A vacancy exists for a Registered Nurse (Theatre) Trained ,reporting to the 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
Requirements:
- General Nursing Degree / Diploma
- Registration with SANC
- Post basic qualification - Operating Theatre
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players
would be an advantage - Computer proficiency would be an advantage
Duties:
- 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
To apply, please send your updated CV to us
Please be advised that you will be contacted by Medipath Healthcare Recruitment
within 14 days should we wish to proceed with your application. Similarly, if you are not
contacted by Medipath Healthcare Recruitment, please accept your application as
unsuccessful. Your CV will automatically be added to our database and we could be
contacting you should a suitable position arise.