Job Description

Eastern Cape, Port AlfredMonthly Cost To Company (Market related)Our client in the Care industry is currently looking to employ a Registered Nurse based in Port Alfred.A wonderful career opportunity awaits you.Requirements:

• Current registration as registered nurse with SANC.
• Geriatric experience.
• Palliative care experience.
• Comprehensive clinical knowledge, particularly to age related health issues.
• Understanding of and commitment to continuous quality improvements.
• Computer literate MS Office.
• Language: English/Afrikaans, isiXhosa advantageous
• Ability to practice and manage workloads according to residentxe2x80x99s needs.
• Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to establish and maintain professional and appropriate relationships with residents, their families and representatives.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage care staff.

Responsibilities and expectations but not limited to:

• Work collaboratively with the Care Manager and the Interdisciplinary Care Team
• Provide quality nursing services to residents in accordance with policies and procedures, SANC code standards, code of ethics and professional conduct.
• Provide direct resident care and nursing services congruent with recognised nursing practice and procedure by carrying out a comprehensive and accurate nursing assessment of individuals and groups.

General Nursing:

• Formulate a plan of care for each resident with the primary aim of providing optimal quality of life for the residents.
• Coordinate and maintain the planning, implementation, and evaluation of care services for the residents.
• Maintaining accurate and legally appropriate documentation of nursing services
• Accept accountability and responsibility of nursing services provided by complying with:
• Company policies and procedures
• Regulation and legal guidelines and requirements
• Ensuring the consistent application of company policy framework by self and others
• Other care-related duties as directed by the manager of the Care manager.

Staff Management:

• In collaboration with the Care Manager effectively manage staff services that support resident daily living requirements by:
• Being a positive role model to ENxe2x80x99s, ENAxe2x80x99s and care workers
• Providing direction and supervision to all reporting staff
• Assisting with orientation of new staff and facilitating their ongoing with knowledge development
• Assisting staff to identify individual learning requirements and facilitating opportunities for staff development.
• Providing training and development opportunities for staff to improve job skills and effectiveness.

Resident Care:

• Provide support and assistance to maintain high quality, holistic and person-centred care services for residents by:
• Active involvement in the identification and implementation of continuous quality improvement initiatives
• Reviewing and assessing current methodologies, identifying, and implementing strategies for better care service provision
• Actively participating in and contributing to organisational meetings
• Ensure professional and articulate communication by:
• Positively interacting with staff members, residents, and their families
• Ensuring that the management team is suitably informed of any relevant issues.
• Ensuring that the Care Manager is informed of any resident incidents.
• In the absence of the Care Manager or more senior staff, assume responsibility for continuing service provision at the facility and respond to any emergencies.

Quality and Safety:

• Maintain a safe work environment in accordance with company health and safety policies and procedures.
• Assist with and support the ongoing maintenance of a safe working environment.
• Identify and report hazards in the workplace.

Privacy and Confidentiality:

• Apply the principals of privacy and confidentiality in all work practices.
• Maintain a duty of confidentiality to all staff, residents, and clients.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Be empathetic and courteous to residents and their relatives, always treating them with care and consideration.
• Participate fully in the performance management process and undertake Continuing Professional Development as required.
• Maintain contemporary professional knowledge and skills in clinical competency through participation in self-development activities/ programs including.
• Attending educational workshops and training
• Reviewing professional publications
• Establishing personal networks
• Benchmarking state-of-the-art practices
• Participating in professional societies
• Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.

Please note should you not receive a response within two weeks of applying you may assume that your application was unsuccessful.

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