Theatre Trained Unit Manager (Pretoria)

Express Employment Professionals Midrand; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals Midrand seeks an experienced nursing leader to drive clinical outcomes, staff development and stakeholder engagement in a hospital unit. The role requires strategic leadership, budgeting oversight and a track record in change management and education.

Key responsibilities include implementing care plans, ensuring staff competence, managing equipment and stock, and maintaining strong doctor and patient relations. On-call expectations and travel may apply.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing.
• Certified qualification in Theatre discipline is essential.
• Current SANC registration.
• Relevant nursing experience to meet the critical outputs.
• Managerial experience is essential.
• Basic understanding of labor legislation, financial and chain management principles.
• Ability to work flexi hours, 8.5 hours (40 hours per week), on call once a month.
• Understanding of change management principles.
• Computer proficiency.
• Driver's license and ability to travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the nursing care plan and coordinate and facilitate the delivery of the correct treatment plan within the correct MDT program to achieve clinical outcomes.
• Function as clinical expert in achieving patient outcomes.
• Ensure competence of staff and students, determine and drive criteria for effective professional socialization, create an environment conducive to learning and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.
• Promote customer satisfaction within the unit, address customer complaints, conduct quality care rounds and clinical practice audits to monitor care levels and report accordingly.
• Implement national quality initiatives within the unit with the focus on improved clinical outcomes and report accordingly.
• Identify clinical and safety risks and trends in all of the above, implement corrective action where necessary and monitor on an ongoing basis.
• Initiate and drive unit specific best operating practice, communicate these for wider implementation and participate in hospital specific marketing initiatives.
• Demonstrate visible leadership in respect of values, operating model, nursing strategy and image of the profession, actively sponsor initiatives and projects to ensure continued and improved productivity.
• Drive and manage all people related processes within the unit.
• Participate in business planning and budgeting processes and manage nursing costs according to budget.
• Manage stock utilization and drive product management processes within unit together with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure staff are trained on the operation of equipment within the unit and together with relevant stakeholders ensure equipment is in working order to provide a safe patient environment.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders (i.e. HOD's, Enabling functions, patients, family members, service providers etc.) through ongoing communication and feedback.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with doctors by agreeing professional code of conduct, driving and monitoring effective communication regarding positive patient outcomes, functioning as an advocate and communicate impact of industry challenges in the Nursing profession.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Equipment operation

Change management

Computer proficiency

Driver's license

Education

Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Certified qualification in Theatre discipline

Current SANC registration

Job description

Critical outputs

Effective clinical leadership:

• Lead the implementation of the nursing care plan and co-ordinate and facilitate the delivery of the correct treatment plan within the correct MDT program in order to achieve clinical outcomes.
• Function as clinical expert in achieving patient outcomes.
• Ensure competence of staff and students, determine and drive criteria for effective professional socialization, create an environment conducive to learning and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.
• Promote customer satisfaction within the unit, address customer complaints, conduct quality care rounds and clinical practice audits to monitor care levels and report accordingly.
• Implement national quality initiatives within the unit with the focus on improved clinical outcomes and report accordingly.
• Identify clinical and safety risks and trends in all of the above, implement corrective action where necessary and monitor on an ongoing basis.
• Initiate and drive unit specific best operating practice, communicate these for wider implementation and participate in hospital specific marketing initiatives.

Effective leadership and people management:

• Demonstrate visible leadership in respect of values, operating model, nursing strategy and image of the profession, actively sponsor initiatives and projects to ensure continued and improved productivity.
• Drive and manage all people related processes within the unit.

Effective financial management (including equipment):

• Participate in business planning and budgeting processes and manage nursing costs according to budget.
• Manage stock utilization and drive product management processes within unit together with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure staff are trained on the operation of equipment within the unit and together with relevant stakeholders ensure equipment is in working order to provide a safe patient environment.

Effective relationships with internal & external stakeholders:

• Build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders (i.e. HOD's, Enabling functions, patients, family members, service providers etc.) through ongoing communication and feedback.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with doctors by agreeing professional code of conduct, driving and monitoring effective communication regarding positive patient outcomes, functioning as an advocate and communicate impact of industry challenges in the Nursing profession.

Requirements:

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing.
• Certified qualification in Theatre discipline is essential.
• Current SANC registration.
• Relevant experience in nursing to meet the critical outputs.
• Managerial experience is essential
• Proven leadership and people management skills would be an advantage.
• Basic understanding of labor legislation, financial and chain management principles.
• Ability to work flexi hours, normal working hours 8.5 hours (40 hours per week), will be on call once a month.
• Understanding of change management principles
• Computer proficiency.
• Driver's license and ability to travel.