Clinical Nurse Practitioner at Stellenbosch University

Clinical Nurse Practitioner
(Ref. KGD/060/0220)

Duties        

• Providing comprehensive health care (preventative and curative) to staff and students on the campuses of Stellenbosch University, as part of a multi-professional team;
• Emergency care to patients (e.g. performing ECG’s, nebulisations, including off site assessments, etc.);
• Providing nursing support services at sport and other events on US campuses (which includes availability after-hours and on public holidays on rotation according to a roster basis);
• Dispensing medications (as defined by your scope of practice) and administering immunisations to patients;
• Operational management responsibilities, as determined by the multi-professional team within Campus Health as a unit;
• Participating in appropriate institutional activities which impact on service delivery (e.g. Institutional presentations, seminars, workshops, etc.);
• Developing innovative and occupational-specific processes and programmes to continuously improve service delivery at CHS. 

Job Requirements        

• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Clinical Nurse Practitioner;
• Postgraduate qualification in Primary Health Care (PHC); 
• At least 10 years’ experience as a Professional Registered Nurse;
• Certificate in the dispensing of medicine;
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or equivalent training in emergency care;
• Valid South African driver’s licence;
• Appropriate experience in the use of information technology;
• Demonstrable planning and organisational skills;
• Problem solving skills, on a clinical and team functioning level;
• Excellent communication skills, on a clinical and team functioning level;
• Proven ability to work well within a multi-professional team environment;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• A strong inclination towards client service.

Recommendation        

• Postgraduate qualification in emergency medicine;
• Postgraduate qualification in psychiatry; 
• Experience in the delivery of primary nursing care to a tertiary student population;
• Training and experience in sexual health programmes;
• Knowledge and experience in financial management processes;
• Formal training in HIV/ AIDS programmes;
• Training in the performance of spirometry, ECG, breast examinations and cervical smears;
• Any other appropriate postgraduate training.