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Lifetime partnerships
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- A unique opportunity has become available for a Unit Manager to lead our surgical ward(cedar)unit. We require a dynamic and flexible individual to manage the unit and who will assume responsibility for continually developing the service through evidence-based practice .Your role will be to provide and develop strong leadership for all aspects of clinical nursing, by initiating optimal unit standards and managing business objectives. The successful candidate will report to the Nursing Manager.
Critical Outputs
Effective clinical leadership
- 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
- 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 (including equipment)
- Participate in business planning and budgeting processes and manage nursing costs according to budget.
- Manage stock utilization and drive product management processes within unit together with relevant stakeholders.
- 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 Midwifery.
- Current registration with SANC
- Relevant experience in nursing to meet the critical outputs
- Proven leadership and people management skills would be an advantage
- Basic understanding of labour legislation, financial and chain management principles
- 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
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Drive & energy
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
Deadline:7th July,2026
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- A vacancy exists for Case Manager General (Fixed Term) based at Life Flora Hospital, reporting to Gail Bunting, Patient Services Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the financial and clinical risks of the patient in a general ward by ensuring accurate coding, clinical updates and accounts submissions of patient hospitalization to achieve strategic objectives.
Critical Outputs
Ensuring the maximisation of revenue by
- Ensuring accuracy of coding
- Ensuring the correct application and interpretation of RSRT’s
- Participating in meetings and reporting losses to RSRT team and recommend corrective actions
- Monitoring insurance verification and workflow processes
Ensuring effective management of quality outputs by
- Performing quality walkabouts and implement corrective measures
- Implementing and monitoring quality improvement programmes
- Adhering to patient services escalation processes in order to achieve QMS targets
- Monitoring Q-evaluator scores and implementing corrective measures
- Investigating internal and external stakeholder complaints
- Ensuring the adherence to customer service standards
Ensuring operational excellence by
- Monitoring submission of accurate accounts to funders
- Updating length of stay and level of care to funders of general ward cases and where operationally required specialised unit cases.
- Releasing care risk targets and submission within two days of discharge
- Ensuring the compliance to LHC policies and managing authorisations and claim submissions, rejections and delays
- Ensuring governance and risk management by monitoring and adhering to patient services policies and procedures
- Ensuring compliance to service level agreements with internal and external stakeholders
- Ensuring all billing checks are closed by the relevant function areas
Ensuring effective management of relationships with internal/external stakeholders by
- Building and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders
- Providing feedback and information on concerns or issues raised by internal stakeholders
- Providing and facilitating training regarding RSRT contracts to the relevant internal stakeholders
- Ensuring effective communication with external stakeholders
- Managing escalated concerns from Case Managers with external stakeholders
- 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.
- Current SANC registration
- Knowledge of hospital patient services and case management processes
- Knowledge and understanding of CPT & ICD coding
- Knowledge of Funder contracts, scheme rules, exclusions and benefits
- Understanding of private hospital industry and practices
- Computer proficiency
Competencies
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Professional and technical proficiency
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Influencing skills
- Action orientation
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
Deadline:3rd July,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Pharmacy Manager based at Life Cosmos Hospital, Mpumalanga, reporting to Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading, managing, coordinating, monitoring, and driving improvement in the provision of a customer focused professional pharmacy service within the Hospital, in line with hospital and company strategic objectives.
Critical Outputs
Effective governance and medication risk management
- Implement Pharmacy best operating practice related to medication safety management;
- Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards.
Effective quality management
- Drive enhanced performance in the Antimicrobial Stewardship and Clinical Pharmacy Programs in the hospital;
- Drive optimised implementation of and compliance to the LHC quality management system;
- Achieve required customer service levels, and drive continuous improvement.
Effective financial and asset management
- Achieve hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy;
- Actively manage the cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget;
- Implement LHC pharmaceutical product conversions and cost efficiency opportunities;
- Identify and implement initiatives to enhance cost effective care provision with optimal patient outcomes;
- Build effective working relationships with doctors and the multifunctional hospital team;
- Drive identified growth, sustainability and process efficiency initiatives;
- Achieve stock management targets.
Effective people management
- Demonstrate visible leadership aligned to the company values, operating model and strategy;
- Recruit, retain, motivate and develop pharmacy staff;
- Manage optimal performance of pharmacy staff to ensure delivery of critical outputs;
- Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour in the team.
Requirements
- B.Pharm / Dip.Pharm, and current registration with the South African Pharmacy Council
- Relevant private hospital experience
- Understanding of relevant legislation, operating structures and relationships within a hospital environment
- Proven leadership and people management experience
- Computer proficiency (MS office)
Competencies
- Strategic thinking
- Leading by example
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience, drive and energy
- Engaging diversity
- Influencing skills
- Business insight
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
- Building relationships and networking
- Customer responsiveness
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Assertiveness
- Motivating and developing people
Deadline:3rd July,2026
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- A vacancy has arisen for Occupational Therapy Technician at Siyathuthuka Care Centre reporting to Occupational Therapist. The successful candidate will be responsible for rehabilitation of chronic mental health care users and contribute towards quality care.
Critical Outputs
- Rehabilitation of MHCUs to meet requirements of quality care.
- Quality recordkeeping
- Effective utilization of resources
- Effective maintenance of equipment
- Continued education of MHCUs and their families
- Participate in health promotion and disability awareness campaign as per health calendar
- Participate in trainings and development
- Compile monthly statistics
- Incident reporting
- Active participation in continuing professional development activities.
Requirements
- Grade 12 NSC
- Occupational Therapy Technician Certificate
- Current registration with HPCSA
- Experience in a psychiatry will be an advantage
- Understanding of mental conditions and their impact on functioning
- Skills in running groups
Competencies
- Effective verbal/ written communication skills
- Influencing
- Engaging diversity
- Problem solving
- Planning and organizing
- Creativity
- Ethical behavior
- Good team work
- Cost control
Deadline:3rd July,2026
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- A Vacancy exists for a Social Worker at the Rehabilitation Unit at Life Entabeni Hospital. The Life Rehabilitation unit is part of an expanding network of rehabilitation units within Life Healthcare. The post holder will report to the Therapy Services Coordinator and will be expected to provide holistic social work intervention.
Critical Outputs
- Provide social work clinical services to all patients admitted to Life Rehabilitation Unit, including on some weekends and public holidays.
- Conduct assessments of the patient, family and home environment, provide counseling services and coordinate discharge planning to patients with e.g. neurological disorders such as TBI, CVA, SCI, orthopaedic conditions or multi-morbidity conditions such as Guillain Barre, etc. in collaboration with other therapy disciplines.
- Educate patients and their families about the patient’s condition and explore discharge and/or placement options.
- Provide supportive services to patient families.
- Identify and coordinate carer training.
- Engage with employers when indicated to explore return to work opportunities and reasonable accommodation.
- Contribute to weekly team and family meetings.
- Keep accurate and timeous records and reports.
- Effectively respond to queries and handle accordingly.
- Professional therapy service implementation in accordance with Life Healthcare protocols and procedures.
- Function effectively as a part of an interdisciplinary team to meet the requirements of quality patient care and patient experience
- Attend and contribute towards Continuous Professional Development activities of the unit.
- Supervise and train of university students, as required.
- Promote and maintain sound and productive relationships with referral sources and stakeholders in the field of Rehabilitation.
Requirements
- Degree in Social Work and relevant registration.
- Experience in hospital-based social work.
- Experience in multi-disciplinary care.
- Patient advocacy.
- Local resource knowledge an advantage.
- Commitment to quality patient care and customer satisfaction.
- Current COVID-19 vaccination.
Competencies
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Verbal & written communication
- Influencing skills
- Personal integrity
- Planning & Organising
- Ethical behaviour
- Ability to build relationships
- Drive and energy
- Process orientation
- Independence
- Conflict management
- Self-management
Deadline:6th July,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Clinical Engineer Technician, based at Life St Georges Hospital, reporting to Senior Clinical Engineer, Simon Mucka. The successful candidate will be responsible for the management and maintenance of Medical equipment technology and all associated facets within the hospital.
Critical Outputs
Medical Equipment Asset Management and Maintenance
- Establish and maintain an accurate computerized asset management system as per Group Engineering protocols.
- Generate and manage a five and ten year medical equipment replacement plan for all priority 1 and 2 medical equipment for the hospital
- Perform first line repairs, modifications and installations on equipment, utilizing the necessary test equipment, in accordance with the standards and recommendations of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and/or governing agencies
- Perform preventive maintenance inspections of equipment in line with Group Engineering and OEM protocols
- Control and management of maintenance conducted by suppliers and acceptance thereof
- Obtain and perform pre-acceptance inspections according to ECRI standards on new, demo and loan equipment
- Drive and manage the equipment commissioning process for new equipment as per Group Engineering protocols
Acquisition of Medical Equipment
- Drive the selection and acquisition of medical equipment technology that is fit for purpose and application, and up-to-date with current developments and best practices in the healthcare field
- Consult with Physicians, Nurses and peers in the field, to evaluate equipment and determine the correct specifications and standards of the required equipment as per the Group Engineering protocols
- Communicate and negotiate with vendors to purchase the most cost-effective equipment at the highest quality as per Group Engineering and Procurement protocols
- Be actively involved with the Capex system, understand and manage lease and rental agreements as applied to the hospital
- Responsible for ‘Supply chain management’ of medical equipment for all growth/new projects as per Group Engineering protocols
Administration and Management
- Monitor and report on equipment failure trends and life cycle costs
- Monitor Equipment SLAs at hospital level and ensure outputs are met
- Implementation of all policies and procedures as per Group Engineering protocols
- Active involvement with the budgeting of medical equipment Capex needs
- Active involvement with control of the Clinical Engineering Opex budget
- Establish a multi-disciplinary committee/forum to engage on a regular basis with key stakeholders, discuss relevant Clinical engineering outputs, trends identified and follow a collaborative approach to problem solving Training
- Perform formal operators training and monitor competency compliance by arranging training with vendors for hospital nursing staff and equipment end-users.
- Attend training and/or conferences in order to keep abreast with latest developments as well as recommendations from the OEM. Maintain high professional standards
- Ensure professional growth and development through professional affiliations, conferences and available resources, to stay updated within the clinical engineering field
Support National strategic initiatives and contribute to growth
- Participate in Clinical Engineering forums and Projects as determined by Group Engineering
- Evaluate National projects implemented as per Group Engineering protocols
Requirements
- B-Tech or National Diploma in clinical / biomedical engineering with at least two years relevant experience or National Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Light Current) with at least three years relevant experience.
- Previous experience with maintenance of medical equipment in a clinical environment – hospital experience will be advantageous.
- Member of the Clinical Engineering Association of South Africa (CEASA)
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
- Experience within, and 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 (negotiation)
- Drive & energy
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Ethical behaviour
Deadline:2nd July,2026
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- X2 Vacancies exist for Registered Nurse ICU Experienced (ICU) , based at Life Bedford Gardens Hospital, reporting to Sandra Ngcezu, 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 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 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 Degree or Diploma in Nursing
- Nursing experience in ICU
- 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.
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:3rd July,2026
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- A Vacancy exists for a dedicated, compassionate, and motivated Registered Nurse, based at Life Groenkoof Hospital, reporting to the Unit Manager in the Paediatric Unit. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of quality patient care.
Critical Outputs
Effective cost management for staff and stock by
- Evaluating employee labour hours and manage debit and credit hours
- Minimising unnecessary stock wastage and facilitating maintenance of equipment
Providing quality patient care by
- Identifying and ensuring staff undergo department specific micro orientation
- Ensuring daily care rounds are conducted and investigating complaints
- Providing accurate, appropriate and adequate information to patients and family members during hospitalization
Providing effective risk management (SHEQ & infection control) by
- Monitoring and implementing preventative measures to minimize risk
- Comply with ISO requirements in order to facilitate infection control
Conducting effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Identifying doctor’s preferences and stakeholders needs and implement in the working environment
- Actively participates in quality improvement initiatives and patient safety programmes.
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing
- Nursing Experience in Paediatric Ward will be advantageous
- Delivering safe, high-quality, patient- and centered care to infants, children, and adolescents
- Current registration with the relevant professional or regulatory body
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage
- Computer proficiency
- Teamplayer
- Committed to delivering exceptional patient and family-centred care.
- Positive attitude, resilience, and a willingness to support colleagues
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
Deadline:2nd July,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse based at Life The Crompton Hospital, reporting, to the Unit Manager, Jenna Naidoo. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic patient care and to collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders in line with Company & Hospital strategic objectives.
Critical Outputs
Effective cost management for staff and stock by
- Evaluating employee labour hours and manage debit and credit hours
- Minimizing unnecessary stock wastage and facilitating maintenance of equipment
Providing quality patient care by
- Identifying and ensuring staff undergo department specific micro orientation
- Ensuring daily care rounds are conducted and investigating complaints
- Providing accurate, appropriate and adequate information to patients and family members during hospitalization
Providing effective risk management (SHEQ & infection control) by
- Monitoring and implementing preventative measures to minimize risk
- Comply with ISO requirements in order to facilitate infection control
Conducting effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Identifying doctor’s preferences and stakeholders needs and implement in the working environment
Requirements
- Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing
- Nursing Experience for minimum 1 year
- Current registration with the relevant professional or regulatory body
- 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
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Drive & energy
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
Deadline:3rd July,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse Theatre Qualified, based at Life Entabeni Hospital, reporting to Theatre Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the surgical team to perform surgical procedures on patients successfully and to ensure that the patient receives optimal care in accordance with company and hospital strategic objectives. Neuro and general surgery is an added advantage.
Critical Outputs
Ensuring effective financial management by
- Ensuring accurate charging by managing theatre clocking time
- Ensuring consignment stock, equipment and prosthesis is charged according to policy
- Managing stock by participating in regular stock taking and controlling of the consignment stock in accordance with the hospital (local) policy
Affecting the functioning of theatre equipment and instrumentation by
- Ensuring the correct use of theatre equipment and instrumentation by educating and supervising staff on the correct utilization of the equipment
Providing Quality patient care by
- Obtaining the correct information pre-operatively and visiting the patient post-operatively
- Ensuring that the patient is comfortable and assist the doctor during the surgical procedure
Ensuring effective people management by
- Providing theatre specific training and assessing the competence of staff
- Assist the Unit Manager to correctly monitor the normal and overtime hours
- Ensure the theatre team works according to the scope of practice
- Give feedback to the unit manager in order to assess optimal performance
Effective SHEQ management by
- Ensuring the use of personal protective clothing and complying with ISO requirements
- Ensuring the disposal of medical waste in order to effectively control infection
Effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders
- Attend review and consultative form meetings to maintain healthy relationships with internal stakeholders
- Maintain a healthy relationship with external stakeholders by reporting and escalating unresolved issues to the unit manager
Requirements
- Registered at SANC as a Registered Nurse with a post-basic OTNS qualification
- Theatre Experience is compulsory
- Proven leadership abilities and experience in a senior position is a prerequisite
- Must have worked in Theatre for at least 2 years
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Empathy and patience
- Good planning and organizing skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to make accurate decisions
- Resilience and stress tolerance
- Strong customer orientation
- Neuro experience would be an advantage
Competencies
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing
- Drive & energy
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Leading my example
- Ethical behaviour
- Excellence orientation
Deadline:3rd July,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Maternity Case Administrator based at Life Beacon Bay Hospital, reporting to the Patient Services Manager.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for care coordination administrative functions during a low and high-risk antenatal maternity journey as well as the post-partum journey as part of the Little Life Integrated Care Product (LLICP).
- The function will manage onboarding and offboarding of patients to the LLICP, track patient compliance to antenatal care plans and assume a key liaison role between the OBGYN’s in a facility and the little life maternity clinic. The Fixed term position will be until 31 August 2026.
Critical Outputs
Communication & Liaison
- Communicate with doctors practice regarding referrals, completion of the forms for risk change.
- Liaison between the midwife and the doctors.
- Follow up on patient appointments with midwife or doctor’s office.
- Communicate with Nursing Maternity Team.
- Work closely with the midwife and unit manager.
Management of patient referrals, risk and status updates
- Actioning referrals by doctor’s practice
- Actioning risk changes or status updates from doctor’s practice
- Ensuring all necessary documents are uploaded onto the system
Admin & Data Capturing/CMS user
- Capture source system data into CMS system
- Actioning CMS alerts
- Admin: ensuring all required forms are captured e.g. patient consent, change of risk and referrals
- Retrieve physical consent forms and stats on how many patients were referred
- Ensuring standard care plans are adhered to
- Ensuring all CMS tasks actioned within specified time frame
- Ensuring info retrieved from the doctors and midwife is accurately captured on CMS
- Actively form part of the MDT
- Assist with marketing the program
Effective management of relationships with internal/external stakeholders by
- Foster and maintain healthy relationships with internal stakeholders. E.g. nursing, pharmacy and business hubs
- Provide relevant feedback and information on concerns or issues raised by internal stakeholders
- Provide and facilitate training regarding RSRT contracts to relevant internal stakeholders (e.g. pharmacy, pre-admission and nursing staff)
- Gatekeeper to external patient calls with escalation to midwife
- Identify and monitor gaps and risks and assist with the implementation of corrective actions agreed with management.
- Provide relevant feedback and information on concerns or issues raised by external stakeholders
- Provide feedback on external stakeholders impacting on the efficiency and effectiveness of the co-ordination process.
- Escalate doctor non-compliance in terms of the Maternity ICP program to the relevant meetings.
Requirements
- Matric
- Any qualification that covers Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology and Microbiology as foundational course
- Knowledge of hospital patient services processes
- Knowledge and understanding of CPT & ICD coding
- Knowledge of Funder contracts, scheme rules, exclusions and benefits
- Understanding of private hospital industry and practices
- Computer proficiency
Competencies
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Professional and technical proficiency
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Influencing skills
- Action orientation
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
- Drive, energy and urgency
Deadline:!st July,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse Renal Qualified based at Life Renal Dialysis - Klerksdorp, reporting to Unit Manager, Mohleane Makowa.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for providing holistic and optimal quality nursing care to renal patients 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 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 Renal team works according to the scope of practice in order to ensure the correct skills mix is utilized Give feedback to the unit manager in order to assess optimal performance
Provide effective Financial 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 Health and Safety 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
- Maintaining a safe and holistic patient environment in order to enforce infection control
- Promoting a safe and healthy working environment by completing alerts and incident reports to the line manager and Quality manager.
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
- Maintain a healthy relationship with external stakeholders by reporting and escalating unresolved issues to the unit manager
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
- General Nursing Degree / Diploma
- Registration with SANC
- Diploma in Speciality
- Nursing experience in Renal; administer chronic dialysis treatments
- Relevant experience and technical skill to meet the critical outputs
- Must be willing to fulfill a role in the unit according to the flexi-hours system
- Own vehicle and a valid license
- 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
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Drive & energy
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
Deadline:9th July,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse (Theatre Qualified), based at Life Carstenhof Hospital, reporting to Theatre Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the surgical team to perform surgical procedures on patients successfully and to ensure that the patient receives optimal care in accordance with company and hospital strategic objectives.
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
- Registration with SANC
- Postgraduate Qualification in Operating Theatre Techniques
- Theatre scrubbing experience in all disciplines is essential.
- 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 behaviors
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Leading my example
- Motivating and developing people
Deadline:3rd July,2026
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- A vacancy exists for a Unit Manager for the Theatre based at Life Faerie Glen Hospital, reporting to the Nursing Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating clinical practice and resources within the unit to achieve the company and hospital objectives of quality, growth and people.
Critical Outputs
Effective clinical leadership:
- 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 the unit, address customer complaints, conduct quality care rounds and clinical practice audits to monitor care levels and report accordingly.
- Implement national quality initiatives within the 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:
- 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 the unit.
Effective financial management (including equipment):
- Participate in business planning and budgeting processes and manage nursing costs according to budget.
- Manage stock utilization and drive product management processes within unit together with relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure staff are trained on the operation of equipment within the 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 in the Nursing profession.
Requirements
- Degree or Diploma in Nursing.’
- Certified qualification in Theatre discipline would be an advantage.
- Current SANC registration.
- Relevant experience in nursing to meet the critical outputs.
- Managerial experience is essential
- Proven leadership and people management skills would be an advantage.
- Basic understanding of labor legislation, financial and chain management principles.
- Ability to work flexi hours
- Understanding of change management principles
- Understanding the private hospital industry, it’s challenges and role players would be an advantage.
- Computer proficiency.
- Drivers 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
- Action orientated
- Leading by example
- Motivating and developing others
Deadline:5th JULY,2026
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- A permanent Occupational Therapist (8/8) vacancies exist at the Acute Rehabilitation Unit at Entabeni Hospital, Durban. Life Entabeni Rehabilitation is part of an expanding network of rehabilitation units within Life Healthcare group. The successful candidate will report to the Therapy Services Coordinator.
Critical Outputs
- Function effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team to meet the requirements of quality patient care
- Understands the private healthcare industry, and relevant legislation, challenges and role players
- Evaluation, program development and treatment of patients admitted to the unit
- Assessment and treatment of physical, functional and cognitive problems.
- Prescription and ordering of assistive devices
- Education of patients and their families about the patient’s condition.
- Participation in weekly team and family meetings.
- Active participation in continuing professional development activities of the unit.
- Supervision and training of therapy assistants, and other subordinates
- Building relationships with referring doctors and therapists.
Requirements
- Applicants must have a degree in Occupational Therapy and must have current registration with the HPCSA.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in treating adults and children with neurological disorders will be an advantage.
- Experience and interest in management and treatment in paediatric rehabilitation will be an advantage
- Recognised further training within their profession in the field will be an advantage
- It is essential to have an understanding of stroke, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.
- Excellent Interpersonal relationship skills, and understanding of interdisciplinary teamwork,
- Effective communication skills, leadership and performance orientation
- Candidate will need to demonstrate commitment to quality patient care and customer satisfaction/experience.
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:4th July,2026
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- A permanent 5/8 Physiotherapist vacancy exists at the Entabeni Rehabilitation Unit. The successful applicants is expected to work 5 hours per day as part of an interdisciplinary team, offering quality service to our clients and reporting to the Therapy Services Coordinator. Life Entabeni Rehabilitation is part of an expanding network of acute rehabilitation units within Life Healthcare.
Critical Outputs
- Evaluation, program development and treatment of patients admitted to the unit.
- Assessment and creating planning of individual clinical treatment pathways for patients, treatment of physical, functional and cognitive deficits
- Function effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team to meet the requirements of quality patient care.
- Education of patients and their families about the patient’s condition.
- Participation in weekly team and family meetings.
- Active participation in continuing professional development activities of the unit.
- Supervision and training of therapy assistants/technicians, and other subordinates
- Building relationships with referring doctors and therapists.
- Understands the private healthcare industry, and relevant legislation, challenges and role players
- Effective communication skills, leadership and performance orientation and able to work within an interdisciplinary setting
Requirements
- Applicants must have a degree in Physiotherapist and must have current registration with the HPCSA.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in treating adults and children with neurological disorders will be an advantage.
- Experience and interest in management and treatment in paediatric rehabilitation will be an advantage
- Recognised further training within their profession in the field will be an advantage
- It is essential to have an understanding of stroke, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.
- Excellent Interpersonal relationship skills, and understanding of interdisciplinary teamwork,
- Candidate will need to demonstrate commitment to quality patient care and customer satisfaction/experience
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 July,2026
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