Available Jobs at Faircape Group

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, supervise and inspire our Carer Team to deliver outstanding physical, social, and emotional support to all residents/patients.
• Ensuring care plans are properly executed and charted on the online internal system.
• Monitor compliance with company policies and procedures, ensuring adherence and reporting any non-compliance to the Carer Manager.
• Conduct probation assessments, and ensure that performance documentation is completed and submitted timeously.
• Address disciplinary issues by reporting and investigating incidents, logging them with HR, and issuing necessary outcomes in accordance with the company’s guidelines.
• Ensure that each shift is adequately staffed, and that leave requests (annual, sick, or family responsibility) are accurate, submitted promptly, and planned in advance.
• Ensure staff are presentable and well groomed at all times, this would include ensuring staff are wearing correct uniforms.
• Conduct direct intervention training and identify any gaps in knowledge or skills within the team, ensuring that they are promptly addressed.
• Ensure carers respond promptly to call bells, panic buttons, and emergency situations, while also providing assistance to the team with care tasks and activities as needed.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to coordinate care plans and ensure holistic support for residents/patients.
• Participate in the recruitment and onboarding of new carers, ensuring they meet facility standards.
• Ensure equipment allocated to staff is securely stored, checked, and accounted for at the end of each shift. Additionally, ensure healthcare inventory supplies are accurately issued and maintained with regular inspections.

Skills and Attributes:

• Exceptional leadership and managerial abilities
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Competent in guiding, mentoring and supporting team members
• Flexible and adaptable in diverse situations
• Responsible, accountable and dependable
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Consistent adherence to instructions and protocols
• Outstanding interpersonal skills
• Proficient in computer use
• Professional demeanour and etiquette
• Ability to perform well under pressure

Additional Requirements:

• Clear health, criminal and credit records.
• Contactable, positive references.

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Job Description

• Faircape Health is extending our subacute care and rehabilitation services to one of our long-term healthcare facilities in Somerset West, Heritage Manor. We are catering to patients in need of short-term, long-term, dementia, respite, and palliative care within a secure and nurturing environment.
• Our world-class care aims to bridge the gap between hospital and home. Our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) of leading healthcare professionals administers care in the most therapeutic environment possible and supports healing outcomes in all aspects.
• We seek a dedicated (Locum) Doctor to join our team at Heritage Manor in Somerset West. This role will assist our team over the weekend, offering guaranteed weekend shifts, by prioritising patients’ medical stability and enhancing their rehabilitation progress. This role entails managing rehabilitation patients and addressing long-term geriatric needs, particularly focusing on recovery from various conditions such as post-surgery care, acute hospitalisation, stroke, total hip replacement, and dementia.
• Collaborate closely with our multidisciplinary team of experts in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work, dietetics, and nursing staff to ensure a seamless transition to rehabilitation and safe discharge.
• If you're passionate about patient care and thrive in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is for you.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Upon patient admission, conduct comprehensive assessments of patients' medical conditions, including physical examinations, review of medical history, and diagnostic tests to develop appropriate care plans.
• Develop and implement treatment plans tailored to each patient's specific needs, including medication management, therapy, and other interventions aimed at improving health outcomes.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, including nurses, therapists, social workers, and specialists, to coordinate patient care and ensure continuity of treatment.
• Monitor patients' progress closely, evaluate the effectiveness of treatment plans, and make adjustments as necessary to optimise outcomes.
• Provide patients and their families with information about their medical conditions, treatment options, and self-care techniques to promote health and prevent complications.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date medical records, including progress notes, treatment plans, and discharge summaries on Healthware (electronic platform).
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing the delivery of sub-acute care services, such as developing protocols, conducting research, and implementing best practices.
• Provide urgent/emergency telephonic cover to the nursing staff in medical emergencies as needed, providing timely and appropriate medical interventions to stabilise patients' conditions and prevent further deterioration. No routine call-outs from home are required.
• Establish and maintain relationships with specialists who refer patients in Somerset West.

Requirements:

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)

Experience and Knowledge

• Proven post-community service
• Experience in internal medicine, family medicine, geriatrics, or palliative care is beneficial.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary and nursing team environment advantageous.

Skills and Attributes

• Medical Expertise: Proficiency in diagnosing and treating various medical conditions, with a strong understanding of evidence-based practices
• Good Critical Thinking Skills
• Ethical Practice and confidentiality
• Strong Team Collaboration ability
• Meticulous attention to detail in documentation
• Strong Communication Skills
• Crisis Management Ability
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Specific Requirements

• Clear health, criminal, and credit record
• Contactable references
• MPS/insurance membership and active HPCSA registration