The Northern Cape Department of Health is the department of the Government of the Northern Cape, responsible for providing public healthcare to the population of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The political head of the department is the MEC for Health; as of 2020 this is Maruping Lekwene.
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Basic qualification accredited with the South African Nursing Council in terms of Government Notice R425 (i.e. diploma/degree in nursing) or equivalent qualification that allows for registration with the SANC as a Professional Nurse. Post-basic qualification with a duration of at least 1-year Diploma in Clinical Nursing Science: Health Assessment, Treatment and Care accredited with the SANC (i.e. R48). Understanding of Nursing legislation and related legal and ethical Nursing Practices.
Experience:
Grade 1: A minimum of 4 years appropriate/recognisable nursing experience after registration with the SANC as Professional Nurse in General Nursing.
Grade 2: A minimum of 14 years appropriate/recognisable nursing experience after registration with the SANC as Professional Nurse in General Nursing. At least 10 years of the period referred to above must be appropriate/recognisable experience after obtaining the 1-year post-basic qualification in the relevant specialty.
DUTIES :
Provision of quality comprehensive community health care: Provision of primary curative health care. Provision of health care services. Provision of rehabilitation services. Provision of administrative services: Plan and organise clinics. Complete statistics. Ordering and control of stationary, medical class 11 stock, consumables. Ensure safekeeping. Ordering and control of medication as necessary. Up to date knowledge of appropriate legislation, regulations and departmental policies.
Involvement with community meetings and committees. Identify needs for financial planning and indirect control of expenditure. Provision of educational services: Clinical teaching, training and continuous evaluation of students. Teaching patients on a one-to-one basis. Personnel development, i.e. assessing in-service training needs, planning and implementing of training programme. Continuous self-study, professional development, ensuring awareness of new professional developments.
Health education of patients, public and staff. Assist patients and families to develop a sense of self-care. Provision of clinical services: Evaluate and follow-up patients during clinic visits. Initiate treatment, implementation of programmes and evaluations of patients’ clinical conditions. Promoting scientific quality nursing care.
Administrate and control medication. Individual consultation sessions. Identify community needs. Initiate minor ailment treatment. Initiate community participation. Coordinate between hospital and community. Maintaining professional secrecy and preventing medico-legal risks.
Attend and participate in doctors’ visits. Arrange admission and outpatient appointments. Function as a member of the therapeutic team. Continuous evaluation of nursing care and nursing services. Assessment of personal service delivery towards patients. Effective crisis management in the clinic.
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