Registered Nurse (Emergency Unit)

This is a registered nursing post at a private maternity unit in Soweto, with your own patient load and a say in the care plan. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

This post is in Soweto (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Take part in ward rounds with doctors and record the new orders
• Report adverse events and near misses on the incident system the same day
• Take handover at the bedside and plan care for your allocated patients
• Run emergency trolley checks and respond to cardiac arrest calls
• Prepare patients for theatre and receive them back from recovery
• Supervise enrolled nurses and nursing assistants on your side of the ward
• Do full patient assessments and update nursing care plans every shift

• Current SANC registration as a Professional Nurse, with this year's annual fees paid
• Nursing qualification via the R425 diploma or R174 degree route
• Clean criminal record
• At least 1 year of post-community-service ward experience

• Experience with electronic patient records or bedside charting systems
• Unit manager or shift leader experience
• Post-basic qualification in critical care, theatre or advanced midwifery

• Medical aid and pension fund contributions after probation
• 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.
• Check your SANC receipt is for this year before you apply; an unpaid annual fee gets your application parked.