Career Opportunities at Mediclinic

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To coordinate the hospital case management process and facilitate the communication process between all role players by providing accurate and timeous clinical information to minimise the financial risk for the organisation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Minimise financial risk by effectively managing patient stay
• Ensure compliance to case management procedures, contracts and legal aspects by utilising available resources and systems
• Ensure correct and timeous finalisation of cases to facilitate reimbursements from funders of claims
• Consistently and timeously communicate with Funders as contractually agreed through the relevant case management channels
• Ensure clinical coding standards are adhered to as per Level 3 coding guideline
• Lead and manage the people in the Case Management team (if applicable)

REQUIRED EDUCATION

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION:  Clinical qualification

DESIRED EDUCATION:  Registered Nurse / Professional Nurse or qualified Paramedic

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 3 years in a clinical role

DESIRED EXPERIENCE: Experience in Theatre and or ICU; Medical aid background; Experience in private healthcare environment or experience as an ILS/ALS Paramedic

REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Anatomy; physiology and terminology
• Funder Contracts; Medical aid requirements/narrations
• Scientific nursing principles and process
• B2B EMS (electronic message system: check status of authorisations and use for trouble,shooting)
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
• Authorisation and motivation of Level of Care; Length of Stay; Short Payments etc.
• Relevant aspects of applicable statutory acts (e.g. Consumer Protection Act; PMB; etc.)
• Patient Administration policies and procedures (e.g. Patient Confidentiality; Visitation of external case managers; etc.)
• Daily workflow; managing deviances; coding; and case management processes
• Application of clinical codes and finalisation thereof (Level 3 coding)
• Patient admin programmes on the AS400 system

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MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To deliver safe, quality nursing care according to the Scope of Practice

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Deliver quality nursing care in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team
• Identify, prevent and report risks to ensure patient safety
• Facilitate a positive patient experience by creating a conducive environment
• Provide accurate and comprehensive records of all nursing interventions
• Participate in creating a learning environment that builds staff competence
• Ensure that all utilised stock and equipment are accurately charged

REQUIRED EDUCATION

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION:  Enrolled Nurse Certificate

DESIRED EDUCATION: For specialised wards, CPD courses in specific speciality area 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: None

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:  1 year post qualification experience before placement in a specialised unit

REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Basic life support trained
• Infection prevention and control (IPC) principles and protocols
• Pharmacology
• Scientific nursing principles and process
• Patient assessment skills
• Nursing processes and procedures
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
• Relevant nursing legislation
• Nursing care plan skills
• Risk identification

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MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To deliver safe, basic nursing care according to Scope of Practice

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Deliver basic nursing care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
• Identify, prevent and report risks to ensure patient safety
• Contribute to a positive patient experience by assisting in the creation of a conducive environment
• Provide accurate and comprehensive records of all nursing interventions
• Participate in creating a learning environment that builds staff competence
• Ensure that all utilised stock and equipment are accurately charged

REQUIRED EDUCATION

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION: Enrolled Nurse Auxiliary Certificate

DESIRED EDUCATION: Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses for specific speciality  areas

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: None

DESIRED EXPERIENCE: 1 year post qualification experience

REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Infection prevention and control (IPC) principles and protocols
• Scope of practice for enrolled nurse auxiliaries
• Scientific nursing principles and process
• Patient assessment skills
• Nursing processes and procedures
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
• Relevant nursing legislation
• Risk identification
• Basic life support trained