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 SANC in terms of Government Notice 425 or equivalent qualification that allows registration with SANC as a Professional Nurse plus a post basic diploma in Advanced Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing Science with a duration of at least 1 year.
A minimum of 9 years appropriate/recognisable experience in nursing after registration as Professional Nurse with SANC in General Nursing.
At least 5 years of the period referred to above must be appropriate/recognisable experience after obtaining the 1-year post-basic qualification in the relevant speciality. Diploma/Degree in Nursing Administration / Health Service Management and Computer literacy are required.
Duties :
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of nursing legislation and ethical nursing practice and how it impacts service delivery. Ensure clinical nursing practice by the nursing team(unit) in accordance with the scope of practice and nursing care as directed by the health facility.
Promote the quality of nursing care as directed by the professional scope of practice. Able to manage own work, time and that of junior colleagues to ensure proper nursing service in the unit. Display a concern for patients, promoting, advocating and facilitating proper treatment and care and ensuring that the unit adheres to the principles of Batho Pele.
Demonstrate effective communication with patients, supervisors, other health professionals and junior colleagues including more complex report writing. Accurate collation and consolidation of statistics to ensure evidence-based nursing practice.
Manage and resolve patient safety incident and complaints timeously. Demonstrate basic computer literacy as a support tool to enhance service delivery.
Must be prepared to do hospital supervision after hours, work night shifts and relieve Area Manager when need arises. Have knowledge of Ideal Hospital Realization Framework. Coordination of optimal, holistic specialised nursing care provided within set standards of a professional/ legal framework.
Effectively manage the utilisation and supervision of human, financial and material resources. Co-ordination of the provision of effective training and research. Provision of effective support to nursing services. Maintain professional growth, ethical standards, and self-development including Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
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