Professional Nurses at City of Tshwane

QUALIFYING CRITERIA

• A four-year bachelor’s degree or diploma in Nursing Science or an equivalent qualification
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Professional Nurse
• Working experience at primary healthcare facilities
• No criminal record or dismissal for misconduct at any previous workplace
• Must undergo a criminal record check and such a person shall allow their fingerprints to be taken by the Tshwane Metro Police Department at own cost

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS TO BE PERFORMED FOR EIGHT HOURS PER DAY AT CITY OF TSHWANE CLINICS FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY (11:00 to 19:00)

The Professional Nurses will be responsible for rendering basic functional primary healthcare services that are part of a primary healthcare package that was defined following detailed consultation with national experts and provincial staff, and entails the following services (broadly outlined):

• Carrying out evaluation and revision, where indicated
• Recording (manually or computerised)
• Executing patient and/or client consultations
• Executing a complete physical and psychosocial assessment of a patient and/or client, assisted by diagnostic data and medical evaluations
• Interpreting and using assessment findings and identified problems to plan and provide appropriate care to ensure the patient’s optimal level of wellness
• Requesting the execution of certain diagnostic laboratory tests or samples as well as the interpretation thereof and certain interventions based thereon
• Providing patient counselling, for example HIV, termination of pregnancy, adolescence, etc, for psychological support and assistance with acceptance of problems or diagnosis and decision-making
• Prescribing and/or issuing medication within the framework of statutory requirements, protocols and procedures
• Managing medical emergency situations that emerge from the daily execution of clinic functions and walk-in emergencies, for example cardiac or respiratory cases or fractures, with appropriate case management
• Tracing patients and their contacts
• Identifying and/or diagnosing statutory notifiable communicable diseases and notifying the relevant authorities according to the National Health Act, 2003 (Act 61 of 2003)
• Implementing communicable disease prevention and control by means of disease surveillance, case follow-up, disease outbreak control and prevention of epidemics by means of applying epidemiological principles
• Preventing medico-legal hazards through high-quality nursing practice and quality assurance measures
• Liaising with and referring patients to appropriate and relevant health professionals, outside agencies, institutional groups, resources and/or a higher level of care, such as hospitals
• Acting as a mediator of the interaction between patients and/or clients and others through consultative exchanges on behalf of patients and/or clients
• Implementing ethical codes of practice and decision-making, and maintaining a professional code of conduct (complying with ethical, professional and legal requirements)
• Executing medical and diagnostic procedures, for example HIV testing, etc
• Implementing infection control measures according to policies and procedures in order to prevent health hazards in the workplace and for the public
• Applying other general health and safety mechanisms according to legislative and policy requirements
• Executing programmes and projects, for example HIV/AIDS and immunisation campaigns
• Documenting the care provided and other pertinent data in a concise manner in relevant records and registers that are consistent with the approved system of documentation and legal requirements, and that ensures effective and continuous service
• Fostering good public relations while interpreting the philosophy, goals, objectives, policies and procedures to patients and the public (patient advocacy role)
• Demonstrating and maintaining effective and courteous relationships with customers and acting to resolve customer problems or complaints to the benefit of the customer, the image of the employer and the nursing profession
• Maintaining patient confidentiality in accordance with statutory requirements
• Engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration
• Acting in liaison with medical staff to coordinate the medical and nursing management of patient care
• Collaborating with other members of the primary healthcare team in order to optimise patient care
• Acting as a patient care facilitator

REMUNERATION: R33 412,00 per month