Registered Nurse – Medical (Hospital Group) – Cape Town, Western Cape 194 views
Job Overview
Requirements:
- Current Registration with SANC as a Registered Nurse
- Focus on quality patient care
- Minimum 2 -3 years’ proven experience as a Registered Nurse in Medical Ward is advantageous
- Ventilator competency is essential
- Shift work compulsory and work overtime when required
- Be flexible and willing to assist in other departments
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Strong quality patient care orientation
- BLS competent
- Supervise and orientate junior staff members and students
- Perform teaching rounds with junior staff members and students
- Competently administering oral medication
- Perform wound care
- High energy levels and tolerance for stress/pressure
- Problem analysis/solving skills and accurate record keeping
- Adaptable and able to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills at all levels
- Ability to render basic and advanced nursing care without supervision
- Be prepared to partake in in-service training program, by attending and presenting talks formally and informally
- Adhere to hospital policies, protocols and best practices
- Knowledge and insight into infection prevention principles
- Promote and maintain patient health and give health education
- Knowledge of scientific nursing process
- Able to complete patient assessments, compiling and implementation of appropriate nursing care plan
- Safe administration of medication, and knowledge of management of schedule medication
- Adhere and enforce hospital policies and protocols and quality improvement initiatives
- Ad-hoc duties
