The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives.
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Basic qualification accredited with the SANC in terms of Government Notice 425 (i.e. diploma or degree in nursing) or equivalent qualification that allows registration with the SANC as a Professional Nurse.
A minimum of 8 years appropriate or recognizable experience in nursing after registration as Professional Nurse with the SANC in General Nursing. At least 3 years of the period referred to above must be appropriate or recognizable experience at management level.
Strong leadership skills, good communication and writing skills. Problem solving, conflict resolution skills, able to work under pressure. Sound interrelationship is necessary in understanding of National Core Standards, Nursing Strategy, PFMA, Labour relations and other related legislative framework. Basic computer skill.
Duties :
Delegate, supervise and coordinate the provision of effective and efficient patient care through adequate nursing care. Initiate and participate in health promotion to ensure consistence communication of relevant, accurate and comprehensive information on health care.
Develop or establish and maintain constructive working relationship with nursing and other stakeholders (i.e. inter-sectoral and multidisciplinary teamwork).
Participate in the analysis, formulation and implementation of nursing guidelines, practices, policies and procedures.
Manage effective utilization and supervision of human, financial and material resources. Coordination or provision of effective training and research. Maintain professional growth or ethical standards and development of self and subordinates.