Professional Nurse (Theatre)

Patients in this community day clinic in Mbombela count on your clinical judgement every single shift. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Home base is a community day clinic on the Mbombela side of Mpumalanga.

• Supervise enrolled nurses and nursing assistants on your side of the ward
• Take part in ward rounds with doctors and record the new orders
• Keep clinical notes clear, timed and signed for audits and legal records
• Admit and discharge patients and explain medication and follow-up to families
• Do wound care, catheter care and IV line management to unit protocol
• Prepare patients for theatre and receive them back from recovery
• Do full patient assessments and update nursing care plans every shift

• Calm under pressure when a patient's condition turns quickly
• 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

• Dispensing licence (Section 22A(15)) for clinic posts
• Unit manager or shift leader experience

• Study support for post-basic specialities
• Medical aid and pension fund contributions after probation
• Funded CPD points and in-house clinical training

• 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.