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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Grade 12 with basic qualification accredited with the SANC in terms of Government Notice R425 (i.e. Diploma / Degree in Nursing) or equivalent qualification that allows registration with SANC as a Professional Nurse, must have a basic qualification in Psychiatric Nursing Science. Registration certificate with SANC as a Professional Nurse and current practicing certificate.
Less than 10 years relevant experience as Professional Nurse with the SANC in General Nursing . Advance psychiatric qualification will be an added advantage.
Experience in mental health nursing will be an added advantage.A valid driver’s license will be an added advantage. Knowledge of mental health legislations and related legal and ethical practices, PFMA and Public Service Act and Regulations.
Good communication, interpersonal, financial and human resource management skills. Ability to work independently and in a multidisciplinary context. Analytical thinking, independent decision making and problem-solving skills.
Able to plan and organize own work.
COMPETENCIES: FUNCTIONAL: Demonstrate an understanding of nursing legislation and related legal and ethical nursing practises.
Perform a clinical nursing practice in accordance with the scope of practice and nursing standards as determined by the relevant health facility.
Promote quality of nursing care as directed by the professional scope of practice and standards as determined by the relevant health facility.
Demonstrate an understanding of National Mental health Policy framework and Strategic Plan. Demonstrate an understanding of Mental health care act 17 of 2002.
COMPETENCIES:
GENERIC:
Demonstrate effective communication with patients, supervisors, and other clinicians, including report writing when required. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to ensure good nursing care.
Work effectively, co-operatively amicably with persons of diverse intellectual, cultural, racial or religious differences. Plan and organise own work and that of support personnel to ensure proper nursing care.
Display a concern for patients, promoting and advocating proper treatment and care including awareness and willingness to respond to patient’s needs, requirements and expectations (Batho Pele).
Duties :
Provision of quality community mental health care services (Mental Health promotion and prevention interventions, and community intervention, clinical work, medication monitoring and psychosocial rehabilitation within a recovery framework for severe mental illnesses. Detection and stepped approach to management and referral of depression and anxiety disorders in PHC allocated clinics.
Detection and management of child and adolescent disorders in allocated clinics and community level (schools) and referral where appropriate. Routine screening for mental illnesses during pregnancy and other identified high risk group services, and a stepped approach to management and referrals).
Clinical teaching, training, and evaluation of mental health. Provision of administrative services (stats and report writing). Provision of mental health clinical services. Management of Resources.
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