Registered Nurse | Thoracic (ICU) Qualified

Life Healthcare; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 350 000 - 450 000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider seeks a Registered Nurse (ICU qualified) for Life Flora Hospital. Responsibilities include providing optimal nursing care to critically ill patients, managing team dynamics, and ensuring quality patient outcomes. The ideal candidate has a nursing diploma, ICU experience, and strong interpersonal skills, with a commitment to night shifts.

Qualifications

• Experience in ICU nursing is essential.
• Willingness to work night shifts full-time is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality basic and specialised nursing care.
• Maintain effective relationships with team members and stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate record keeping.
• Manage equipment and instrumentation checks.

Skills

Customer orientation

Team player

Ability to work under pressure

Strong interpersonal skills

Education

Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Job description

Function Nursing Facility Position Registered Nurse | Thoracic (ICU) Qualified Introduction

A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse Thoracic (ICU) qualified, based at Life Flora Hospital, reporting to Jenny Le Roux, Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic and optimal quality nursing care to critically ill patients in order to maximise 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 specialised nursing care
• Continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patient’s condition
• Administering medication in accordance to ethical, legal framework
• Reviewing and complying with internal policies and protocols
• Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to the unit specification
• Advocating the patient by motivating acuity to the case management and notifying the doctor of any limitations

Provide effective people management by

• Interacting and communicating with a multi‑disciplinary team
• Providing training and development to ensure personal and professional growth
• Ensuring 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
• Controlling and managing 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
• Executing doctors’ requests and prescriptions after patient rounds
• Assisting multi‑disciplinary team members with the execution of their duties

Ensuring the effective functioning of equipment and instrumentation

• Checking equipment and instrumentation are in working condition on a daily basis and reporting any defaults to the Unit Manager and Clinical Engineer
• Educating and supervising 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 Nursing
• Experience in ICU nursing
• Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and well organised
• Ability to work under pressure in a continuously changing environment
• Strong interpersonal skills required
• Willingness to work night‑shift full‑time

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 my example (Key for Managers)
• Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)