Professional Nurse (Maternity and Labour Ward)

Patients in this provincial district hospital in Soweto count on your clinical judgement every single shift. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

You'll be based at a provincial district hospital in Soweto. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Take part in ward rounds with doctors and record the new orders
• Take handover at the bedside and plan care for your allocated patients
• Monitor vital signs, fluid balance and early warning scores, and escalate changes quickly
• Prepare patients for theatre and receive them back from recovery
• Do wound care, catheter care and IV line management to unit protocol
• Report adverse events and near misses on the incident system the same day
• Run emergency trolley checks and respond to cardiac arrest calls

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

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

• Medical aid and pension fund contributions after probation
• Paid SANC annual fees at some groups
• Study support for post-basic specialities
• Funded CPD points and in-house clinical training

• Put your SANC number and the units you've worked in at the very top of your CV; recruiters filter on these first.
• List your speciality skills in plain words, such as "ventilated patients" or "normal deliveries", instead of just the ward name.