Registered Nurses | General Units Job Pinelands South Africa,Nursing

Location: Pinelands

Function Nursing Facility Position Registered Nurses | General Units Introduction

Vacancies exist for Registered Nurses, General Units, reporting to the applicable Unit Manager, Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital. The successful candidates will be responsible for providing holistic and optimal quality nursing care to critically ill patients to maximize a positive outcome for the customer in line with Company & Hospital strategic objectives.

Critical Outputs

To provide quality patient care by

Providing quality basic and specialized nursing care

Continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patient’s condition

Administering of medication in accordance with ethical, legal framework

Review and comply with internal policies and protocols

Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to the unit specification

Advocate the patient by motivating acuity to the case management and notify the doctor of any limitations

Provide effective people management by

Interacting and communicating with a multi-disciplinary team

Provide training and development to ensure personal and professional growth

Ensure the ICU team works according to the scope of practice in order to ensure the correct skills mix is utilised

Provide effective cost management by

Managing all stock used according to unit specific policies and protocols

Control and manage staff hours leave in accordance with the company policy

Provide effective Infection Control and SHEQ by

Maintaining a safe and holistic patient environment in order to enforce infection control

Promoting a safe and healthy working environment by completing SHEQ alerts and incident reports to the SHEQ Coordinator

Ensuring effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders by

Conducting in-service orientation on doctor specific preferences

Execute doctors requests and prescriptions after patient rounds

Assisting in multi-disciplinary team members with the execution of their duties

Ensuring the effective functioning of equipment and instrumentation

Check equipment and instrumentation are in working condition on a daily basis and report any defaults to Unit Manager and Clinical Engineer

Educate and supervise staff and doctors on the correct utilisation of specialised equipment and instrumentation

Ensuring effective record keeping by

Ensuring records and accurately completed and stored in accordance with legal and ethical requirements

Requirements

Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Nursing experience in the appropriate specialization, where applicable

Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and well organised

Must be able to work under pressure in a continuously changing environment

Strong Interpersonal skills required

Must be willing to fulfill a role in the unit according to the flexi-hours system and call system

Competencies

Problem-solving, analysis and judgement

Resilience

Engaging diversity

Verbal & written communication and presentation

Influencing

Drive & energy

Excellence orientation

Ethical behaviour

Building relationships

Customer responsiveness

Organisational awareness

Leading my example (Key for Managers)

Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)