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 Life Healthcare is a black economic empowered (BEE) company, and one of the largest of its kind in the country. At Life Healthc...
- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse, based at Life Kingsbury Hospital, Cape Town, reporting to Sandile Cungwa, Unit Manager. The successful candidates will contribute to the effective functioning and co-ordination of the Unit and ensure quality nursing care to all patients.
Critical Outputs
Ensure professional, ethical practice in the unit
- Provide and supervise nursing care in accordance with legislation that directly and indirectly governs nursing practice
- Provide and supervise nursing care in accordance with ethical codes that directly and indirectly guide nursing practices
- Accept accountability and responsibility for own professional actions
Ensure the provision of competent, clinical nursing care in the unit
- Use the scientific process of nursing to initiate and manage comprehensive nursing care plans that will ensure quality nursing care
- Coordinate and supervise nursing activities of members of the healthcare team who provide basic care
Customer Satisfaction: Enhance patient satisfaction
- Utilise available management tools and strategies to enhance patient experience through continuing quality improvement initiatives e.g CFS and Qe
- Assist in the management of patient complaints
Build professional relationships with the members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Cooperate fully with the members of the multi-disciplinary team and independently delivering nursing care
- Assist in the management of complaints from members of the multi-disciplinary team
Safe Environment: Assist in maintaining an environment which is both emotionally and physically safe
- Utilise available management tools and participate in pro active management strategies to ensure an emotionally and physically safe patient environment e.g. SHEQ and infection control
Business Efficiency: Contribute to business efficiency through cost effective patient care, interdepartmental cooperation and economic use of all resources
- Utilise and supervise adherence to interdepartmental requirements with regard to stock management, case management and billing
Coaching and mentor staff
- Assist in the performance management of the unit staff
- Assist in staff development through the provision of appropriate on the job in-service education
- Participate in staff recognition and reward management strategies
Requirements
- General Nursing Degree / Diploma
- Registration with SANC
- Experience in a Vascular, Neuro, Plastics surgical ward preferred
- Must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19
- 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
- Strong customer orientation, team player, energetic, resilient and well organized.
- Must be able to work under pressure in a constantly changing environment
- Strong inter-personal skills required
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
Deadline:2nd September,2026
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- Exciting opportunities exists for Registered Nurse (ICU Qualified) in the General ICU at Life Entabeni Hospital, KZN. The position will report to the Unit Manager. The successful candidate will contribute to the effective functioning of this unit and ensure quality nursing care to all patients
Critical Outputs
- Conduct basic duties as allocated by the Unit Manager. This includes team leading.
- Ensure quality patient care and customer satisfaction according to Life Healthcare Policies & Procedures.
- Management of other categories nursing staff according to their Scope of Practice.
- Maintain sound professional relationships with all patients, doctors and other members of the multi- disciplinary team.
- Effective risk management of the unit by complying with Health, Safety &Infection Control policies and procedures.
- Effectively participate in the management of costs in the unit (stock, staffing, and equipment)
- Identify training needs and initiate facilitation.
- Ensure effective record keeping
Requirements
- Registered at SANC as a Registered Nurse
- ICU Qualification is compulsory
- Rotation between day duty and night duty
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good planning and organizing skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to make accurate decisions
- Resilience and stress tolerance
- Strong customer orientation
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing
- Drive & energy
- Excellence orientation
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organizational awareness
- Leading my example (Key for Managers)
- Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)
- Ethical behavior
Deadline:4th September,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Theatre Registered Nurse, based at Life Sport Science Orthopaedic Surgical Day Centre, reporting to 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 threatre 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
- Operating Theatre Qualification advantageous
- RN should be able to scrub for ENT, Orthopedics, Plastics, dental, Urology.
- Registration with SANC
- 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
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Leading my example (Key for Managers)
- Motivating and developing people(Key for Managers)
- Ethical behaviour
Deadline:1st September,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse ICU qualified, in our Multi care ICU at Life Bay View Hospital, reporting to Melinda Verwey Unit Manager ICU. 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 holistic quality basic and specialized nursing care of the critical care patients.
- Continual communication with the patient and family with regards to the patient s 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 utilized
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 doctor s 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 Degree or Diploma in Nursing.
- Post basic degree / diploma in Critical Care Science.
- SANC registration.
- Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and good time management.
- 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
- Ventilation competent.
- Adequate Inotrope knowledge.
- Competent and accurate assessment and management of the critical patient.
- 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)
Deadline:1st September,2026
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- A vacancy exists, for a Senior Buyer based at Head Office (Dunkeld), reporting to the Procurement Category Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for the effective management of tenders, contracts and cost within the different commodities utilized at Life Healthcare. In addition, the Senior Buyer will be responsible for ensuring vendor compliance with contractual obligations, strategic sourcing objectives and maintaining mutually beneficial stakeholder relationships to drive implementation.
Critical Outputs
- Administering tenders.
- Negotiating contract terms and conditions.
- Engage with vendors to deliver quality, cost effective products and services.
- Manage vendor performance proactively in accordance with agreements.
- Identify and drive cost saving initiatives across various product and service commodities.
- Build and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships to drive opportunity realisation.
- Provide procurement-related support to the different business units within Life Healthcare.
- Monitor business compliance to preferred agreements and keep management informed of compliance.
- Participate in new growth projects as and when required.
- Drive initiatives to foster the development of new or existing suppliers in line with the Group’s BBEEE and ESG requirements.
- Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour in the team.
Requirements
- As a minimum, Diploma in supply chain, procurement or equivalent.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement or equivalent would be advantageous.
- CIPS certification would be advantageous.
- A minimum of 1 year’s working experience in a procurement role involving supply chain management, contracting and vendor management.
- Good computer proficiency, especially in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- SAP experience would be advantageous.
- Must have a valid driver’s license and own transportation.
Competencies
- Ethical behaviour
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Financial acumen and numeric skills
- Strong verbal & written communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Ability to multitask.
- Resilience
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellence orientation
- Action orientation
- Engaging diversity
Deadline:3rd September,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Patient Services Manager, based at Life Entabeni Hospital, reporting to the Finance Manager and Administration Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for the management and co-ordination of patient services resources, processes and operations to achieve the quality, growth and people objectives in order to ensure the optimization of the hospital’s profitability. The successful candidate for the role will be responsible for Patient Services operations and processes for Life Entabeni Hospital, Life Entabeni Rehab Unit, Renal Unit and Life St Josephs Mental Health Facility.
Critical Outputs
Ensure effective quality management and customer care by:
- Monitoring and improving quality metrics
- Managing data integrity and compliance to Life working procedures
- Developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, not limited to but including Doctors, Allied Health Professional and the MANCO team.
Ensure effective people management by:
- Demonstrating visible leadership skills in respect of Life values, operating models and strategies in order to support diversity and transformation
- Actively leading meetings and ensure participation of all members in order to ensure ISO compliance
- Ensuring quality staff members are recruited to fill approved vacancies in accordance with the company’s transformation objectives
- Providing direction and inspiration to ensure staff are motivated and productive
- Managing and reviewing training plans that are compliant to Life’s WSP requirements in order to enable talent development
- Managing the performance of staff through the performance improvement process
- Ensuring all transactional processing is complete in order to provide employee compensation and benefits
- Ensuring productive working relationships are supported with minimum IR issues
- Ensuring all exit interviews are conducted in order to ensure the retention of staff
- Managing people in a manner that respects diversity and ensures a fair work-life balance to ensure employee wellness
Ensure effective and accurate billing by:
- Driving the accurate and timeous billing process to ensure DSO and Shaka targets are achieved
- Managing the bill auditing process in order to achieve accurate billing data
- Ensuring compliance with the clinical code of conduct to ensure the accurate interpretation of a patient event
- Completion and passing of the Life Healthcare ICD and CPT coding course
- Able to analyse and drive Value Based Care (VBC) principles and a working knowledge of how to impact VBC positively.
Ensure effective interpretation & application of contracts and funder rules by:
- Managing the admissions department to ensure that they comply with the funder rules
- Managing the collection of outstanding co-payments from patients
- Reducing and managing the risk associated with RSRT’s by making recommendations regarding patient based data
- Completion and passing of the Life Healthcare Contract Training toolkits
- DRG loss analysis and creating SMART action plans to mitigate losses
Facilitating effective cash flow management by:
- Implementing processes from pre-admission to submission of an account in order to ensure DSO targets are achieved
- Implementing cash management processes to prevent losses
Ensure effective operational capabilities by:
- Managing and implementing PS business plans in order to ensure optimal functioning
Governance and risk management:
- Preparing and ensuring sound audit compliances to achieve optimum business ethics
- Participating and developing action plans within the risk management teams to appropriate the correct controls
- Support tip-off investigations
Requirements
- Diploma or degree in Nursing, Physiotherapy, Clinical Associates, Paramedics as Critical Care Assistants or Emergency Care Practitioners or any other qualification that covers Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology and Microbiology as foundational courses OR Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Degree (e.g. Accounting, Financial Management, Business Management or similar), with proven experience in patient services or revenue cycle management within the private healthcare environment.
Case Management and Coding Experience
- Minimum of five years relevant private healthcare industry and proven leadership, change and people management experience
- Current registration with the relevant professional / regulatory body where applicable (e.g. SANC)
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage including an understanding of relevant and current legislation as well as the knowledge or ability to learn medical terminology, CPT/ICD coding, technical and clinical concepts and patient services business processes
- Understanding of basic financial principles (i.e. budgets, credit management, planning)
- Computer proficiency, including a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Driver’s license and ability to travel
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 by example (Key for Managers)
- Motivating and developing people (Key for Managers)
Deadline:3rd September,2026
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- A vacancy for a Porter has become available at Life Kingsbury Hospital, Cape Town. This position reports to Shaun Lawrence, Services Manager and will be part of a professional team that is continuously striving for the highest standards of quality in healthcare.
Critical Outputs
- Professional interaction with clients.
- Transport patients from reception to wads and vice versa
- Assist patients with wheelchair from vehicles to reception, emergency unit and via stretcher to respective wards from emergency unit.
- Porter patients requiring assistance on discharge from nursing unit or treatment area to hospital exit/vehicle.
- Check wheelchairs for cleanliness and whether in need of repairs.
- To collect and record all prescriptions cards, credits and requisitions from the wards.
- To record and deliver ethical and surgical stock to wards safely, securely and timeously.
- Moving furniture, stores and medical equipment safely.
- Setting up of venues for meetings and functions.
- Transferring files, specimen samples and pharmacy boxes to different areas in the hospital.
- Movement of cylinders of gas within the hospital.
- Performing general administrative and other related duties as requested.
Requirements
- Matric
- Physically fit, possess physical strength for heavy boxes, drive and energy
- Experience in working in customer service/dealing with customers
- Experience in working in healthcare will be an advantage
- Able to work in a team
- Responsible, meticulous and efficient.
- Good time management with the ability to work under pressure, independently and in a team.
- Ability to work shifts on a rotational basis. Night shift will be required
Competencies
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal and written communication
- Drive and energy
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
- Building relationships
- Organisational awareness
- Leading by example
- Motivating and developing people
Deadline:1st September,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Ward Clerk position in the Renal Unit reporting to Unit Manager. The successful candidate will contribute towards the optimal functioning of the nursing team through effective: interdepartmental liaising, communication and administrative support to the nursing team.
Critical Outputs
- Conducting clerical/secretarial duties as delegated by the Unit Manager
- Coordinate with bed bookings into the department
- Assisting with management of patients lists/bookings
- Coordinate and assist with staff planning
- Coordinate and assist with administrative duties including answering of the telephones
- Management of surgical and ethical stock in the unit. This includes ordering of stock, managing stock levels, stocktaking, orientation of employees to stock management processes.
- Management of timeous billing processes including billing of stock
- Flexibility regarding ward deployment as per the unit’s operational requirements
- Ensure high-quality client service
- To ensure the speedy and effective execution of non-nursing activities
- Attend meetings and in-service training as scheduled
- Obtaining authorization for renal sessions and liaison with relevant funders and parties.
- Accurate record keeping of renal sessions and reports sent to relevant departments.
- Opening of new renal files of patients requiring dialysis sessions and Scanco/ archiving of documents.
- Knowledge of emergency plans and actions
- Elimination of Medico legal risks through the correct identification and filing of patient’s documentation
- Maintenance of a positive appearance and behavior, within and outside hospital relation
- Friendly and helpful client service
- Live up to the Quality principles
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Experience / training in the field of Data capturing and stock control will be beneficial
- Strong computer literacy and competence in full Microsoft office suite is essential
- Experience in dealing with customers
- Commitment towards continuous improvement
- Ability to work independently and manage time
- Reliable, motivated and hardworking
- Professional with integrity
- Confidentiality and discretion during contact with customers and colleagues.
- Knowledge of medical terminology will be advantageous
- Knowledge of hospital procedures will be advantageous
- Secretarial experience/qualification is advantageous
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Building relationships
- Resilience
- Customer responsiveness
- Engaging diversity
- Organisational awareness
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing
- Drive & energy
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
Deadline:30th August,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Stores Assistant at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital, reporting to the Senior Stock Controller. The successful candidate will contribute to the effective functioning and co-ordination of stock for all the wards in the hospital.
Critical Outputs
- Process ward and theatre stock requisitions, as well as completion of credits daily.
- Performing cycle counts and stock takes as well as capturing stock takes and investigating variances.
- Ordering and controlling of surgical supplies.
- Ensure accurate receiving, receipting and distribution of stock to the hospital.
- Address supplier queries.
- Management of negative stock, deadstock and overstocked items.
- Perform stock rotation and expiry date checks of all stock items.
- Maintaining stats and general administrative functions as requested.
Requirements
- Matriculant (Grade 12)
- Relevant experience in stock control, SAP experience would be advantageous
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Computer literacy
- Available to work overtime, afterhours and weekends as required according to the rosters.
- Ability to carry and lift heavy boxes
- Responsible and mature, team player, reliable and trustworthy
- Good inter-personal skills. Must be customer orientated with a commitment towards continuous improvement.
- Candidate will need to be self-motivated and self-disciplined. Attention to detail and the ability to work accurately under pressure.
- Previous hospital experience will be advantageous
Competencies
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Building relationships
- Influencing skills
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Drive & energy
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behavior
- Team player, very energetic, well organised and punctual.
- Must be able to work under pressure in a constantly changing environment
Deadline:31st August,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse NICU Qualified, based at Life Bay View NICU, reporting to Melinda Verwey ICU Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic and optimal quality nursing care to critically ill NICU patients in order to maximize a positive outcome for the customer in line with Company & Hospital strategic objectives. RN will be utilized between adult ICU and NICU due to occupancy.
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 patient s 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 NICU team works according to the scope of practice in order to ensure the correct skills mix is utilized.
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 doctor s 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 Degree or Diploma in Nursing
- Nursing experience in ICU and NICU
- Strong customer orientation, team player, very energetic and well organized
- 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
- NICU ventilation competent
- 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)
Deadline:30th August,2026
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- A vacancy exists for an Enrolled Nurse Auxiliary based at Life Renal Dialysis, Kempton Park, reporting to the Renal Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering safe; evidenced based patient; holistic and optimal quality nursing care in collaboration with the team; to end stage renal failure patients under the supervision of the Registered/Enrolled Nurse; to maximise positive outcome for the patient in line with the company and Hospital Strategic Objectives of Growth; Efficiency; Quality and Sustainability.
Critical Outputs
Growth: Ethical conduct and professionalism
- Read; understand and adhere to HR policies and procedures.
- Ensure professionalism in own work activities; report identified misconduct; performance concerns; other IR incidents to the UM in accordance with the company’s IR policy and procedure.
- Identify and discuss personal growth and developmental needs regarding personal career pathway with the Unit Manager to ensure appropriate developmental opportunities to advance career progression.
- Act in an ethical; transparent and morally defensible manner.
- Wear your uniform neatly.
- Active participation in projects; campaigns and initiatives.
- Complete both Macro induction outcomes and Micro Unit Specific Orientation outcomes as per LHC induction policy.
- Participate in Life Health Care’s Employee Wellness Plan and where required; utilise EHS to manage wellness.
- Complete CPD and essential competencies as per the company CPD policy including CPR.
- Ensure management of own absenteeism and discuss your concerns with the Unit Manager.
- Participate in creating and sustaining a working environment; culture and atmosphere that promotes and encourages employee engagement; growth; development and staff retention.
- Participate in joint performance management reviews as per the company’s performance management programme.
Optimisation: Cost effective and appropriative use of resources
- Adhere to the clocking system and absenteeism processes (sick leave/annual leave etc)
- Support redeployment to other units due to operational requirements.
- Comply with shift changes and measures implemented in relation to cost and staffing efficiencies when the renal unit activities decrease.
- Recognize busy times and changes in the renal unit activities to promote effective teamwork.
- Store equipment clean and safe; always keep records.
- Pack stock room according to first in first out.
- Alerting the unit manager about incoming stock.
- Circle expiry dates.
- Locking of storeroom when not in use
- Identify cost saving initiatives at the unit level.
- Contribute to effectively managing the following expenses:
- Electricity and water consumption
- Stationery
- Non chargeable stock
- Telephone usage
- Waste segregation
Optimisation: Delivery of clinical patient care and safety
- Set-up the environment for dialysis treatment readiness.
- Provide basic nursing care to the patients.
- Prepare, clean and tidy dialysis environment and equipment’s, as required by clients and in between shifts.
- Ensure that the blood pressure cuffs; machines around the bed; thermometers; saturation probe etc are functional and clean.
- Assist with the patients’ using wheelchairs and ensure cleanliness of the wheelchairs.
- Participate in building a culture of quality customer excellence.
- Arrange patient’s files are in order when patients.
- Ensure that all patients have been weighed accordingly.
- Check and record room temperatures and report abnormalities to the Unit Manager.
- Check the TVs and emergency bells working and report any deviations to the Renal Practitioner /Renal Unit Manager.
- Ensure disinfection of machines, cleaning of BP cuffs in between each session and weekly degreasing of the machines.
Optimisation: Excellence Orientation
- Be able to recognize the need to act; consider the risks and take responsibility.
- Collect stock per patient from the stockroom.
- Line the machines before treatment commence.
- Switch dialysis machines on and put into T1 Test.
- Strip the machines off and clean after each dialysis.
- Do vital signs; blood glucose test and monitor abnormalities; alert the Renal Practioner accordingly.
- Ensure correct segregation of waste after each shift.
- Attending to clients basic nursing care needs to enhance positive patient experience in the renal unit.
- Report near misses and adverse events according to the company’s policy and procedure.
- Always adhere and apply to infection control principles i.e Hand Hygiene and Health and safety policies.
- Participate in clinical reaching at patient bedside in line with your scope of practice.
- Switch television sets on for all patients, assist with earphones.
- Order the patients’ meals.
- Serve the patients’ meals.
Drive: Effective communication:
- Put clients at ease and build sound relationships based on mutual trust and openness.
- Assist patients to and from their chairs.
- Assist patients to their cars if necessary.
- Ensure patients sign the attendance register.
- Assisting clients in resolving their complaints and escalating to the Renal Practitioner/Renal Unit Manager.
- Support patients during meals distribution and help those who need assistance.
- Being able to follow up and maintain high quality and productivity is always consistent (conscientiousness; accurate and neat).
- Build relationship within the renal unit with all stakeholders.
- Attend training as allocated by the Unit Manager.
- Attend meetings as allocated and required by the Unit Manager.
- Keep up to date with the latest techniques, equipment and procedures within your scope of practice.
Requirements
- Registration as an Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary by South African Nursing Council.
- Current certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- First aid training is considered an advantage.
- Previous experience in a hospital environment and renal units.
- Relevant experience and technical skills to meet critical outputs.
Clinical Skills
- Basic knowledge of Anatomy and Renal Disease.
- Basic knowledge of general and renal nursing procedures within your scope of practice.
- Basic knowledge of all nursing related legislation.
- Ability to conduct clinical assessments and diagnostic tests e.g Urine analysis; vital signs; blood glucose testing and recognizing abnormalities; escalating them to the Renal Practitioner.
Competencies
- Verbal & written communication
- Personal integrity
- Ethical behaviour
- Drive and energy
- Independence
Deadline:28th August,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a CSSD Assistant Packer, based at Life Carstenhof Hospital reporting to Bernice Ramaahlama, Theatre Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the correct packing and sterilization of instrument sets and linen packs for theatre and doctors’ rooms in accordance with Company infection control standards.
Critical Outputs
To prepare sufficient instrument sets conforming to company standards
- To ensure the correct application of sterile indicators and autoclave for maximum steam penetration
- To check and prepare sets for sterilization
- To control sufficient instrument sets
To prepare sufficient linen sets conforming to company standards
- To conduct regular daily checks on linen levels and ensure there is sufficient linen available
- Compile, sterilize and store linen packs and implement corrective action to problem areas
To ensure functional, maintained equipment according to legislative requirements
- Conduct chemical, biological and mechanical checks in accordance with manufacturers specifications
- Document test results
- Check and maintain heat sealing machine and clean washers in accordance with company specification
- Ensure timeous repair of all equipment malfunctions
- Ensure the full functioning and maintenance of the gas autoclave
To ensure efficient utilization of non-recoverable stock items
- Review and prepare action plan to reduce appropriately for cost effective use by theatre staff
Requirements
- CSSD experience and training in the private hospital setting
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in packing of equipment
- Must be able to work flexible hours
- Knowledge of medical terminology and instruments and process around cleaning of equipment
- Awareness of safety protocol
- Adherence to safe standardised loading and unloading of autoclaves
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)
Deadline:28th August,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse Theatre Experienced, based at Life Groenkloof Hospital, reporting to Theatre 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
- Theatre Experience is essential in Cathlab.
- Registration with SANC
- 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
- Must be willing to do standby & emergency call-outs
- Must have your own transport, and or be able to reach the hospital within 30 minutes in the event of an emergency call-out.
- Computer proficiency would be an advantage
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing
- Excellence orientation
- Action orientation
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Leading by example
- Motivating and developing people
Deadline:31st August,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Clinical Practice Pharmacist based at Life Brenthurst Hospital, reporting to Roshni Jinabhai, Pharmacy Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a patient centered clinical pharmacy service within the hospital as an integral part of the healthcare team, ensuring that objectives and standards are met to promote safety, efficacy and sustainability in medication use in the hospital.
Critical Outputs
- Implement all components of the LHC antimicrobial stewardship programme;
- Compile and update antibiograms, and monitor microorganisms cultured at unit level. Discuss trends with local microbiologists and build effective working relationships;
- Drive improvements in hospital programme metrics;
- Drive the delivery of key performance indicators in clinical pharmacy processes and practice to improve patient safety and outcomes;
- Drive improvements in clinical pharmacy metrics;
- Utilise surveillance system optimally to support effective prioritization and work practices in wards;
- Preparation for and active participation in internal stakeholder meetings including presentation of progress and gaps;
- Provide appropriate clinical pharmacy support for cost of care initiatives and projects and drive appropriate implementation;
- Enhance cooperative and influential working relationships with doctors and other functional stakeholders;
- Provide drug information and evidence based guidance and training for other healthcare professionals;
- Elevate the performance on medication safety management and medication error interventions at ward level;
- Implement customer satisfaction and quality initiatives as identified;
- Comply with all legal, professional and procedural requirements pertaining to dispensing of prescriptions;
- Participate in the implementation of and compliance to LHC Quality Management Systems;
- Participation in industry conferences, relevant societies and external stakeholder meetings.
- Drive the appropriate utilisation of cost-effective medication and formulary medication in the hospital.
Requirements
- B Pharm and relevant certificate in ward pharmacy/clinical skills or studying towards a certificate in ward pharmacy/clinical skills.
- Relevant clinical knowledge and 2 years experience in the critical outputs in a hospital environment.
- Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council as a pharmacist.
- Understanding of pharmacy and related healthcare industry, legislation, regulation and challenges.
- Computer proficiency (MS office).
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Attention to detail
- Resilience
- Motivating and developing people
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
- Action orientation
Deadline:4th September,2026
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- A vacancy has arisen for a Ward Clerk position reporting to the Unit Manager, Thulisiwe Tshabalala. The successful candidate will contribute towards the optimal functioning of the nursing team through effective: interdepartmental liaising, communication and administrative support to the nursing team.
Critical Outputs
- Ensure optimal service levels whilst understanding and striving to achieve targets.
- To ensure the speedy and effective execution of non-nursing activities.
- Attend meetings and in-service training as scheduled.
- Ensuring a safe environment in all areas of the unit through staying up to date with safety standards and protocols.
- Knowledge of emergency plans and actions.
- Elimination of medico legal risks through the correct identification and filing of patient’s documentation.
- Maintenance of a positive appearance and behavior, within and outside hospital relation.
- Friendly and helpful client service.
- Live up to the Quality principles.
- Professional secrecy and discretion during contact with customers and colleagues.
- Ensuring of effective communication between customers and colleagues.
Requirements
- Matric / Grade 12 / NQF4.
- Minimum of 1-year of current private hospital experience as a ward clerk
- Knowledge of SAP system would be an advantage
- Listening and communication skills.
- People and interpersonal skills.
- Organizational skills.
- Computer skills.
- Self-motivated and proactive.
Competencies
- Managing calls.
- Diary management.
- Planning, organizing of meetings.
- Taking minutes.
- Preparing presentations.
- General Office Management.
- Managing ad hoc projects.
- Customer relations management.
Deadline:2nd September,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Field Case Manager for the Inland South region, based at our corporate office in Dunkeld and reporting to the Regional Financial Manager.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of the financial and clinical administrative risks pertaining to patients in general as well as specialised units.
- The candidate will be responsible for Case Management outputs at hospitals where there is a need identified by the Regional Financial Manager.
Critical Outputs
Ensuring operational excellence by
- Conducting ward rounds and ensuring the accurate complete collection of clinic data from patient files and liaisons with nursing staff and attending clinicians
- Updating accurate clinical information to justify length of stay and level of care to medical funds of specialised unit cases and where operationally required general ward cases.
- Updating and providing the necessary information to funders regarding high value items, limited benefits and protocols as defined by managed care organizations
- Communicating funder requirements / responses to attending clinicians and patients where necessary, and ensuring compliance with industry standards
- Ensuring effective management of real time and manual messaging, including requests, responses, rejections and submissions.
- Ensuring the accurate submission of accounts to funders.
- Complying with governance and risk management requirements by ensuring adherence to patient services policies and procedures
- Ensuring compliance to service level agreements with internal and external stakeholders
Ensuring effective management of revenue by
- Ensuring the accurate and complete coding of patient accounts
- Ensuring the correct application and correct interpretation of funder RSRT contracts and FFS claims
- Reporting RSRT risks identified to the relevant manager
Ensuring effective management of quality outputs by
- Adhering to patient services escalation processes and customer services standards
- Investigating and reporting published alerts incidents and agreeing upon appropriate action with internal and external stakeholders
Ensuring effective management of relationships with internal/external stakeholders by
- Building and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders
- Providing and facilitating training regarding RSRT contracts
- Providing feedback and information regarding concerns or issues raised by external stakeholders
- Providing feedback on external stakeholders impacting on the efficiency and effectiveness of the case management process
- Escalating doctor non-compliance in terms of RSRT framework to RSRT meetings
Requirements
- Diploma or degree in Nursing, Physiotherapy, Clinical Associates, Paramedics as Critical Care Assistants or Emergency Care Practitioners or any other qualification that covers Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology and Microbiology as foundational courses. Experience including proven leadership, change and people management
- Current registration with the relevant professional / regulatory body (South African Nursing Council)
- Understanding of clinical coding, clinical terminology and anatomy, funder rules, co-payments and exclusions
- Working knowledge of COID
- Understanding of business and change management principles
- Computer proficiency
- Ability to travel
- Valid driver’s license
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
- Motivating and developing people
Deadline:31st August,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Locum Pharmacist (Sessional Pharmacist) in our Pharmacy Department based at Life Bayview Private Hospital reporting to Elmarie Marais, Senior Pharmacist. The successful candidate will mainly be responsible for functioning within the scope of practice of a pharmacist after hours as well as during normal business hours as required, ensuring delivery of uncompromising quality care in line with Company strategic objectives and applicable Health/Nursing legislation.
Critical Outputs
Effective medication safety management
- Report 100% of medication-related adverse events and develop and implement remedial actions as appropriate.
- Report 100% of pharmacy alerts and develop and implement remedial action and complete a trends analysis quarterly.
- Drive 100% reporting of adverse drug reactions
- Comply with all legal, professional, and procedural requirements during the dispensing process.
Effective clinical pharmacy services
- Assist in driving a reduction in inappropriate antimicrobial utilization
- Ensure pharmaceutical care is provided and continuity of clinical pharmacy services where appropriate.
Effective quality management systems
- Participate in the implementation and compliance to LHC Quality management systems.
- Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards.
- Participate in achieving required customer service levels in theatre and wards.
- Implement customer satisfaction and pharmacy quality initiatives.
Effective financial management
- Participate in achieving hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy.
- Assist with the improvement of operational efficiencies impacting cost of sales.
Effective product management
- Participate in the active management of cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget.
- Build effective working relationships with doctors.
Effective asset management
- Participate in achieving stock targets.
- Achieve optimal system utilization.
Effective people management
- Participate in Pharmacist Intern and Pharmacist Assistant programs as appropriate.
- Provide direction and inspire positive work behavior in the team
Requirements
- Pharm / Dip.Pharm / B.Sc Pharm
- Relevant clinical knowledge and experience to the critical outputs
- Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council
- Understanding of pharmacy and related healthcare industry, legislation, regulation and challenges
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical legislation
- Pharmaceutical product knowledge
- Computer proficiency (MS office)
- Willingness to work shifts, weekends, public holidays in accordance with the requirements of the hospital.
- Understanding of private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage.
- Good interpersonal skills, the ability to deal with people and be in the front line.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Attention to detail
- Resilience
- Motivating and developing people
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organizational awareness
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behavior
- Action orientation
- Interpersonal skills
Deadline:31st August,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Reception Supervisor, based at Life Bay View Private Hospital, reporting to Susan Visser, Patient Services Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the reception environment to ensure that all patient services and risk management protocols and procedures are complied with and strategic objectives are met by supervising, motivating and supporting direct reports.
Critical Outputs
Ensure effective quality management systems by
- Monitoring, updating and compiling Q-evaluator scores in order to investigate outcomes for the Process Manager
- Driving and sponsoring the Qe programme
- Developing sound working relationships with internal and external customers in order to provide quality customer care
- Participating and ensuring conformance to QMS audit standards
Ensure optimum operational efficiency by
- Ensuring pre-administrative functions are performed accurately in accordance with Life standards
- Ensuring administrative functions are performed accurately
- Managing bed-booking procedure in accordance with Life standards
- Managing the collation and submissions of all COID files
- Ensuring the collection of pre-payments in accordance with Life standards
Ensuring effective people management by
- Actively sponsoring initiatives and demonstrate visible leadership skill in order to improve productivity and support change
- Developing a resourcing plan in order to recruit talented staff in accordance with agreed time periods, taking into account company transformation objectives
- Providing direction and inspire positive work behaviour
- Developing and manage training plans for each department in order to facilitate talent development
- Managing performance ratings for all staff through the performance improvement process
- Ensuring all transactional processing is managed by the relevant department head in order to provide employee compensation and benefits
- Ensuring productive working relationships are supported with minimum IR issues
- Ensuring all exit interviews are conducted in order to ensure the retention of critical and talented professional staff
Ensuring effective patient data and billing processes by
- Ensuring the admissions clerks utilize the billing process in accordance with Life standards and ensure data is accurate
Ensuring effective governance, financial and risk management
- Ensuring that all pre-payments and co-payments are collection on admissions in order to effectively manage cash flow
- Managing operation costs in accordance with the budget
- Managing cash handling protocol in terms with LHC policies and procedures
- Actively participate in achieving hospital DSO targets
- Ensuring full compliance to national medical regulations
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Experience within a healthcare environment including people management and customer service experience
- Working knowledge of funder rules and a general understanding of medical terminology
- Comprehensive knowledge of admissions procedures
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage
- Basic understanding of financial principles
- Computer proficiency (comprehensive knowledge of IMEDS or relevant software 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)
Deadline:2nd September,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse in Ward 4, based at Life Bay View Private Hospital, reporting to Kobie Badenhorst, Unit Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of quality patient care.
Critical Outputs
Ensure professional, ethical practice in the unit
- Provide and supervise nursing care in accordance with legislation that directly and indirectly governs nursing practice
- Provide and supervise nursing care in accordance with ethical codes that directly and indirectly guide nursing practices
- Accept accountability and responsibility for own professional actions
Ensure the provision of competent, clinical nursing care in the unit
- Use the scientific process of nursing to initiate and manage comprehensive nursing care plans that will ensure quality nursing care
- Coordinate and supervise nursing activities of members of the healthcare team who provide basic care
Customer Satisfaction: Enhance patient satisfaction
- Utilize available management tools and strategies to enhance patient experience through continuing quality improvement initiatives e.g. CFS
- Assist in the management of patient complaints
Build professional relationships with the members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Cooperate fully with the members of the multi-disciplinary team and independently deliver nursing care
- Assist in the management of complaints from members of the multi-disciplinary team
Safe Environment: Assist in maintaining an environment which is both emotionally and physically safe
- Utilize available management tools and participate in pro active management strategies to ensure an emotionally and physically safe patient environment e.g. SHEQ and infection control
Business Efficiency: Contribute to business efficiency through cost effective patient care, inter-departmental cooperation and economic use of all resources
- Utilize and supervise adherence to interdepartmental requirements with regard to stock management, case management and billing
Coaching and mentor staff
- Assist in the performance management of the unit staff
- Assist in staff development through the provision of appropriate on the job in-service education
- Participate in staff recognition and reward management strategies
Requirements
- General Nursing Degree / Diploma
- Registration with SANC
- Diploma in specialty 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
- Attention to detail
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organizational awareness
- Action orientation
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behavior
Deadline:28th August,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Trauma Experienced Registered Nurse, based at Life Bayview Hospital Emergency Unit, reporting to Unit Manager Carmen van der Merwe. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring delivery of uncompromising quality care in line with Company strategic objectives and applicable Health / Nursing legislation.
Critical Outputs
Ensure effective quality management systems by
- Attending and participating in Q programs and ensuring induction training is carried out
- Ensuring monthly Q evaluator cards are completed and report to the shift leader or unit manager
- Attending and participating in review and ward meetings in order to ensure conformance to QMS audit standards
- Performing, understanding and complying with the company infection control standards in order to adhere to PPE standards and procedures
- Adhering to safety measures
Ensure optimum operational efficiencies by
- Ensuring correct and accurate stock administration
- Correctly reporting patient movements on discharge or transfer
- Ensuring correct and proper usage and maintenance of equipment
- Ensuring personal absenteeism is minimised and justified
- Working flexible hours in order to minimize agency costs and show willingness to assist other departments
Ensure effective quality patient care by
- Performing and completing tasks assigned in order to maximize patient care
- Ensuring patient hygiene, comfort and safety is measured in accordance with the nursing care plan
- Following the correct techniques and wearing PPE’s in order to promote the healing of wounds and fractures
- Monitoring and recording patient intake of fluids
- Ensuring the management and preparation of surgical and diagnostic procedures
Effective relationship management with customers by
- Building and maintaining healthy relationships with internal and external customers and supporting all new staff members with the orientation program
Requirements
- Needs to be registered as a Registered Nurse, with SANC
- Current registration with the relevant professional / regulatory body
- 1 Year post qualification experience in an Emergency Unit
- Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is essential.
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage
- Computer proficiency
- Driver’s license and ability to travel
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)
Deadline:28th August,2026
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