Unit Manager (I) - Section 6 - General Surgery

netcare; Alberton; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Netcare seeks a Unit Manager to coordinate improved quality nursing care and ensure adherence to professional and ethical standards. The incumbent will monitor nursing practice within a multidisciplinary quality assurance team and drive capacity building, mentoring and training across the unit.

Responsibilities include governance, risk management, patient care optimization, and collaboration with doctors and staff to maintain service excellence and safety.

Qualifications

• A grade 12 or equivalent NQF level 4 qualification.
• A relevant nursing qualification (Dip)

Responsibilities

• Coordinate improved quality nursing care and ensure compliance to professional and ethical practice.
• Monitor and ensure nursing care and service delivery within a multi-disciplinary quality assurance team.
• Coordinate capacity building, mentoring and training for nursing staff.
• Ensure correct billing, stock management and purchasing; manage assets and safety standards.
• Promote infection prevention and standard precautions; support clinical governance initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Quality assurance

Risk management

Patient care

Governance

Teamwork

Mentoring

Staff development

Education

Diploma in Nursing

Job description

We provide meaningful careers that connect people with purpose.

We are united by a common purpose of providing the best and safest care; and by our shared values of Care, Truth, Participation, Compassion and Dignity.

Netcare invites you to be part of our journey.

The Unit Manager will be responsible for coordinating improved quality nursing care by ensuring compliance to professional and ethical practice.

The incumbent will also be responsible for monitoring and ensuring that nursing care and service delivery is implemented and practiced within a multi-disciplinary quality assurance team. In accordance the incumbent will be accountable for coordinating capacity building, mentoring and training.

The Unit Manager will be responsible for coordinating improved quality nursing care by ensuring compliance to professional and ethical practice.

The incumbent will also be responsible for monitoring and ensuring that nursing care and service delivery is implemented and practiced within a multi-disciplinary quality assurance team. In accordance the incumbent will be accountable for coordinating capacity building, mentoring and training.

KEY WORK OUTPUT AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

CONSISTENCY OF CARE

Financial Management

• Manage acuities and skill mix in such a way as to ensure cost effective quality care.
• Manage all costs emanating from the department
• Ensure correct billing, stock management and purchasing
• Facilitate timeous and accurate compilation of files

Governance and quality management

• Identify quality improvement opportunities and ensure appropriate strategy and Quality Improvement initiatives are developed and measured

Risk management

• Investigate all negative incidents and ensure appropriate capturing on IMS
• Monitor safety standards in accordance with the Machine and Occupational Safety Act (Act 6 of 1983). Report all accidents to the Line Manager / Safety Representatives
• Ensure compliance with protocols, policies and Acts
• Ensure that all equipment is in working order and properly maintained
• Control of asset register

Patient care

• Ensure the unit is providing safe, cost-effective quality patient care in line with the Clinical Governance strategy and evidence-based practice
• Evaluate the patient's journey through patient experience and stakeholder input
• Evaluate nursing quality indicators and clinical outcomes
• Communicate effectively with patients regarding their care
• Promote health and wellbeing of patients and staff
• Ensure the principles of infection prevention and all standard precautions are adhered to implementing group quality initiatives

TRANSFORMATION OF OUR SOCIETY

Transformation targets

• Ensure achievement of transformation goals as set out by the Transformation Committee

Teamwork

• Actively participate as a member of a team to achieve goals

Personal and professional development

• Active involvement in own professional development to maintain a satisfactory level of skill and knowledge.
• Keep up to date with Netcare's evolving policies and procedures
• Keep abreast of current research in the applicable discipline

People management

• Create an environment where staff are aware of the role they play in the provision of quality nursing care and their value to the organisation
• Assign decision making, authority, tasks and responsibility to appropriate persons in order to maximize organisation and employee effectiveness.
• Develop a talented nursing workforce.
• Co-operate with Netcare Education Division to ensure appropriate nursing training for the delivery of quality care
• Facilitate a culture that is supportive of talent management and the initiation of required implementations to hone nursing talent
• Monitor staff attendance and/or absenteeism and ensure action is taken accordingly
• Enforce staff dress code within and on leaving the Hospital
• Facilitate effective change and conflict management

Orientation of new staff and students

• Facilitate staff development both personal and professional

Coaching and mentoring of staff

• Ensure professional conduct and appearance of staff

Promote employee wellbeing

• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships
• Work effectively and co-operatively with others to establish and maintain good working relationships that are mutually beneficial.
• Create and maintain a positive environment where the differences of others are recognized, understood, and valued, so that all can reach their full potential and maximize their contributions.
• Develop collaborative relationships to help accomplish work goal
• Maintain customer intimacy through building relationships with doctors, nursing staff, suppliers and building patient loyalty
• Build strategic inter-departmental relationships to help achieve business goals at Exco and departmental level within the hospitals
• Foster an effective working relationship with service providers
• Foster an effective working relationship with Public liability

SKILLS PROFILE

EDUCATION

Essential

• A grade 12 or equivalent NQF level 4 qualification.
• A relevant nursing qualification (Dip