Snr Professional Nurse - Critical Care

Mediclinic; Welkom; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Mediclinic Welkom seeks a Senior Professional Nurse to support the Unit Manager by ensuring safe patient care and coordinating delivery. The role provides mentorship to new and student nurses and direct clinical duties in a hospital setting.

You will mitigate clinical risks, manage the client experience, support staffing resources, and contribute to cost-effective operations while upholding medical standards and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Professional nurse qualification and registration as required in South Africa.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing if managing a specialist unit (e.g. Perioperative Nursing).
• Minimum 3 years Professional Nurse experience in a hospital and 1 year mentorship experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure comprehensive and safe patient care by mitigating risks and meeting set clinical quality standards.
• Manage the client experience.
• Ensure optimal supply, retention, and utilisation of staffing resources.
• Empower and build staff competence through continuous assessment and development.
• Assist with the effective management of operational expenses (including stock and capital).

Skills

Pharmacology

Record keeping

Nursing processes

MS Office

Nursing legislation

Infection control

Nursing science

Audit records

Patient assessment

Care planning

Nurse practitioner scope

ACLS/ATLS/PALS

Risk identification

Analytics

BLS

Mentorship

Education

Professional Nurse qualification

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing

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 Senior Professional Nurse supports the Unit Manager in ensuring a safe and positive client experience by mitigating clinical risks and co-ordinating care delivery. They further provide direct patient care, as well as mentorship to new and student nurses in the unit.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Ensure comprehensive and safe patient care by mitigating risks and meeting set clinical quality standards
• Manage the client experience
• Ensure optimal supply, retention, and utilisation of staffing resources
• Empower and build staff competence through continuous assessment and development
• Assist with the effective management of operational expenses (including stock and capital)

Required Education

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION

Professional Nurse qualification and

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing if managing a specialist unit (e.g. Perioperative Nursing)

DESIRED EDUCATION

N/A

Required Experience

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

3 years Professional Nurse experience in a hospital

1 year mentor experience

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

N/A

Required Job Skills And Knowledge

• Pharmacology
• Nursing record keeping
• Nursing processes and procedures
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
• Relevant nursing legislation
• Infection prevention and control
• Scientific nursing principles and process
• Audit patient records
• Patient assessment skills
• Develop/ modify a nursing care plan
• Scope of practice for nurse practitioners
• For specialised wards; ACLS; ATLS; PALS trained;
• Risk identification
• Analysing and interpretation skills
• Basic life support trained
• Mentorship