Senior Shift Leader - Registered Nurse

Overview

Faircape Health delivers the full continuum of care across six world-class healthcare centres, located within luxury Faircape Life retirement villages. Our facilities provide sub-acute care, frail care, dementia support, palliative care, and long-term nursing in secure, medically supervised environments where dignity and quality of life come first.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Shift Leader (Unit Manager) – Registered Nurse (Day Shift) to join our team at Clé du Cap Healthcare Centre
, based in Kirstenhof in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs.

This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for overseeing nursing care delivery, managing daily shifts, and ensuring exceptional, person-centred clinical outcomes. You will lead and support nursing staff and carers while working closely with doctors, allied healthcare professionals, management, and our dedicated HR team.

If you are a strong clinical nurse with leadership capability who enjoys responsibility, structure, and making a meaningful impact, this role offers both stability and purpose within a growing healthcare group.

• Oversee and coordinate all nursing care within the unit, ensuring high clinical standards at all times
• Develop, implement, and regularly review individualised resident care plans
• Ensure care plans align with clinical requirements, resident preferences, and best-practice standards
• Conduct high-risk assessments and ensure accurate, compliant clinical documentation
• Ensure safe medication administration, storage, and blister-pack management in line with protocols
• Implement and maintain infection prevention and control standards

• Manage daily staffing, shift allocations, and operational flow of the unit
• Monitor staff compliance with care plans, policies, and procedures
• Manage clinical stock levels, par levels, and supply requirements
• Identify, address, and correct staff performance or behavioural issues when required

• Act in line with policies during medical emergencies, including contacting emergency services when required
• Ensure adherence to residents’ living wills and advance directives
• Communicate incidents and resident deaths timeously to families and the multidisciplinary team (MDT)

• SANC registered as a Registered Nurse.
• Up-to-date Basic Life Support certification is advantageous.

• Proven experience as a Unit Manager or Senior Shift Leader
• Experience in a similar leadership position is advantageous.
• Knowledge of Dementia care, Frail care, and Palliative care is advantageous.
• Proficiency in organizing and delivering training sessions for staff development.
• Experience with staff scheduling, supervision, and training

• Clinical Expertise:
  Strong clinical skills and experience in nursing practice, including assessments, treatments, and patient care.
• Excellent communication skills to interact effectively with teams and residents.
• Problem-Solving:
  Capability to make critical decisions, solve complex problems, and handle emergency situations calmly and efficiently.
• Adaptability:
  Flexibility to handle changing circumstances and adapt quickly to new protocols or procedures.
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Foster a collaborative environment, working closely with other healthcare professionals to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Ability to effectively manage a nursing unit's daily operations.
• Skilled in addressing and correcting staff behaviour or performance issues.
• Time Management:
  Efficiently manage time and resources during shifts to prioritise patient care and operational tasks.

• Clear health record.
• Clear criminal record.
• Clear credit record.
• Two written references.

• Normal working days are Monday to Sunday.
• You will be required to work 16.25 shifts per month.
• Night shifts are from 07h00 - 19h00

You’ll be part of a well-established, multidisciplinary healthcare environment, supported by:

• A highly collaborative clinical team, including onsite and visiting doctors, Registered Nurses and Enrolled Nurses, experienced carers, Social Workers, and Occupational…