Registered Nurse (Night Duty)

This is a registered nursing post at a private maternity unit in Brakpan, with your own patient load and a say in the care plan. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll report in Brakpan. Relocation is not covered for this one. Hours are mostly Monday to Friday, with the odd Saturday in busy months.

• Run emergency trolley checks and respond to cardiac arrest calls
• Do full patient assessments and update nursing care plans every shift
• Give scheduled medication, including Schedule 5 and 6 drugs, and sign the register
• Supervise enrolled nurses and nursing assistants on your side of the ward
• Admit and discharge patients and explain medication and follow-up to families
• Monitor vital signs, fluid balance and early warning scores, and escalate changes quickly
• Take part in ward rounds with doctors and record the new orders

• You can work 12-hour day or night shifts, weekends and public holidays
• Solid knowledge of medication safety and the Nursing Act scope of practice
• Clean criminal record
• At least 1 year of post-community-service ward experience
• Current SANC registration as a Professional Nurse, with this year's annual fees paid

• Post-basic qualification in critical care, theatre or advanced midwifery
• Unit manager or shift leader experience
• IMCI and NIMART training for primary health care work

• Study support for post-basic specialities
• Paid SANC annual fees at some groups
• Funded CPD points and in-house clinical training
• Medical aid and pension fund contributions after probation

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