Professional Nurse (Theatre) – Fixed-Term

Bring your SANC registration and your ward experience to a provincial district hospital in Richards Bay that needs a steady pair of hands. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

You'll report in Richards Bay. Relocation is not covered for this one.

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

• Calm under pressure when a patient's condition turns quickly
• 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
• Clean criminal record
• At least 1 year of post-community-service ward experience
• Valid BLS certificate; ACLS or PALS for ICU and emergency posts

• Dispensing licence (Section 22A(15)) for clinic posts
• Post-basic qualification in critical care, theatre or advanced midwifery
• IMCI and NIMART training for primary health care work

• Paid SANC annual fees at some groups
• Study support for post-basic specialities
• Funded CPD points and in-house clinical training

• Check your SANC receipt is for this year before you apply; an unpaid annual fee gets your application parked.
• List your speciality skills in plain words, such as "ventilated patients" or "normal deliveries", instead of just the ward name.