Primary Healthcare Nursing Practitioner at Kaelo

Job Description

• Manage Primary Health Care Clinic Services, providing care for the community and collaborating with social care providers. Managing the accreditation process and other quality and risk management activities.

KEY OUTCOMES (not limited to) Level 4 and 5 process elements

• Health promotion and Patient Carer:
• Treatment and care of people, involving interdisciplinary teams
• Illness prevention
• Chronic illness management

Education:

• Providing education and support to other providers such as Doctors and administration staff
• Community development

Problem Solving:

• In clinical or organisational contexts

Quality Control:

• Organising clinical work environments, including infection control and risk management 

Agent of Connectivity:

• Being an agent of connectivity between different health disciplines and between patients and health services

Qualifications

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

PERSON DETAILS: WORK EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED

• 2 years in Primary Health Care environment
• Emergency Care/ Emergency drugs

PREFERRED

• Professional Nurse with Primary Health Care experience

EDUCATION: QUALIFICATIONS: ACCREDITATIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL BODY
REQUIRED

• Qualification in Primary Health Nursing
• Registered with SANC and DoH
• Certificate in dispensing

PREFERRED

• Qualification in Primary Health care

TECHNICAL SKILLS OR KNOWLEDGE
REQUIRED

• Sound knowledge and experience in the provision of Primary Health and Emergency care
• Document and records management 
• Computer literacy (Ms Office, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)    
• Customer orientation, focus on excellence and teamwork
• Ethical behaviour    
• Excellent communication skills

PREFERRED

Additional Information

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES : COMPETENCIES 

• Accountability
• Communication
• Business writing skills
• Efficient and effective mindset
• Planning and organisation
• Resilient and adaptive
• Self-development
• Significance and values oriented
• Ethical