incident reports to the SHEQ Coordinator

Ensuring effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders by

• Conducting in-service orientation on doctor specific preferences
• Execute doctors requests and prescriptions after patient rounds
• Assisting in multi-disciplinary team members with the execution of their duties

Ensuring the effective functioning of equipment and instrumentation

• Check equipment and instrumentation are in working condition on a daily basis and report any defaults to Unit Manager and Clinical Engineer
• Educate and supervise staff and doctors on the correct utilisation of specialised equipment and instrumentation

Ensuring effective record keeping by

• Ensuring records and accurately completed and stored in accordance with legal and ethical requirements

Requirements

• Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• Nursing experience in a High care
• Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and well organised
• Must be able to work under pressure in a continuously changing environment
• Strong Interpersonal skills required
• Must be willing to fulfill a role in the unit according to the flexi-hours system and call system

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• Influencing
• Drive & energy
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Drive & energy

Email [e-mail] Closing date Thursday, December 4, 2025

Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager.External candidates will also be considered.

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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.