Registered Nurse | Trauma Experienced

LIFE Healthcare Group; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Trauma unit at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital. The role involves conducting nursing activities to ensure quality patient care, maintaining excellent care standards, and managing the unit’s budget. Candidates should have a General Nursing Degree, registration with SANC, and experience in a Trauma/ICU setting. Flexi hours required.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a Trauma/ICU required.
• Ability to work flexi hours.
• Previous experience in a Trauma Unit is a prerequisite.

Responsibilities

• Conduct nursing activities to ensure quality patient care.
• Maintain excellent patient and customer care.
• Assist with the management of the unit’s budget.

Skills

Strong customer orientation

Team player

Strong inter-personal skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Education

General Nursing Degree / Diploma

Registration with SANC

Qualification in Trauma

Job description

A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse based at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital, reporting to the Trauma/Emergency Unit Manager. The purpose of this role is to conduct nursing activities to ensure quality patient care.

Function Nursing Facility Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital Position Registered Nurse | Trauma Experienced Introduction

A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse based at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital, reporting to the Trauma/Emergency Unit Manager. The purpose of this role is to conduct nursing activities to ensure quality patient care.

Critical Outputs

• Conduct basic duties as allocated by the Unit Manager.
• Ensuring that unit is run according to acceptable legal standards.
• Maintaining excellent patient and customer care in accordance with Life Healthcare standards.
• Maintaining sound relationships and communication with patients, relatives and the multi- disciplinary team.
• Building professional relationships with doctors and therapists to promote patient-doctor interaction.
• Maintaining all Health, Safety and Infection Control Standards.
• Assist the Unit Manager to manage the unit’s budget, incl. control and maintenance of equipment, pharmacy stock, under / over recovery, stock holding, and gross profit margins and debtor’s days.
• Assist with the effective management of the Ward Management System and CBT.

Requirements

• General Nursing Degree / Diploma
• Must have experience working in a Trauma/ICU and be registered with SANC.
• Qualification in Trauma will be to an advantage.
• Competencies required: Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic, well organized.
• Must be able to work under pressure in a constantly changing environment.
• Strong inter-personal skills required.
• Must be willing to fulfil a role in the ward according to the flexi-hours system.
• Previous experience working within a Trauma Unit a prerequisite.
• Ability to work Flexi hours and willing to fulfill the requirements of the hospital.

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Attention to detail
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Professional and technical proficiency
• Excellence orientation
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Action orientation
• Ethical behaviour

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Closing date Monday, September 15, 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.