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Job summary
A healthcare provider seeks a Senior Professional Nurse in Hermanus. The role involves ensuring safe patient care, managing client experiences, and mentoring staff. Candidates must have a Professional Nurse qualification and at least three years of relevant experience in a hospital. This position focuses on providing high-quality care and requires strong skills in patient assessment and mentorship within a supportive team environment.
Qualifications
- 3 years Professional Nurse experience in a hospital.
- 1 year mentor experience.
Responsibilities
- Ensure comprehensive and safe patient care by mitigating risks.
- Manage the client experience.
- Empower and build staff competence through continuous assessment.
Skills
Education
Mediclinic Hermanus| Hermanus | South Africa
Closing date: 05/01/2026
Number of positions: 1
Recruiter name: Haylee Christine Swartz
Reference number: 64322
Workplace Type:On-site
Permanent
Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile
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.
- 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)
Professional Nurse qualification and
Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing if managing a specialist unit (e.g. Perioperative Nursing)
N/A
3 years Professional Nurse experience in a hospital
1 year mentor experience
N/A
- 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
All applicants will be considered, with the understanding that preference will be given in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of Mediclinic Southern Africa, as well as internal applicants/employees that meet the minimum requirements.
Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile
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