Registered Nurse | ICU Qualified | EU
- Function
- Nursing
- Facility
- Life Mercantile Hospital
- Position
- Registered Nurse | ICU Qualified | EU
- Introduction
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Vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse ICU Qualified in Emergency Unit, based at Mercantile Hospital, reporting to Jackie Hamilton Unit Manager. The successful candidate 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
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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 to ensure the correct skills mix is utilized.
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 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 daily 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
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- Post-basic qualification in Trauma Nursing or Critical Care Nursing is a pre-requisite
- Current ACLS and PALS would be advantageous
- Minimum of 3 years emergency unit experience
- Understanding the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage.
- Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and well organized
- 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
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- Problem-solving, analysis and judgment
- Attention to detail.
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Professional and technical proficiency
- Excellence orientation
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organizational awareness
- Action orientation
- Ethical behavior
- nangamso.mbijela@lifehealthcare.co.za
- Closing date
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.
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Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.