Professional Nurse (Maternity and Labour Ward)

Bring your SANC registration and your ward experience to a community day clinic in Pretoria East that needs a steady pair of hands. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

This post is Pretoria East-based, with most of your time spent at a community day clinic.

• Run emergency trolley checks and respond to cardiac arrest calls
• Prepare patients for theatre and receive them back from recovery
• Supervise enrolled nurses and nursing assistants on your side of the ward
• Take handover at the bedside and plan care for your allocated patients
• Take part in ward rounds with doctors and record the new orders
• Do wound care, catheter care and IV line management to unit protocol

• Nursing qualification via the R425 diploma or R174 degree route
• Clean criminal record
• You can work 12-hour day or night shifts, weekends and public holidays
• Valid BLS certificate; ACLS or PALS for ICU and emergency posts
• Calm under pressure when a patient's condition turns quickly

• Dispensing licence (Section 22A(15)) for clinic posts
• Unit manager or shift leader experience
• Post-basic qualification in critical care, theatre or advanced midwifery

• Paid SANC annual fees at some groups
• Funded CPD points and in-house clinical training
• Night-shift and weekend allowances on top of basic pay
• Medical aid and pension fund contributions after probation

• Check your SANC receipt is for this year before you apply; an unpaid annual fee gets your application parked.
• For night-duty posts, say clearly in your cover note that you want permanent nights, as many applicants only want days.