Professional Nurse (Theatre)

You'll run patient care on a busy shift at a private maternity unit in Cape Town CBD, from admission to discharge. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Location: Cape Town CBD, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Run emergency trolley checks and respond to cardiac arrest calls
• Give scheduled medication, including Schedule 5 and 6 drugs, and sign the register
• Prepare patients for theatre and receive them back from recovery
• Report adverse events and near misses on the incident system the same day
• Do wound care, catheter care and IV line management to unit protocol
• Admit and discharge patients and explain medication and follow-up to families
• Take handover at the bedside and plan care for your allocated patients

• Nursing qualification via the R425 diploma or R174 degree route
• At least 1 year of post-community-service ward experience
• Current SANC registration as a Professional Nurse, with this year's annual fees paid
• You can work 12-hour day or night shifts, weekends and public holidays

• IMCI and NIMART training for primary health care work
• Dispensing licence (Section 22A(15)) for clinic posts

• Night-shift and weekend allowances on top of basic pay
• Funded CPD points and in-house clinical training
• Study support for post-basic specialities
• Paid SANC annual fees at some groups

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