Our vision
To be a world class provider of quality healthcare for all.
Our values
We have five core values:
Passion for people
Qe - quality to the power of e
Performance pride
Personal care
Lifetime partnerships
Our culture
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- Are you confident and highly motivated, lateral thinker looking to stretch yourself professionally? A challenging position for permanent Rehab Admissions Consultant exists at life Entabeni Rehabilitation unit - KZN. Reporting to the Rehabilitation Practice Manager, the Rehabilitation Admissions Consultant will be expected to engage with all internal and external stakeholders to create awareness, market the unit, assess and arrange admission of patients to the unit, case management and liaison with funders and more. Life Rehabilitation at Entabeni Hospital is part of an expanding network of rehabilitation units within Life Healthcare.
Critical Outputs
- Travel and conduct patient assessment at acute hospital or home and coordinate rehab admission for all for all patient referrals.
- Liaise with funders to obtain authorization for admissions and ongoing case management during patient stay.
- Communicate effectively with the rehab team, funders and referring colleagues, patients and their families during the patients stay at the rehabilitation unit.
- Manage the rehab accounts and credit risk.
- Build positive relationships with referring doctors, nursing staff and funders.
- Promote and grow new business and participate in the implementation of new products.
- Develop a marketing strategy for rehabilitation applicable to the catchment area, referral base and funders.
- Implement the marketing strategy to promote and maintain a strategic relationship with all key internal and external stake holders.
- Coordinate CPD events and special events and celebratory days.
- Coordinate internal and external communication.
- Maintain a referral and stakeholder data base.
- Promote and maintain sound and productive relationships with referral sources and stakeholders in the field of Rehabilitation.
- Active participation in national RAC forum.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse or Therapist with current registration with HPCSA or SANC.
- Excellent organizational skills essential.
- Computer Literacy very essential.
- Knowledge of accounts management essential.
- Experience in hospital Case Management would be an advantage.
- ICD10 Coding /CPT trained would be an advantage.
- Clinical experience in neurology, neurosurgery or rehabilitation would be an advantage.
- Ability to liaise and build good working relationships (especially with referring specialists and hospitals).
- Knowledge of the hospital industry and experience with Managed Care Organization, Medical Aids and Impilo.
- Own transport and valid drivers’ license.
- Proof of Covid-19 vaccination.
- Results orientation, attention to detail, and excellent interpersonal skills are very important for this position.
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Attention to detail
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Action orientation
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
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- Are you confident and highly motivated lateral thinker looking to stretch yourself professionally? Some challenging position for permanent Registered Nurse exist at Life Entabeni Acute Rehabilitation unit, KZN, reporting to the Nursing Services Coordinator. The successful applicant will be expected to work as part of an interdisciplinary team and automatically assumes shift leader role, offering quality customer service. Life Entabeni Rehabilitation unit, is part of an expanding network of rehabilitation units within Life Healthcare group.
Critical Outputs
- Very good leadership skills, and experience in management and supervision of other nursing categories according to their scope of practice
- Ability to lead a shift and conduct duties as allocated by the Nursing Services Coordinator /Manager
- Ensuring that basic nursing care activities are carried out to comply with SANC regulations, relevant legislation and Life health Care policies and procedures
- The ability to work within an interdisciplinary team Function effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team to meet the requirements of quality patient care.
- Evaluation, nursing program development and treatment plan for patients admitted to the unit
- High professional standards and a commitment to own development
- Effective risk management of the unit by complying with Health, Safety and Infection Control Standards, policies and procedures
- Maintain patient outcome standards according to the Quality Management System.
- Maintain sound professional relationships and communication with patients, relatives and the inter-disciplinary team.
- Effective participation in the management of unit costs(stock, staffing, equipment etc)
- Understands the private healthcare industry, and relevant legislation, challenges and role players
Requirements
- Current registration with SANC as a Registered Nurse
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience as a Registered nurse
- Must be flexible and be prepared to work shifts
- Must be able to work under pressure in a constantly changing environment.
- Must have strong customer orientation, and be an excellent team player
- Must have excellent communication skills
- Experience in a Rehab/neurological or private setting will be an advantage
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Attention to detail
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Action orientation
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
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- A vacancy exists for a Unit Manager in Fyfe 3 based at Life Entabeni Hospital. This position reports to the Nursing Manager General. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating evidence based clinical practices and resources efficiently by engaging and empowering staff within the unit to achieve the company’s strategic objectives of quality, growth, efficiency and sustainability.
Critical Outputs
Effective clinical leadership to deliver quality care benchmarking against international standards for quality and safety
- Lead the implementation of the nursing care plan and co-ordinate and facilitate the delivery of the correct treatment plan within the correct MDT program in order to achieve clinical outcomes.
- Function as clinical expert in achieving patient outcomes.
- Ensure competence of staff and students, determine and drive criteria for effective professional socialization, create an environment conducive to learning and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.
- Promote customer satisfaction within unit, address customer complaints, conduct quality care rounds and clinical practice audits to monitor care levels and report accordingly.
- Implement national quality initiatives within unit with the focus on improved clinical outcomes and report accordingly.
- Identify clinical and safety risks and trends in all of the above, implement corrective action where necessary and monitor on an ongoing basis.
- Initiate and drive unit specific best operating practice, communicate these for wider implementation and participate in hospital specific marketing initiatives.
Effective leadership and people management – retaining employee through leadership and empowerment
- Demonstrate visible leadership in respect of LHC values, operating model, nursing strategy and image of the profession, actively sponsor LHC initiatives and projects to ensure continued and improved productivity.
- Drive and manage all people related processes within unit.
Effective financial management – cost effective management of resources
- Delivery of cost effective, quality nursing care
- Optimal and efficient human resource utilization as per agreed budgetary parameters
- Ensure staff are trained on the operation of equipment within unit and together with relevant stakeholders ensure equipment is in working order to provide a safe patient environment.
Effective relationships with internal & external stakeholders
- Build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders (i.e. HOD’s, Enabling functions, patients, family members, service providers etc.) through ongoing communication and feedback.
- Build and maintain productive relationships with doctors by agreeing professional code of conduct, driving and monitoring effective communication regarding positive patient outcomes, functioning as an advocate for LHC and communicate impact of industry challenges on the Nursing profession.
Requirements
- Degree or Diploma in nursing with approximately 5 years post registration experience and proven leadership and/or people management experience within healthcare (including clinical competence in the area of specialization)
- Haematology and Oncology experience is essential
- Participate and collaborative management style, capacity to lead, foster and develop a healthy and positive working environment, which actively promotes a joint performance and value, based culture, resolution and negotiation.
- Updated knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, industrial relations, standards, codes, ethics, and competency standards.
- Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict, resolution and negotiation
- Experience and knowledge in managing surgical discipline will be advantageous
- Current registration with SANC
- Computer proficiency
- Driver’s license and ability to travel
Competencies
- Problem-solving, conflict resolution and negotiation
- Critical thinking, analysis and judgement
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing and persuading
- Action orientation
- Ability to set goals and standards for self and team and develop people
- Digital IQ and computational thinking
- Organizational awareness
- Leading by example
- Motivating and developing people
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behavior (honesty)
- Building relationships and networking
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse Theatre Experienced, based at Life St James Hospital reporting to Benita Pretorius, Unit 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.
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
- General Nursing Degree / Diploma
- Registration with SANC
- Experience in Theatre and recovery
- Orthopedic experience would be advantageous.
- Diploma in speciality if applicable
- Relevant experience and technical skill to meet the critical outputs
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage
- Computer proficiency would be an advantage
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing
- Drive & energy
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behavior
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organizational awareness
- Leading my example (Key for Managers)
- Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)
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- A vacancy exists for a Clinic Administrator within Life Health Solutions, based in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape and reporting to the Clinic Sister. The Clinic Administrator will be responsible for managing all the administrative and relevant functions in the occupational health setup as well as indicated Regional Office Administration.
Critical Outputs
- Ensure smooth organisation and implementation of all administrative requirements as set out by the scope of the contract.
- Assist with reception duties by receiving people and telephone calls, directing employees and visitors to the appropriate person Maintaining employee medical files
- Capturing medical record data for statistical and monitoring purposes
- Recalling employees for follow up at the clinic
- Scheduling all appointments for the Clinic Sister
- Ensure the ordering of stationary for the clinic and that appropriate stock is available at all times Assist with the compilation of presentation materials and reports for managers and clinic personnel.
- Ensure collation of stock count and input data for the whole region.
- Management of the equipment asset register and scheduling of services and calibration of equipment.
- Process and record leave application forms.
- Collate timesheets, locum bookings and prepare locum spreadsheets for salary payments.
- Control and obtain authorisation of all medicine orders and keep a record of actual costs against the budget.
- Invoice all clients for fee for service work.
- Be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all ISO/Quality Systems related to job.
- Safety Rep Responsibilities as delegated.
- Assist all staff where necessary with computer hardware or software related issues.
- Delivering of stock to the regional clinics.
Requirements
- Experience in office administration, secretarial and reception duties will be an advantage
- Ability to use Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel and outlook
- Matric Grade 12
- Own Accommodation
- Own transport to and from work
Competencies
- Telephone etiquette
- Excellence orientation
- Professional appearance
- Ethical behavior
- Teamwork
- Building relationships & networking
- Customer responsiveness and excellence
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Computer literacy
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- A vacancy exists for an Enrolled Nurse Specialist in Theatre Unit based at Life Springs Parkland Hospital, reporting to Joy Van Niekerk, Unit Manager. The purpose of this role is to conduct nursing activities to ensure quality patient care.
Critical Outputs
- Conduct duties to meet the requirements of quality patient care, ensuring that all nursing activities carried out comply with SANC regulations, relevant legislations and Life Healthcare policies and procedures
- Maintain all health, safety and infection control standards to ensure a safe patient environment
- Effective utilization of resources
- Effective maintenance of equipment
- Accurate record keeping
- The continued education of patients
- Build effective relationships with patients, doctors and other medical personnel to ensure quality patient care.
Requirements
- Qualification as an Enrolled Nurse
- Registration with SANC
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in theatre is required
- Knowledge of the stock take process, billing of stock and use of the Impilo system is essential.
- Ability to assist anaesthetist and do anaesthetic nurse duties
- Must know how to circulate
- Ability to work shifts according to the operational requirements of the hospital
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage
- Computer proficiency would be an advantage
- Must be willing to fulfill a role in the theatre according to the flexi-hours system
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Attention to detail
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Professional and technical proficiency
- Excellence orientation
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Action orientation
- Ethical behaviour
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse -Trauma Qualified in the Accident and Emergency Unit based at Life Springs Parkland Hospital, reporting to –Tessa Keulder Unit Manager. The successful candidate will provide, and coordinate evidence based clinical practices and resources efficiently to achieve the Company’s strategic objectives of Growth, Efficiency, Quality and Sustainability.
Critical Outputs
Effective clinical skills to grow the business
- Delivery of market leading evidenced based holistic clinical care.
- Effective relationship with internal and external stakeholders that enhances and Optimised business
- Participative and collaborative with all members of the team to foster and develop a healthy and positive
- working environment that actively promotes a joint performance and value-based culture.
- Effective people management – interacting and communicating with a multi-disciplinary team.
Effective cost management – Cost-effective utilisation of resources across all business processes (including pharmacy and clinical engineering)
- Delivery of cost-effective care across all business processes within the agreed budgetary parameters.
- Optimal and efficient resource utilisation as per agreed budgetary parameters.
- Optimal and appropriate product utilisation including pharmaceuticals and equipment and sundries.
- Managing all stock used according to unit specific policies and protocols.
- Control and manage Labour hours in accordance with the company policy.
Effective clinical skills to deliver the highest level of quality care benchmarked against international standards for quality and safety
- Participate to meet Patient Experience, Clinical and Safety (Patient and Employee) outcomes targets.
- Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to company policy.
- Promoting a safe and healthy working environment.
- Enforcing infection prevention principles as per company policy.
Sustainability – participate in collaborative and engaging team dynamics (internal and external stakeholders)
- Establish Lifelong partnerships with our customers to promote LHC as the preferred hospital of choice.
- Effective communication skills.
Requirements
- Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Registered Nurse is essential.
- Post graduate diploma/degree in Emergency Nursing (for Shift leaders).
- Compliance with the SANC Scope of Practice for a Registered Nurse and all applicable healthcare Legislation.
- Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) is essential and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is
- Participative and collaborative with all members of the team to foster and develop a healthy and
- A positive working environment that actively promotes a joint performance and value-based culture.
- Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, and
- Conflict resolution.
- Updated knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, industrial relations, standards, codes,
- Ethics and competency standards.
- Updated knowledge and understanding of relevant pathophysiology, anatomy, and diseases to render optimal holistic care.
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Organisational Awareness
- Excellence Orientation
- Engaging diversity
- Ethical behaviour
- Drive and energy
- Ability to set goals and standards for self and
- Verbal & Written Communication
- Digital IQ and Computational Thinking
- Building relationships
- Critical thinking skills
- Professional and technical proficiency
- Resilience
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- A vacancy exists for an Enrolled Nurse Specialist based at Life St. Dominic’s Hospital, reporting to Nithin Scaria, Unit Manager. The successful candidate will contribute to the effective functioning and co-ordination of the ward and ensure quality nursing care to all patients.
Critical Outputs
- Conduct duties to meet the requirements of quality patient care, ensuring that all nursing activities carried out comply with SANC regulations, relevant legislations and Life Healthcare policies and procedures.
- In-service training and continued education of patients.
- Maintaining excellent patient and customer care in accordance with Life Healthcare and client service standards.
- Ensuring cost-efficiency regarding stock and other facilities
- Build effective relationships with patients, doctors and other medical personnel to ensure quality patient care
Requirements
- Qualification as an Enrolled Nurse
- Registration with SANC
- Ability to work shifts according to the operational requirements of the hospital
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage
- Computer proficiency would be an advantage
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Attention to detail
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Professional and technical proficiency
- Excellence orientation
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Action orientation
- Ethical behaviour
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- A vacancy exists for a Nursing Manager Secretary at Life Hilton Private Hospital, reporting to the Nursing Manager. This position is responsible for providing full secretarial and administration support to the Nursing and HR Function.
Critical Outputs
- Diary management
- Typing and formatting all relevant correspondence and other documentation in MS Word,
- Creating and updating relevant spreadsheets in MS Excel,
- Designing and formatting of presentations on MS PowerPoint,
- Managing and maintaining an efficient filing system,
- Dealing with telephonic enquiries for managers,
- Travel arrangements,
- Ordering and receipting of Nursing and Stationary invoices on SAP,
- Management of the stationery storage,
- Resolve queries on agency invoices as well as preparation of agency reconciliation on Excel,
- Control over the uniform ordering, receipting and issuing process,
- Submission of reimbursement documents and expense claims,
- Scheduling meetings and all associated arrangements; including taking minutes of the meetings,
- Interfacing professionally with internal and external customers,
- Assist in arranging Nursing functions and conferences,
- Preparation of Audit files, DOH, OHSC, SANC etc
- General Administration Work as required.
- Patient care rounds
Requirements
- Matric
- Fluent in English,
- A secretarial diploma would be an advantage,
- SAP Experience would be an advantage,
- Secretarial / administration experience,
- Proven training in and knowledge of MS Office is a pre-requisite,
- Accuracy, speed and attention to detail are important, as are good language and grammar skills.
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Drive & energy
- Ethical behaviour
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Excellence orientation
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse (ICU) Qualified, based at PAEDS ICU -Life Springs Parkland Hospital reporting to Francisca Brits, Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic and optimal quality nursing care to critically ill patients in order to maximize a positive outcome for the customer in line with Company & Hospital strategic objectives.
Critical Outputs
To provide quality patient care by
- Providing quality basic and specialized nursing care
- Continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patients condition
- Administering of medication in accordance to ethical, legal framework
- Review and comply with internal policies and protocols
- Ensuring quality management systems and initiatives are conducted according to the unit specification
- Advocate the patient by motivating acuity to the case management and notify the doctor of any limitations
Provide effective people management by
- Interacting and communicating with a multi-disciplinary team
- Provide training and development to ensure personal and professional growth
- Ensure the ICU team works according to the scope of practice in order to ensure the correct skills mix is utilised
Provide effective cost management by
- Managing all stock used according to unit specific policies and protocols
- Control and manage staff hours leave in accordance with the company policy
Provide effective Infection Control and SHEQ by
- Maintaining a safe and holistic patient environment in order to enforce infection control
- Promoting a safe and healthy working environment by completing SHEQ alerts and incident reports to the SHEQ Coordinator
Ensuring effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders by
- Conducting in-service orientation on doctor specific preferences
- Execute doctors requests and prescriptions after patient rounds
- Assisting in multi-disciplinary team members with the execution of their duties
Ensuring the effective functioning of equipment and instrumentation
- Check equipment and instrumentation are in working condition on a daily basis and report any defaults to Unit Manager and Clinical Engineer
- Educate and supervise staff and doctors on the correct utilisation of specialised equipment and instrumentation
Ensuring effective record keeping by
- Ensuring records and accurately completed and stored in accordance with legal and ethical requirements
Requirements
- Relevant Diploma in intensive care
- Nursing experience in PICU
- Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and well organised
- Must be able to work under pressure in a continuously changing environment
- Strong Interpersonal skills required
- Must be willing to fulfill a role in the unit according to the flexi-hours system and call system
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing
- Drive & energy
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Leading my example (Key for Managers)
- Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)
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