A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse ICU Qualified in ICU 1 based at Life Eugene Marais Hospital, reporting to the 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 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 utilization of specialized equipment and instrumentation
Ensuring effective record keeping by

Ensuring records and accurately completed and stored in accordance with legal and ethical requirements

Requirements

Grade 12 National Senior Certificate
Relevant Degree or Diploma in Nursing
Nursing experience in High Care
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
Influencing
Building relationships
Customer responsiveness
Organizational awareness
Drive & energy
Excellence orientation
Ethical behavior

Please send your resume/CV