Location: Cape Town
Reports to: Registered nurse on duty
Required:
- all staff nurses are to work 7/7 shifts and must be able to work night shifts.
- Experience in paediatric care is essential.
- Computer literacy is essential
- 2 years’ experience required
- SANC registered.
- Must have an understanding of chronic life limiting and life threatening medical conditions
Responsibilities:
- Key Duties are as follows:
- Shift staff supervision – attendance, morale, etc.
- Allocation of daily tasks to ENA and carers.
- Drawing up individual patient nursing care plans
- Administration and ordering of medication
- Ensure patients records and general admin requirements are completed timeously
- Participation( provide input ) in Performance appraisal discussions
- Hands on bed side nursing care
- Staff on the job training
- Manage the children’s behaviour according to disciplinary protocols and reward systems
- Ward shift handover.
- Manage complicated nursing care ( Wound)
- Referrals and liaison with multidisciplinary health team , internally and externally
- Supervising /education visiting parents on the ward
- Enrolled Nursing Assistant
- Reporting to the Ward supervisor( RN/SN) the ENA is responsible for the provision of nursing care to patients with Life limiting and life threatening medical conditions
- Key duties are as follows:
- Vital signs and observations and reporting
- Completion of patient records
- Trachea care
- Wound care
- Oxygen therapy.
- Diabetes blood glucose monitoring
- Bladder and bowel care
- Feeding/tube feeds /
- bathing and general patient hygiene
- Escorting children to hospital as required ( high risk patients)
To apply
Please email a motivational letter and a detailed CV and to the HR manager on [email protected]
Application Deadline: Friday, 20 September, 2019