Professional Nurse (Theatre)

Bring your SANC registration and your ward experience to a step-down and sub-acute facility in Sandton that needs a steady pair of hands. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Location: Sandton, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Prepare patients for theatre and receive them back from recovery
• Do full patient assessments and update nursing care plans every shift
• Do wound care, catheter care and IV line management to unit protocol
• Take part in ward rounds with doctors and record the new orders
• Admit and discharge patients and explain medication and follow-up to families
• Keep clinical notes clear, timed and signed for audits and legal records
• Run emergency trolley checks and respond to cardiac arrest calls

• Solid knowledge of medication safety and the Nursing Act scope of practice
• Calm under pressure when a patient's condition turns quickly
• You can work 12-hour day or night shifts, weekends and public holidays
• Valid BLS certificate; ACLS or PALS for ICU and emergency posts
• Clean criminal record
• Current SANC registration as a Professional Nurse, with this year's annual fees paid

• Unit manager or shift leader experience
• Experience with electronic patient records or bedside charting systems

• Study support for post-basic specialities
• Medical aid and pension fund contributions after probation
• Paid SANC annual fees at some groups

• Put your SANC number and the units you've worked in at the very top of your CV; recruiters filter on these first.
• Check your SANC receipt is for this year before you apply; an unpaid annual fee gets your application parked.