Registered Nurse (Night Duty)

Bring your SANC registration and your ward experience to a step-down and sub-acute facility in Cape Town CBD that needs a steady pair of hands. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is in Cape Town CBD (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Admit and discharge patients and explain medication and follow-up to families
• Run emergency trolley checks and respond to cardiac arrest calls
• Do wound care, catheter care and IV line management to unit protocol
• Supervise enrolled nurses and nursing assistants on your side of the ward
• Prepare patients for theatre and receive them back from recovery
• Take handover at the bedside and plan care for your allocated patients

• At least 1 year of post-community-service ward experience
• Nursing qualification via the R425 diploma or R174 degree route
• 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
• Valid BLS certificate; ACLS or PALS for ICU and emergency posts

• Dispensing licence (Section 22A(15)) for clinic posts
• Experience with electronic patient records or bedside charting systems
• Post-basic qualification in critical care, theatre or advanced midwifery

• Study support for post-basic specialities
• Paid SANC annual fees at some groups
• Funded CPD points and in-house clinical training
• Night-shift and weekend allowances on top of basic pay

• List your speciality skills in plain words, such as "ventilated patients" or "normal deliveries", instead of just the ward name.
• For night-duty posts, say clearly in your cover note that you want permanent nights, as many applicants only want days.