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Life Healthcare is a black economic empowered (BEE) company, and one of the largest of its kind in the country. At...
Introduction
A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse - Theatre Qualified, based at Life Entabeni Hospital, reporting to the Theatre Manager.
The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the surgical team to perform surgical procedures on patients successfully and to ensure that the patient receives optimal care in accordance with company and hospital strategic objectives. Neuro and general surgery is an added advantage.
This is a night duty position.
Critical Outputs
Ensuring effective financial management by:
- Ensuring accurate charging by managing theatre clocking time
- Ensuring consignment stock, equipment and prosthesis is charged according to policy
- Managing stock by participating in regular stock taking and controlling of the consignment stock in accordance with the hospital (local) policy
Affecting the functioning of theatre equipment and instrumentation by:
- Ensuring the correct use of theatre equipment and instrumentation by educating and supervising staff on the correct utilization of the equipment
Providing quality patient care by:
- Obtaining the correct information pre-operatively and visiting the patient post-operatively
- Ensuring that the patient is comfortable and assist the doctor during the surgical procedure
Ensuring effective people management by:
- Providing theatre-specific training and assessing the competence of staff
- Assist the Unit Manager to correctly monitor the normal and overtime hours
- Ensure the theatre team works according to the scope of practice
- Give feedback to the unit manager in order to assess optimal performance
Effective SHEQ management by:
- Ensuring the use of personal protective clothing and complying with ISO requirements
- Ensuring the disposal of medical waste in order to effectively control infection
Effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders:
- Attend review and consultative form meetings to maintain healthy relationships with internal stakeholders
- Maintain a healthy relationship with external stakeholders by reporting and escalating unresolved issues to the unit manager
Requirements
- Registered at SANC as a Registered Nurse with a post-basic OTNS qualification
- Theatre Experience is compulsory
- Proven leadership abilities and experience in a senior position is a prerequisite
- Must have worked in Theatre for at least 2 years
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Empathy and patience
- Good planning and organizing skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to make accurate decisions
- Resilience and stress tolerance
- Strong customer orientation
- Night duty position
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Leading my example
- Ethical behaviour
- Drive & energy
- Excellence orientation
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