Registered Nurse: Medicross Edenvale - Netcare

The Registered Nurse is a professional who is responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of individualised and holistic nursing care of patients, their families or the community, either performed directly or indirectly.

The incumbent ultimately coordinates patient care within the concept of the multi-disciplinary health team.

The incumbent also fulfils the role by the use of scientifically based nursing theories and processes, treating the patients as a physical, social and spiritual individual and by use of educational and technical means.

Key work output and accountabilities

•   Assist with safe quality nursing care: permanent and temp nursing staff
• Assist with equipment need analysis for budget/capital expenditure purposes
• Assist with new  medical  equipment,  preventative  services  and  repair  and  maintenance  within  legal specifications
• Ensurecorrectbilling, assist with stock management, month-end, stock-take and purchasing according to the standard product list and minimum and maximum stock levels

• Assist with investigating of all negative clinical incidents
• Assist with monitoring safety standards in accordance with the Machine and Occupational Safety Act (Act 6 of 1983)
• Report all accidents and incidents to Line Manager/Safety Representatives
• Assist with compliance with protocols, policies and Acts
• Report all equipment not in working order
• Assist with the control of the asset register
• Assist with medical healthcare waste management and compliance to legal requirements
• Participation, representation and/or chair on committee’s e.g. Occupational Health and Safety, Infection and Prevention, Clinical Governance
• Assist with ensuring the unit is providing safe, cost-effective quality patient care in line with Clinical Governance strategy and evidence-based practice
• Assist with evaluating the patient’s journey through patient experience and stakeholder input
• Assist in the evaluation of nursing quality indicators and clinical outcomes
• Effective communication with patients regarding their care
• Promotion of health and well-being
• Ensure principles of infection prevention, all standard precautions, clean hygienic environment are adhered to
• Promote good public relations with patients, relatives, visitors and sales representatives
• Identify quality improvement opportunities and assist with ensuring of appropriate strategy and quality improvement initiatives are developed and measured
• Assist in implementing group quality initiatives
• Assist with effective and formal communication: Registered Nurses to attend Sisters’ meetings
• Assist and ensure a professional environment at all times:  Netcare way, Medicross Policies and Procedures
• Assist to comply with the transformation goals of the organisation
• Outside orientation: Awareness of outside constituencies, emphasizing particularly the need to respond to the requirements of customers, suppliers, partners, shareholders and other interest groups such as local communities affected by the organisation
• Global mindset:  Possessing a global frame of reference that enables one to scan the external world environment for different perspectives and to adopt successful practices.  The capacity to inculcate a global mentality in others by instilling shared values and cross-cultural sensitivity
• Assist with participation in your EPD performance appraisals
• Assist the Charge Sister with action and development plans and ensure adherence thereof
• Assist the Charge Sister with identifying, training and retaining of nursing staff
• Assist with the completion of  Training Needs Analysis according to nursing technical matrix, competencies and business requirements
• Keep up to date with Netcare’s / Medicross's evolving policies and procedures
• Keep abreast of current research in their discipline
• Attend training/seminar/workshops etc
• Assume responsibility for own personal and professional development  (20 in-service hours, 20 own-time hours)
• Assist with management and supervision of nursing staff and all related issues
• Assist in the monitoring of nursing staff attendance and/or absenteeism
• Adhere to staff dress code within and on leaving the clinic
• Assist with the orientation and sign-off competencies of new nursing staff,  temp nursing staff and nursing students
• Participate in ongoing performance appraisals
• Coaching and mentoring of other nursing staff
• Build and maintain effective relationships with doctors, staff, patients, visitors, sales representatives and the Departments of Health and Labour
• Build strategic interdepartmental relationships
• Assist in the effective management of doctors and patients
• Attend to nursing complaints and prioritise the improvement of customer care
• Ensure compliance to “Netcare way”
• Assist in originating action to improve existing work processes and conditions for improved quality of outputs
• Produce high-quality work by accurately performing processes and tasks
• Assist in identifying and understanding problems and opportunities in order to implement appropriate action and/or to resolve problems effectively

Skills Profile

Education

• Grade 12 or equivalent NQF 4 certificate
• Registered as a  Professional  Nurse  with  the  South  African  Nursing  Council  or  equivalent  NQF  level  7 qualification

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Previous experience in a hospital/clinic environment would be desirable
• Knowledge of Medical Schemes advantageous
• Computer literacy

Knowledge

• Thorough knowledge of general/primary care nursing theory and practice
• Extensive knowledge of modern nursing care principles and practices in the highly specialised field of the intensive care nursing