Registered Nurse | ICU Qualified

LIFE Healthcare Group; Empangeni; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks an experienced Registered Nurse - ICU Qualified for Life Empangeni Private Hospital. The role involves providing holistic care to critically ill patients, managing nursing duties, and maintaining quality standards. Candidates must have a relevant nursing degree, ICU experience, and strong interpersonal skills. This position offers a challenging environment requiring the ability to work under pressure and adapt to changes.

Qualifications

• Nursing experience in ICU.
• Must be able to work under pressure.
• Willing to fulfill flexi-hours and call system.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality patient care and medication administration.
• Manage stock and staff hours according to protocols.
• Maintain infection control and manage patient environment.
• Educate and supervise staff on equipment usage.
• Ensure accurate record keeping.

Skills

Strong customer orientation

Team player

Good organizational skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Education

Relevant Degree or Diploma in Critical Care Nursing

Job description

Overview

A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse - ICU Qualified based at Life Empangeni Private Hospital, reporting to the 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 / Responsibilities

• To provide quality patient care by: Providing quality basic and specialized nursing care; continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patient\'s 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 by: 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 are accurately completed and stored in accordance with legal and ethical requirements.

Requirements

• Relevant Degree or Diploma in Critical Care Nursing
• Nursing experience in ICU
• 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 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, October 31, 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.