Professional Nurse at Anglo American

Job Description:

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Act as a role model and reinforce a workplace culture where safety and health for the site is paramount.
• Identify specific risks within working area and adhere to discipline-specific plans/system to avoid these risks.
• Use operational risk management systems.
• Report on critical control performance within team.
• Assess the 'fitness for duty' of team members and take any subsequent necessary action.
• Engage in physical safety checks, interventions, and coaching.
• Report deficiencies and implement plans to address deficiencies.
• Treat minor ailments and injuries where feasible and refer to other resources when necessary.
• Issue medication as prescribed by the OMP
• Provide care and support for certain diseases based on business imperatives.
• ·Monitor and control chronic conditions impacting a worker’s ability to perform their tasks.
• Stabilise medical emergencies and refer to stepped-up care (also during stand-by shift).
• Provide certain vaccinations relevant to work exposure and business imperatives.
• Assess and sort patients according to priorities (patient triage).
• Stabilise the patients performing medical procedures such as resuscitation, ear, and eye irrigation.
• Autoclave medical procedural packs for dressing stations and ER.
• Order and maintain medication and equipment for emergency kit.
• Act in line and support a purpose-led, high performing culture, applying the company values and principles of inclusion and diversity.

This role is at the Safety, Health & Asset Reliability  department at a Band 8 level reporting to the Senior Professional Nurse.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Diploma or Degree in Nursing Science
• Registered with SANC
• International trauma life support certificate

Experience

• 2 – 3 years’ experience in similar role 
• Occupational health experience within the mining environment would be advantageous
• Knowledge of nursing processes, procedures and techniques and a good understanding of the health care policies
• Understanding of safety management, behavioural safety and risk management framework, procedures and systems
• Good understanding of the related health care policies and procedures
• Experience in good clinical practice
• Computer Skills – (MS Office)

Additional information:

• Valid Driver’s license
• Communication skills (written and verbal) and report writing skills 
• People management skills

Closing Date: 28th, June 2022