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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Professional Nurse (Specialty Nursing) Grade 1 (Quality Assurance)
Grade 12 with Basic qualification accredited with the South African Nursing Council in terms of Government Notice R.425 (Diploma / Degree) or equivalent in nursing as a Professional Nurse.
Post Basic qualification with the duration of at least 1 year accredited with the SANC in terms of Government Notice R.48 (Clinical Nursing. Science, Health Assessment, Treatment and Care.
A minimum of 4 years appropriate /recognizable experience in Nursing after registration as Professional Nurse with the SANC in General Nursing. Knowledge of quality assurance prescripts (OHSC, OHS, Risk Identification etc.) .Computer literacy and Driver’s license is essential.
Duties :
The incumbent will plan, implement, evaluate, maintain, control and coordinate quality assurance in the facility. He or she must ensure availability, facilitate development and the review of protocols and SOPs in the facility in line with Ideal Clinic Realization Framework.
Planning ICRM activities. Work together with facility manager in identifying facility needs and populating demand plans annually. Monitor implementation of QIPs, evaluate and update all systems on progress of the facility toward improvement of quality health care.
Ensure that the facility has supplies and functional equipment for emergency services and disaster management. Ensure implementation of Ideal Clinic, OHSC, occupational Health and Safety policy, complaints [compliments and suggestion guidelines and monitoring of compliance].
Implementation of patient safety incidents guidelines, infection prevention and control guidelines/policies. Implementation and monitoring of Health Care Waste compliance.
Ensure availability of contracts and SLAs for service providers and partners. Develop quality Improvement plans for the facility collaborating with all team members and stakeholder.
Hold quality assurance meetings in the facility and attend district and other levels meetings as expected. Ensure functional Clinic Committee, Quality improvement teams and other QA teams. Write quality assurance reports and submit to the next level as expected. Participate in multidisciplinary quality assurance teams.
Advocate for rights of the clients in the facility and promote Batho- Pele principles. Conduct client satisfaction survey and monitor the system routinely for compliance. Liaise with sub district quality assurance coordinator and other program coordinators. Facilitate participation of staff in the staff satisfaction survey annually.
Facilitate training of staff and conduct in service training to all staff on quality assurance issues.
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